The federal government has released a document laying out the framework for notifying Congress, state and local governments, and the public of election interference operations from foreign adversaries.
According to the document — released by the Office of the Director of National Intelligence, FBI, and Departments of Homeland Security and Justice — when an intelligence community agency or DHS’ Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Agency wants to send out an alert, the final decision will be “informed” by a group of experts from ODNI, DHS, State, CIA, NSA, and FBI.
The document seeks to unify the federal government’s approach to interference notification by establishing “a process and principles design to ensure, to the greatest extent possible, that notification decisions are consistent, well-informed, and unbiased.”