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2016 Atrocities Prevention Report released
Posted: March 23, 2016 by the Simons Center
The State Department has announced the release of their 2016 Atrocities Prevention Report. The report describes the targeting of and attacks against civilians, including members of religious and ethnic groups in the Middle East and in Burma, and provides an overview... Read More
Indo-Asian partners take part in disaster response exercise
Posted: March 22, 2016 by the Simons Center
On March 14, joint, interagency, and multinational sustainment experts gathered in Phnom Penh, Cambodia for Angkor Opening 2016. Angkor Opening is a weeklong tabletop exercise designed to build partnerships, interoperability, and readiness in humanitarian assistance and disaster relief port opening... Read More
Interagency privacy council formed
Posted: February 11, 2016 by the Simons Center
On February 9, the White House announced the creation of the Federal Privacy Council. The Council was established through an Executive Order and sets policies for agencies for collecting, maintaining, and using personal information they gather in the course of... Read More
USAID releases humanitarian policy
Posted: December 31, 2015 by the Simons Center
Earlier this year the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) Office of U.S. Foreign Disaster Assistance (OFDA) released the Policy for Humanitarian Action. OFDA leads the multi-agency response to disasters overseas by coordinating efforts, partnering with a range of humanitarian... Read More
Assist. Secretary testifies on SW border trafficking
Posted: November 19, 2015 by the Simons Center
Earlier this week Amb. William Brownfield, Assistant Secretary of the Bureau of International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs, testified before the United States Senate Caucus on International Narcotics Control. Brownfield spoke on U.S. counternarcotics assistance to Mexico, including the Merida... Read More
GAO evaluates Red Cross, interagency cooperation
Posted: October 20, 2015 by the Simons Center
The Government Accountability Office (GAO) recently published a report assessing the American Red Cross’s cooperation with U.S. government agencies when providing disaster relief services. The report addresses the nature and extent of the Red Cross’s disaster services, how the Red... Read More
InterAgency Journal 6-3 (Summer 2015)
Posted: August 18, 2015 by the Simons Center
Inside this issue: Features Download the journal. Demystifying the Interagency Process and Explaining the Ambassador's Role by Ronald E. Neumann Disrupting the Foreign Fighter Flow: Interdiction and Prosecution by Jan Schwarzenberg Interagency: Nice to Talk About... Hard to Do by... Read More
FEMA reports on progress after Katrina
Posted: August 17, 2015 by the Simons Center
This August marks the tenth anniversary of the catastrophic 2005 Atlantic hurricane season that devastated the gulf coast region. On August 29, 2005, Hurricane Katrina made landfall, followed shortly by Hurricanes Rita and Wilma in September and October. Ten years... Read More
Foundation hosts youth leadership group visit to Fort Leavenworth
Posted: July 17, 2015 by the Simons Center
The CGSC Foundation and Fort Leavenworth Public Affairs hosted a group of high school students involved in the Overland Park Rotary Club’s Youth Leadership Institute on July 15. The program is designed as a five-day, hands-on, fun program for Kansas... Read More
GAO audits Counterterrorism Bureau coordination
Posted: June 30, 2015 by the Simons Center
In early June, the Government Accountability Office (GAO) released a report examining the Department of State’s Bureau of Counterterrorism. In their report, GAO notes that they found that the Counterterrorism Bureau and other bureaus within the State Department were generally... Read More
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