The U.S. Department of Homeland Security and the Department of Justice will establish the Countering Violent Extremism Task Force, a new organization that will integrate and harmonize domestic efforts on fighting violent extremism at home, Price said in a statement. Moreover, the State Department will establish the Global Engagement Center, which „will allow us to place an intensified focus on empowering and enabling the voices of international partners, governmental and non-governmental.“ … Additionally, some senior officials from the White House and President Barack Obama‘s national security team, are meeting in Silicon Valley, California Friday with representatives from a number of leading technology companies, to follow up on Obama‘s call in his Dec. 6 address for the government and private sector to work together to combat terrorism and counter violent extremism online.