Bibliography Category: Interagency Relationships, Networks, and Contracts

U.S. Government Accountability Office. GAO-06-16, U.S. Office of Special Counsel: Selected Contracting and Human Capital Issues. Washington, DC: Government Printing  Office, 2005. http://www.gao.gov/new.items/d0616.pdf (accessed 8 August 2011). This report discusses actions related to the development of a plan to address contracting and human capital issues, including whether required practices and procedures were followed in contracting […]

U.S. Government Accountability Office. GAO-05-456, Interagency Contracting: Franchise Funds Provide Convenience, but Value to DOD is Not Demonstrated. Washington, DC: Government Printing Office, 2005. http://frwebgate.access.gpo.gov/cgi-bin/getdoc.cgi?dbname=gao&docid=f:d05456.pdf (accessed 17 August 2011). This report assesses whether franchise funds ensured fair and reasonable prices for goods and services, whether DoD analyzed purchasing alternatives, and whether DoD and franchise funds […]

U.S. Government Accountability Office. GAO-05-323, U.S. Public Diplomacy: Interagency Coordination Efforts Hampered by the Lack of National Communication Strategy. Washington, DC: Government Printing Office, 2005. http://www.gao.gov/new.items/d05323.pdf (accessed 19 July 2011). This report examine the extent to which U.S. public diplomacy efforts have been coordinated and whether the private sector has been significantly engaged in such […]

U.S. Government Accountability Office. GAO-05-201, Interagency Contracting: Problems with DOD’s and Interior’s Orders to Support Military Operations. Washington, DC: Government Printing Office, 2005. http://frwebgate.access.gpo.gov/cgi-bin/getdoc.cgi?dbname=gao&docid=f:d05201.pdf (accessed 12 August 2011). This report reviews the process that the Department of Defense (DoD) used to acquire interrogation and certain other services through the Department of the Interior to support […]

U.S. Government Accountability Office. GAO-00-106, Managing for Results: Barriers to Interagency Coordination. Washington, DC: Government Printing Office, 2000. http://www.gao.gov/new.items/gg00106.pdf (accessed 20 July 2011). This report provides an overview of programs that identify mission fragmentation and overlap in 1998 and 1999; discuss barriers to interagency coordination identified in prior work issued by GAO over the last […]

Stephenson, James. 2006. Military-Civilian Cooperation: A Field Perspective. Foreign Service Journal Vol. 83, no. 3 (March): 55-63. http://www.afsa.org/FSJ/0306/index.html (accessed 21 July 2011). In this article, the author shares his experiences leading the U.S. Agency for International Development’s assistance efforts in Iraq.

Stephan, Maria J. 2012. Navigating Civil-Military Relationships in Kabul. InterAgency Journal Vol. 3, no. 1 (February): 23-30. http://thesimonscenter.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/IAJ-3-1-pg23-30.pdf (accessed 22 February 2012). This article examines civil-military cooperation in Afghanistan, focusing on U.S. Embassy Kabul.

Stavridis, Jim. 1993. Beyond Joint: The Interagency Action. Proceedings Vol. 119, no. 5 (May). http://www.usni.org/magazines/proceedings/1993-05/beyond-joint-interagency-action (accessed 5 March 2012). This article examines interagency operations within the Department of the Navy.

Smith, Perry M. Assignment: Pentagon: How to Excel in a Bureaucracy, 4th edition, Revised. Washington, DC: Potomac Books, 2007. This book is the essential guide for the newly assigned military and civilian personnel, as well as interested outsiders, to the Pentagon’s informal set of arrangements, networks, and functions that operate in the service and joint […]

Shemella, Paul. 2006. Interagency Coordination: The Other Side of CIMIC. Small Wars and Insurgencies Vol. 17, no. 4 (December): 449-457. This article examines civil-military cooperation (CIMIC). The author believes such cooperation will reduce stovepiping and help create government networks capable of managing threats such as terrorism, insurgency, and organized crime.