500 Day Plan - Integration and Collaboration
DNI, 12 Oct 07: United States Intelligence Community 500 Day Plan: Integration and Collaboration
Quote:
To promote our vision of a more integrated and collaborative IC, we initiated a deliberate planning process based on the principles of transparency and accountability, bound by a set of deadlines and deliverables. We recently completed the first phase – the
100 Day Plan for Integration and Collaboration – designed to accelerate the execution of the
National Intelligence Strategy (NIS) through specific initiatives that build the foundation for transformation. We are now beginning the next phase – the 500 Day Plan for Integration and Collaboration – designed to sustain and accelerate our momentum with an expanded set of initiatives and wider IC participation. The 500 Day Plan focuses on six areas:
1. Create a Culture of Collaboration
2. Accelerate Information Sharing
3. Foster Collection and Analytic Transformation
4. Build Acquisition Excellence and Technology Leadership
5. Modernize Business Practices
6. Clarify and Align DNI’s Authorities
These six focus areas contain both “core” and “enabling” initiatives – all of which build on the efforts we began under the 100 Day Plan to deepen integration of the Community’s people, processes, and technologies. The “core” initiatives allow senior leadership to focus their attention on the most critical transformational efforts, while the “enabling” initiatives are key to achieving our vision of an integrated Intelligence Enterprise. The IC will work collaboratively to execute the 500 Day Plan through cross-organizational working groups for each initiative, demonstrating the collaboration that is essential for our success.....
Whatever happens to healthy competition?
It doesn't appear that in his zeal to foster collaboration the DNI has taken much account of the dangers of Group Think. A more collaborative IC with analysts working together across agency lines is a worthy goal. An Intel Enterprise, hierarchically organized, IMO, is not.
Cheers
JohnT