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Though the Navy, Coast Guard and other agencies now are carving out an overarching strategy for maritime security, they have worked for years to merge their efforts to increase surveillance and security of the nation's coastal approaches, waterways and ports. The Navy and Coast Guard have increased their intelligence coordination, for example, and are cooperating on the acquisition of new technologies to interdict terrorist threats to the United States. The services have expanded the Office of Naval Intelligence (ONI) and the Coast Guard's Intelligence Coordination Center (ICC), which are co-located at the National Maritime Intelligence Center in Suitland, Md. The center has bolstered its staff since Sept. 11, 2001, and it has improved intra-agency collaboration to collect and disseminate information more efficiently to operational commanders. For example, the center now shares cargo-related information with U.S. Customs and Border Patrol.