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

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