Homeland Investment

CIO, April, 2003 by Megan Santosus

As an organization consumed by the collection and analysis of information, the Central Intelligence Agency is keenly interested in IT on the cutting edge. So in 1999 the agency got into the high-tech venture capital business by launching In-Q-Tel, an independent, private and nonprofit organization charged with identifying and investing in technologies "that serve U.S. national security interests."

Although its mission sounds sweepingly vague, In-Q-Tel, with offices in Arlington, Va., and Menlo Park, Calif., focuses its attention on technologies that can be used in the private sector as well as in government and law enforcement. "We're looking for solutions for enterprise problems—technologies that help large organizations work better whether they are Fortune 500 companies...

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