On October 30, Secretary of Homeland Security, Janet Napolitano, announced the opening of the National Cybersecurity and Communications Integration Center (NCCIC) in Arlington, VA.  Said Napolitano, "Consolidating our cyber and communications operations centers within the NCCIC will enhance our ability to effectively mitigate risks and respond to threats." 

Opened to great fanfare and media attention, the 61 workstations currently installed in the NCCIC are intended to bring together intelligence to help secure the country's cyber infrastructure. 

With current attacks reported as coming from China and North Korea, securing the "cyber-borders" is of great interest and this facility combines the highly respected  U.S. Computer Emergency Readiness Team (US-CERT), which leads a public-private partnership to protect and defend the nation's cyber infrastructure; and the National Coordinating Center for Telecommunications. 

This author's personal perception is that the NCIC could have been  opened one day later but then the headlines would have to read something about enabling the spooks. That just wouldn't do!

Read more about it here: http://www.dhs.gov/ynews/releases/pr_1256914923094.shtm