The Maryland Coordination and Analysis Center (MCAC) has established a student volunteer internship program (VIP). The VIP is an opportunity for well-qualified students to support the MCAC’s intelligence sharing mission and the State’s overall goal of keeping Maryland safe. Interns participating in this program will have the opportunity to work on projects that directly support the functions of the fusion center. Interns will work on projects that the MCAC has deemed critical to its progress but which it has insufficient resources to accomplish.
MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS
-Undergraduate candidates from UMBC must be between their sophomore and senior years, attending full-time or part-time. Graduate students must be enrolled in the university full-time or part-time.
-Students must be enrolled in an internship, independent study, co-op or zero credit practicum class.
-Student must have a professor’s recommendation.
-Students must have a minimum cumulative grade point average of a 3.0 on a 4.0 scale.
-Students must be citizens of the United States.
-Students must be able to pass a Federal Bureau of Investigation Background Investigation to receive a Secret Security Clearance.
-All students must provide proof they meet all of the minimum qualifications.
SECURITY CLEARANCE
The selected student will be granted a National Agency Check with Local Agency Checks and Credit Check (NACLC) security clearance. Upon successful adjudication for the NACLC clearance, the applicant will be given a Secret security clearance with escorted access to FBI space.
Students with the skills and interest in the following projects are encouraged to apply:
MCAC blog/website support – The website is intended to provide the public and law enforcement with timely and relevant updates. Using Google Reader, the student will monitor open source screening (RSS feeds) to post on the website items of interest about terrorism, gangs, crime and critical infrastructure.
Writing and editing - Researcher/writer/editor to assist researching and writing intelligence assessments. Write contributions to a daily product. Topics include MD’s maritime assessments; Critical Infrastructure/Key Resources threat-vulnerability-risk assessments; situational awareness handouts; and help writing and editing ad hoc products. Proficiency in Excel and Power Point preferred.
Marketing (1 with graphic design specialization) – Develop the Fusion Liaison Outreach program; create and conduct surveys and assist with other marketing efforts; create customer profiles that can be used to filter communications products and target information to specific preferences; develop brochures, fact sheets and other handouts.
Education/Curriculum Development/Training - Develop curriculum for trainings to law enforcement and the public about suspicious activities, terrorism and crimes; create and conduct scenario-based tabletop and live exercises to regularly assess information sharing capabilities; refine a Training and Professional Development plan for detailees.
Human Resources – Develop tool to track volunteer hours and develop performance metrics for detailees. Work with education intern on refining a Training and Professional Development plan for detailees.
Information Requirements/Data Manager – Create a formal process to identify, document and prioritize customers’ intelligence requirements. Establish goals and objective for collecting, producing and sharing information. Review and consider relevant national intelligence requirements as provided by DHS and the FBI. Develop a communications strategic plan.
Statistician – Multivariable analysis of law enforcement data and open source data to prepare statistical reports for policy makers and the public. Data will be of the type collected for the Uniform Crime Reports. Topics for analysis may include assessments of violent crime, weapons use, gang activity, offender data and/or hate crimes; and the analysis will explain their effects on Maryland. Examples of the type of products that may be produced can be found on http://www.fdle.state.fl.us/Content/FSAC/Data---Statistics-(1)/UCR-Offense-Data/UCR-Offense-Data.aspx
GIS - Facilitate the integration, sharing, analysis, mapping, and virtual presentation of secure Law Enforcement/ Homeland Security data. Inherent to this project is the coordination between National Capital Region (NCR) Fusion Centers, Emergency Managers, and Law Enforcement agencies to ensure geospatially enabled Public Safety data and resources are shared across the NCR. Goals include identification of priority Homeland Security Law Enforcement datasets, mutual sharing, and development of joint geospatial projection within jurisdictions. Emphasis will be on information that can be shared, geospatially analyzed, and provided to planners, Incident Commanders, or investigators in near real-time. Flex/Silverlight development capabilities is preferred but not necessary.
Public Health Intern - Work in partnership with other fusion center analysts and partner agencies to understand and identify links between terrorism/criminal information and indicators and warnings of threats to human, animal, agricultural, food, and environmental health or Public Health and Health Care (PH/HC) critical infrastructure and key resources. Systems that could provide early warning of health threats and potential bioterrorism events may include, but are not limited to, NBIS Biosurveillance Common Operating Picture (BCOP), BioWatch, and syndromic surveillance systems (such as CDC’s BioSense). PH/HC partners should identify and inform the fusion center of relevant databases, systems, and networks available from PH/HC federal, state, local and private sector organizations to maximize information sharing and analysis that relate to health.
TO APPLY:
Visit position ID: 9253032 in UMBCworks and submit a resume and cover letter indicating the projects you are interested in and your qualifications. Early applications will be given top priority.
MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS
-Undergraduate candidates from UMBC must be between their sophomore and senior years, attending full-time or part-time. Graduate students must be enrolled in the university full-time or part-time.
-Students must be enrolled in an internship, independent study, co-op or zero credit practicum class.
-Student must have a professor’s recommendation.
-Students must have a minimum cumulative grade point average of a 3.0 on a 4.0 scale.
-Students must be citizens of the United States.
-Students must be able to pass a Federal Bureau of Investigation Background Investigation to receive a Secret Security Clearance.
-All students must provide proof they meet all of the minimum qualifications.
SECURITY CLEARANCE
The selected student will be granted a National Agency Check with Local Agency Checks and Credit Check (NACLC) security clearance. Upon successful adjudication for the NACLC clearance, the applicant will be given a Secret security clearance with escorted access to FBI space.
Students with the skills and interest in the following projects are encouraged to apply:
MCAC blog/website support – The website is intended to provide the public and law enforcement with timely and relevant updates. Using Google Reader, the student will monitor open source screening (RSS feeds) to post on the website items of interest about terrorism, gangs, crime and critical infrastructure.
Writing and editing - Researcher/writer/editor to assist researching and writing intelligence assessments. Write contributions to a daily product. Topics include MD’s maritime assessments; Critical Infrastructure/Key Resources threat-vulnerability-risk assessments; situational awareness handouts; and help writing and editing ad hoc products. Proficiency in Excel and Power Point preferred.
Marketing (1 with graphic design specialization) – Develop the Fusion Liaison Outreach program; create and conduct surveys and assist with other marketing efforts; create customer profiles that can be used to filter communications products and target information to specific preferences; develop brochures, fact sheets and other handouts.
Education/Curriculum Development/Training - Develop curriculum for trainings to law enforcement and the public about suspicious activities, terrorism and crimes; create and conduct scenario-based tabletop and live exercises to regularly assess information sharing capabilities; refine a Training and Professional Development plan for detailees.
Human Resources – Develop tool to track volunteer hours and develop performance metrics for detailees. Work with education intern on refining a Training and Professional Development plan for detailees.
Information Requirements/Data Manager – Create a formal process to identify, document and prioritize customers’ intelligence requirements. Establish goals and objective for collecting, producing and sharing information. Review and consider relevant national intelligence requirements as provided by DHS and the FBI. Develop a communications strategic plan.
Statistician – Multivariable analysis of law enforcement data and open source data to prepare statistical reports for policy makers and the public. Data will be of the type collected for the Uniform Crime Reports. Topics for analysis may include assessments of violent crime, weapons use, gang activity, offender data and/or hate crimes; and the analysis will explain their effects on Maryland. Examples of the type of products that may be produced can be found on http://www.fdle.state.fl.us/Content/FSAC/Data---Statistics-(1)/UCR-Offense-Data/UCR-Offense-Data.aspx
GIS - Facilitate the integration, sharing, analysis, mapping, and virtual presentation of secure Law Enforcement/ Homeland Security data. Inherent to this project is the coordination between National Capital Region (NCR) Fusion Centers, Emergency Managers, and Law Enforcement agencies to ensure geospatially enabled Public Safety data and resources are shared across the NCR. Goals include identification of priority Homeland Security Law Enforcement datasets, mutual sharing, and development of joint geospatial projection within jurisdictions. Emphasis will be on information that can be shared, geospatially analyzed, and provided to planners, Incident Commanders, or investigators in near real-time. Flex/Silverlight development capabilities is preferred but not necessary.
Public Health Intern - Work in partnership with other fusion center analysts and partner agencies to understand and identify links between terrorism/criminal information and indicators and warnings of threats to human, animal, agricultural, food, and environmental health or Public Health and Health Care (PH/HC) critical infrastructure and key resources. Systems that could provide early warning of health threats and potential bioterrorism events may include, but are not limited to, NBIS Biosurveillance Common Operating Picture (BCOP), BioWatch, and syndromic surveillance systems (such as CDC’s BioSense). PH/HC partners should identify and inform the fusion center of relevant databases, systems, and networks available from PH/HC federal, state, local and private sector organizations to maximize information sharing and analysis that relate to health.
TO APPLY:
Visit position ID: 9253032 in UMBCworks and submit a resume and cover letter indicating the projects you are interested in and your qualifications. Early applications will be given top priority.
