§321d. National Operations Center
(a) Definition
In this section, the term "situational awareness" means information gathered from a variety of sources that, when communicated to emergency managers and decision makers, can form the basis for incident management decisionmaking.
(b) Establishment
The National Operations Center is the principal operations center for the Department and shall-
(1) provide situational awareness and a common operating picture for the entire Federal Government, and for State, local, and tribal governments as appropriate, in the event of a natural disaster, act of terrorism, or other man-made disaster; and
(2) ensure that critical terrorism and disaster-related information reaches government decision-makers.
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