You must post at least 2 replies to your classmates threads. The replies must be 100135 words each.

Responding to a classmates post requires both the addition of new ideas and analysis. A particular point made by the classmate must be addressed and built upon by your analysis in order to move the conversation forward. Thus, the response post is a rigorous assignment that requires you to build upon initial posts to develop deeper and more thorough discussion of the ideas introduced in the initial posts. As such, reply posts that merely affirm, restate, or unprofessionally quarrel with the previous post(s) and fail to make a valuable, substantive contribution to the discussion will receive appropriate point deductions. Original posts will be uploaded to assigned writer.

Question:
Discuss the importance of information sharing to homeland security. What progress has been made? Do barriers to information sharing exist? List any barriers, and provide considerations for minimizing these barriers.