Tag: U.S. Government (USG)

In December 2012, the U.S. Agency for International Development released its first-ever Action Plan on Children in Adversity. The plan calls for an interagency strategy to assist vulnerable children in low- and middle-income countries…

In November 2012, the Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs reported the Interagency Personnel Rotation Act of 2011 to Congress…

In September 2012 the Government Accountability Office released a report identifying mechanisms to implement interagency collaborative efforts. The report also examines the implementation of the Government Performance and Results Act of 1993 Modernization Act of 2010…

In September, the Government Accountability Office released a report that makes recommendations to the Interagency Security Committee regarding the security of federal property…

Congressman Jim Moran (D-VA) recently introduced new legislation aimed at reforming the Senior Executive Service. The Senior Executive Service Act of 2012 includes reforms that address compensation and professional development…

In March, the Peacekeeping and Stability Operations Institute released its policy planning handbook on mass atrocity prevention and response operations.  The handbook was developed to aid in interagency policy making decisions dealing with mass atrocity and genocide situations…

Former Undersecretary of Defense for Policy Michele Flournoy recently spoke at the Chairman’s Forum at the Stimson Center in Washington, DC.  Flournoy discussed imbalances in interagency resourcing, the growth of interagency operations, the National Security structure, and public-private partnerships…

On March 21, the State Department released a fact sheet detailing the establishment of the US Water Partnership (USWP). The USWP is a U.S.-based public-private partnership established to unite American expertise, knowledge, and resources to address water challenges around the world…

In an effort to make U.S. government leaner, smarter and more consumer-friendly, the President has called on Congress to reinstate the authority to reorganize the government. The President’s first proposed use of that authority is consolidating six agencies into one more efficient department…

The Simons Center cohosted with the Combined Arms Center and the U.S. Institute of Peace a symposium titled “Interagency Transitions in Iraq, Afghanistan and Beyond,” at the newly constructed headquarters of the U.S. Institute of Peace in Washington, D.C., Feb. 3-4.