Bibliography Category: Interagency Relationships, Networks, and Contracts

Stamm, Andreas and Christian von Drachenfels. Value Chain Development: Approaches and Activities by Seven UN Agencies and Opportunities for Interagency Cooperation. Geneva, Switzerland: International Labour Office, 2011. http://www.ilo.org/wcmsp5/groups/public/—ed_emp/—emp_ent/—ifp_seed/documents/publication/wcms_170848.pdf (accessed 25 May 2012). This report is based on a review of publications, internet presentations and internal information outlining the different approaches and perspectives that seven of […]

Yeatman, Richard M. 2006. JIATF-South: Blueprint for Success. Joint Forces Quarterly, no. 42 (July): 26-27. http://www.dtic.mil/cgi-bin/GetTRDoc?Location=U2&doc=GetTRDoc.pdf&AD=ADA520650 (accessed 3 January 2013). This article examines the success of Joint Interagency Task Force – South (JIATF-S), a network of law enforcement, intelligence, and military agencies.

Wormuth, Christine and Jeremy White. 2009. Merging HSC and NSC: Stronger Together. Homeland Security Affairs Vol. 5, no. 1 (January). http://www.hsaj.org/?fullarticle=5.1.3 (accessed 15 February 2012). This article explores the possibility of a merger of the Homeland Security Council (HSC) and National Security Council (NSC). Merging HSC and NSC staffs into a single organization would bring […]

Wilson, Brian. 2011. Interagency Collaboration on the High Seas. InterAgency Journal Vol. 2, no. 1 (Winter): 58-65. http://thesimonscenter.org/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/IAJ-2-1-pg58-65.pdf (accessed 21 July 2011). This article examines incidents of flawed interagency coordination at sea. The author also explores the Maritime Operational Threat Response (MOTR) Plan.

Wilder, Matthew K. 2012. Achieving Unity of Effort. InterAgency Journal Vol. 3, no. 1 (February): 40-46. http://thesimonscenter.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/IAJ-3-1-pg40-46.pdf (accessed 22 February 2012). This article examines interagency cooperation in civil-military operations. The author discusses Provincial Reconstruction Teams in Afghanistan, U.S. Africa Command, as well as training and education.

U.S. Government Accountability Office. GAO-12-429, Federal Contracting: Effort to Consolidate Governmentwide Acquisition Data Systems Should Be Reassessed. Washington, DC: Government Printing Office, 2012. http://www.gao.gov/assets/590/589370.pdf (accessed 18 April 2012). This report assesses the acquisition strategy being used to develop the Integrated Acquisition Environment (IAE), progress that has been made in consolidating IAE systems, and any challenges […]

U.S. Government Accountability Office. GAO-12-387SP, Interagency Collaboration: Survey Results of State and Army Personnel Rotation Program Participants and Their Host-Agency Supervisors, an E-supplement to GAO-12-386. Washington, DC: Government Printing Office, 2012. http://www.gao.gov/special.pubs/gao-12-387sp/index.htm (accessed 12 March 2012). This e-publication supplements the GAO report, Interagency Collaboration: State and Army Personnel Rotation Programs Can Build on Positive Results […]

U.S. Government Accountability Office. GAO-12-386, Interagency Collaboration: State and Army Personnel Rotation Programs Can Build on Positive Results with Additional Preparation and Evaluation. Washington, DC: Government Printing Office, 2012. http://gao.gov/assets/590/589170.pdf (accessed 12 March 2012). This report identifies desirable collaboration-related program results, as well as policies and practices that help rotation programs achieve those results. The […]

U.S. Government Accountability Office. GAO-12-384, Defense Contracting: Competition for Services and Recent Initiatives to Increase Competitive Procurements. Washington, DC: Government Printing Office, 2012. http://www.gao.gov/assets/590/589357.pdf (accessed 18 April 2012). This report examines how competition rates for services compare to competition rates for products and trends in competition for services; the reasons for noncompetitive contracts and task […]

U.S. Government Accountability Office. GAO-12-357, Defense Acquisitions: Further Actions Needed to Improve Accountability for DoD’s Inventory of Contracted Services. Washington, DC: Government Printing Office, 2012. http://www.gao.gov/assets/590/589951.pdf (accessed 18 April 2012). This report assesses DoD’s progress in addressing inventory limitations and the extent to which the military departments addressed instances of contractors performing functions identified as […]