Year: 2011
On October 21 U.S. Senator Jerry Moran (R-KS) visited the Simons Center at Fort Leavenworth. The visit followed his remarks earlier in the week on the floor of the Senate…
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Senator Jerry Moran (R-KS) recognized the Simons Center in an October 18 statement delivered on the floor of the Senate. In his remarks Senator Moran introduced the Simons Center, explaining its mission to improve coordination within U.S. government agencies…
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Joint Publication 3-07 provides doctrine for the conduct of stability operations during joint operations within the broader context of US Government efforts. It provides guidance for operating across the range of military operations to support US Government agencies, foreign governments, and intergovernmental organizations…
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The annual Angel Thunder exercise is sponsored by the Air Force’s Air Combat Command, and is the largest federal interagency exercise for personnel rescue and recovery. Angel Thunder was founded in 2005 by former Air Force Rescue helicopter pilot Brett Hartnett, who describes the exercise as the “biggest bang for the buck in training dollars.” The focus of Angel Thunder is saving lives…
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The Government Accountability Office released a report in July of this year detailing the need for common alignment of world regions among certain U.S. federal agencies. The report, GAO-11-776R, came as a response to Section 1055 of the Ike Skelton National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2011, which required an assessment of the need for common alignment of world regions in federal departments and agencies with international responsibilities…
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The July 2011 performance audit by the Office of the Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction (SIGAR) reports on U.S. efforts to improve the capacity of the Afghan government to regulate Afghanistan’s financial sector and to strengthen the controls U.S. agencies use to track U.S. funds in the Afghan economy…
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Joint Interagency Task Force–South (JIATF–South) is well known within the U.S. Government as the “gold standard” for interagency cooperation and intelligence fusion. It is often cited as a model for whole-of-government problem-solving, and other national security organizations have tried to copy its approach and successes…
... Read MoreThe Col. Arthur D. Simons Center for the Study of Interagency Cooperation is pleased to announce the winners of the 2011 Faculty Writing Award…
... Read MoreFORT LEAVENWORTH, Kan. (Sept. 12, 2011) The Col. Arthur D. Simons Center for the Study of Interagency Cooperation announces its Interagency Writing Competition for 2012. The competition is open to the public and recognizes papers that provide insight and fresh thinking in advancing the knowledge, understanding, and practice of interagency coordination, cooperation, and collaboration at the tactical or operational level of effort…
... Read MoreThe Simons Center is pleased to reveal the first installment of its interagency bibliography. The bibliography is part of the Simons Center’s mission to foster and develop an interagency body of knowledge and boasts over 500 entries regarding interagency issues. The bibliography includes reports from the Government Accountability Office and the Congressional Research Service, professional publications by subject matter experts, and academic research from both military and non-military institutions…
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