As a part of its mission to foster and develop an interagency body of knowledge while facilitating broader and more effective cooperation within the United States Government, the Simons Center produces a number of publications. Simons Center publications cover a broad range of interagency topics including national security, counterterrorism, stabilization and reconstruction operations, and disaster preparation and response. The Simons Center’s three main publications include the:
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The Command and General Staff College Foundation’s Simons Center for Interagency Cooperation is hosting the Greater Kansas City Cyber Security Seminar at the Kauffman Foundation Conference Center, 4801 Rockhill Road, Kansas City, Mo. 64110, on Nov. 15, from 9 a.m. – 3 p.m. This information and education seminar is hosted by the CGSC Foundation’s Simons [...]
Earlier this year, the IBM Center published a report examining the ability of Senior Executive Service members to lead and collaborate on cross-agency initiatives. The report is one of three recent IBM Center reports that examine the impact of the Government Performance and Results Act of 2010…
FEMA recently released updated editions of three of their five National Planning Frameworks. The National Planning Frameworks are part of FEMA’s National Preparedness System, which includes one Framework for each of the five preparedness mission areas…
The U.S. Agency for International Development recently signed a Memorandum of Understanding with Syngenta International AG, one of the world’s leading companies focused on increasing crop productivity and improving health and quality of life…
This study examines the relationship between internal security forces and sub-state political violence. The author looks at how civil conflict is shaped by both the quantity and quality of ISFs, and the need for an interagency approach in building security capacity, including government, military, peacekeeping, and law enforcement training.
The cooperative efforts of law enforcement, investigative, and security personnel and first responders are being praised in the aftermath of the April 15 Boston Marathon bombing…
Assistant secretary of defense for global strategic affairs Madelyn R. Creedon, recently testified before the Senate Armed Services Committee’s emerging threats and capabilities subcommittee in a hearing on nonproliferation activities…
Davis-Monthan Air Force Base recently hosted the world’s largest personnel recovery exercise, with various training scenarios located in California, Arizona, and New Mexico…
Earlier this month, the Department of Defense and their interagency partners began preparing for the 2013 hurricane season. The annual drill was hosted by U.S. Army North at Fort Sam Houston in San Antonio, Texas…
On April 9, the President’s Interagency Task Force to Monitor and Combat Trafficking in Persons released a progress report on their anti-trafficking efforts as of February 2013…
The Center for Complex Operations recently published an edited volume addressing illicit networks and U.S. national security. Convergence: Illicit Networks and National Security in the Age of Globalization explores many aspects of transnational organized crime…
