Department of State

Department of State. United States Agency for International Development (USAID). PD-ACL-777, Civilian-Military Cooperation Policy. Washington, DC: Government Printing Office, 2008. http://pdf.usaid.gov/pdf_docs/PDACL777.pdf (accessed 20 July 2011).

This policy establishes the foundation for the United States Agency for International Development cooperation with the United States Department of Defense in the areas of joint planning, assessment and evaluation, training, implementation, and strategic communication. This cooperation is designed to facilitate a whole-of-government approach in which U.S. Government agencies work within their mandated areas of responsibility in a more coherent way to provide a coordinated, consistent response in pursuit of shared policy goals to include, inter alia, humanitarian relief efforts, counter-terrorism initiatives, civil affairs programs, and reconstruction and stabilization efforts.