http://www.naffziger.net/blog/2007/04/20/the-intelligence-communitys-retread-problem/ Startups, Search & Seattle Tue, 07 Feb 2012 20:09:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 http://www.naffziger.net/blog/2007/04/20/the-intelligence-communitys-retread-problem/comment-page-1/#comment-1904 J.S. Sun, 22 Apr 2007 18:45:29 +0000 http://www.naffziger.net/blog/2007/04/20/the-intelligence-communitys-retread-problem/#comment-1904 As a former civil servant in the U.S. Intelligence Community, I found your observations of the USIC extremely insightful and accurate. What the USIC needs most -- besides information technology solutions that are affordable and operational, especially after hundreds of millions of dollars in development costs are squandered on systems that never go on-line (i.e. the FBI's Trilogy) -- are fresh, new minds who welcome change and reject group-think. Security Clearance reform is a key issue as well. Interested observers can finally track reforms and interact on the clearance process at a new website, www.clearedcommunity.com. As a former civil servant in the U.S. Intelligence Community, I found your observations of the USIC extremely insightful and accurate. What the USIC needs most — besides information technology solutions that are affordable and operational, especially after hundreds of millions of dollars in development costs are squandered on systems that never go on-line (i.e. the FBI’s Trilogy) — are fresh, new minds who welcome change and reject group-think. Security Clearance reform is a key issue as well. Interested observers can finally track reforms and interact on the clearance process at a new website, http://www.clearedcommunity.com.

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