| Description:
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Report on the Minnesota Fusion Center, posted on the MNFC website, including the types of activities it monitors; the scale of information it collects; the local, state, and federal agencies with which it shares information; and the quantifiable benefits it produces, for the preceding calendar year unless another time period is specified.
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| Committee/Agency Jurisdiction:
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Civil Law and Data Practices
Public Safety
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| Note:
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None of the reporting requirements in this section supersede chapter 13 or any other state or federal law.
The report must include the following information, to the extent allowed by other law:
(1) the MNFC's operating budget for the current biennium, number of staff, and staff duties;
(2) the number of publications generated and an overview of the type of information provided in the publications, including products such as law enforcement briefs, partner briefs, risk assessments, threat assessments, and operational reports;
(3) a summary of audit findings for the MNFC and what corrective actions were taken pursuant to audits;
(4) the number of data requests received by the MNFC and a general description of those requests;
(5) the types of surveillance and data analysis technologies utilized by the MNFC, such as artificial intelligence or social media analysis tools;
(6) a description of the commercial and governmental databases utilized by the MNFC to the extent permitted by law;
(7) the number of suspicious activity reports (SARs) received and processed by the MNFC;
(8) the number of SARs received and processed by the MNFC that were converted into Bureau of Criminal Apprehension case files, that were referred to the Federal Bureau of Investigation, or that were referred to local law enforcement agencies;
(9) the number of SARs received and processed by the MNFC that involve an individual on the Terrorist Screening Center watchlist;
(10) the number of requests for information (RFIs) that the MNFC received from law enforcement agencies and the number of responses to federal requests for RFIs;
(11) the names of the federal agencies the MNFC received data from or shared data with;
(12) the names of the agencies that submitted SARs;
(13) a summary description of the MNFC's activities with the Joint Terrorism Task Force; and
(14) the number of investigations aided by the MNFC's use of SARs and RFIs.
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