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

Citation
Markle Task Force on National Security In the Information Age, Nation At Risk: Policy Makers Need Better Information to Protect the Country (March 1, 2009) (full-text).

Overview
According to this Report, 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; and
 * overcoming bureaucratic resistance to change.