Russell Porter, director of the Iowa Intelligence Fusion Center, will testify before Congress today during a hearing titled “A Report Card on Homeland Security Information Sharing.”

Porter, who has worked in Iowa’s intelligence community since 1984, will testify on using intelligence to analyze terrorism threats and information sharing before the House Subcommittee on Intelligence, Information Sharing and Terrorism Risk Assessment. He is one of five nationally recognized experts who will testify.

Fusion centers sprung up around the country in the wake of the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks on the United States. Today, they make up a nationwide network of intelligence gathering offices, with the goal of sharing information and avoiding mistakes that led to the attacks.

For more on the Iowa Intelligence Fusion Center, click here.

A Web cast of the hearing is available by clicking here. It is scheduled to take place at 10 a.m.