A Congressional Research Service study warns that national security agencies created during the Bush administration—like the Department of Homeland Security and Office of National Intelligence—are not properly preparing for the next administration. The study finds that the agencies are focused too much on the administrative side of the transition instead of the greatest security challenges.

The Washington Post’s Spencer S. Hsu reports that DHS is a little better than the others in preparing for an almost certain change of political leadership within each agency. But government auditors have sharply criticized these agencies for still not having their act together. How much is there really to lose with a fresh start? Read Hsu here. MB

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