Nation At Risk: Policy Makers Need Better Information to Protect the Country | Markle | Advancing America's Future
Nation At Risk: Policy Makers Need Better Information to Protect the Country | Markle | Advancing America's Future

Nation At Risk: Policy Makers Need Better Information to Protect the Country

Publication Date: March 1, 2009 | Back to Latest News

The President and Congress must reaffirm information sharing as a top priority, which means:

  • ensuring that policymakers have the best information to inform their decisions
  • ensuring that all government information relevant to national security is discoverable and accessible to authorized users while audited to ensure accountability
  • developing government-wide privacy policies for information sharing to match the increased technological capabilities to collect, store, and analyze information
  • overcoming bureaucratic resistance to change


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