The National Infrastructure Protection Center (NIPC) was a unit of the

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charged with protecting

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and

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s critical to the United States'

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.Gale Encyclopedia of Espionage & Intelligence
Infrastructure Protection Center (NIPC), United States National
/ref> It was founded in 1998 by President

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's Presidential Decision Directive 63. It was originally created as a branch of the

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. In 2003, the NIPC was transferred to the

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. The NIPC was eventually (2002) disbanded, with other federal government organizations taking on its responsibilities.National Infrastructure Protection Center
www.nipc.gov (archived)
/ref> omeland Security Act (P.L. 107-296)

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