The impact of the information revolution on policymakers' use of intelligence analysis
By: Lorne Teitelbaum
Contributors: Pardee Rand Graduate School
Series: Dissertation -- RGSD-186; Dissertation (Pardee Rand Graduate School) -- RGSD-186.
Publisher: RAND
Published: 2005
Place of publication: Santa Monica, Calif
Language: eng
Number of pages: 223
Subjects: Intelligence service; Public administration; Information technology; Government policy; Information policy; Foreign relations administration
Description: Compares how policymakers' use of intelligence to support the policymaking process has changed. The intelligence community's Intelink network, the Internet, and web-based sources of analysis have not become major contributors to the policymaking process. Policymakers still find intelligence analysis useful for supporting the policymaking process, especially when it is conveyed through a one-on-one intelligence briefing.
Notes: Presented as the author's doctoral dissertation, Pardee Rand Graduate School, 2004.

Includes bibliographical references.

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Table of contents: title: Introduction and summary; title: The theory and practice of how policymakers use information; title: Historical examples of policymakers' use of intelligence; title: The information age and its effects; title: The impact of the information revolution on policymakers; title: Conclusions and recommendations.