Blog: Clearance Delays Stifle IC Innovation
A blogger with first-hand experience identifies some of the bureaucratic challenges that threaten innovation in the U.S. Intelligence Community. He points out, for instance, that because new clearances can take so long to approve, mid-career professionals experienced in more efficient and effective private-sector ways of getting things done, often tend not to enter government service. Among other changes, he suggests declassifying some work would help.