WHEREAS:	As part of the Department of Homeland Security & Emergency Response, the Commonwealth Fusion Center in Maynard, Massachusetts, collects and analyzes information from all available sources to produce and disseminate actionable intelligence to stakeholders for strategic and tactical decision-making in order to disrupt domestic and international terrorism; and
WHEREAS:	This Fusion Center was the first of its kind created under the leadership of Governor Romney - without the approval of the State Legislature; and
WHEREAS:	There are now 66 of these centers around the country; and
WHEREAS:	The goal of the Fusion Center is to collect data from a variety of sources for example, – traffic departments, libraries, for the purposes of analysis and identification of potential threats; and
WHEREAS:	The City of Cambridge may have contributed, either voluntarily or by request, information to the Fusion Center; now therefore be it
ORDERED:	That the City Manager is hereby requested to inform the Council as to what City Departments contribute, or have contributed, whether voluntarily or otherwise, information to the Fusion Center, and the nature of that information; and be it further
ORDERED:	That the City Manager be and hereby is requested to provide information regarding the circumstances under which the Fusion Center would receive data from Cambridge City Departments or third party entities.