strategy
Reducing intelligence costs
Synonyms:
Restructuring intelligence agenciesReforming intelligence agencies
Context:
During the Cold War, vast amounts of money were spend building up intelligence structures on both sides. In the post Cold War era, out of time and/or wasteful intelligence budgets and structures (especially duplication in organization and process in or between intelligence structures) need to be reassessed and restructured accordingly. Implementation:
Recently in the USA, the president's new bipartisan Commission on the Roles and Capabilities of the Intelligence Community has begun its work. Claim:
The USA officially spends 28 billion dollars on gathering intelligence annually. Four fifths of this figure is absorbed by Pentagon managed agencies. The CIA's annual budget is about 3 billion dollars; the Defence Intelligence Agency receives 600 million dollars a year; the National Security Agency receives about 4 billion dollars; the National Reconnaissance Office, nearly 7 billion dollars; the Central Imagery Office, over one billion; and Tactical Intelligence and Related Activities receive about 12 billion dollars. According to a recent study, the CIA's intelligence directorate has about 1500 analysts, and the military has about 13000 carrying out analysis, much of it derived from analyses already completed. Facilitated by:
Reporting cooperation among intelligence agenciesImproving sophistication in warfare and intelligence Values:
IntelligenceUnintelligence Subjects:
Commerce → Purchasing, supplyingCommerce → Agencies, dealers
Management → Planning
Psychology → Psychology
Development → Reform
Type Classification:
G: Very Specific strategies Related UN Sustainable Development Goals:
