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News You Can Use: 08/17/16
Posted: August 17, 2016 by the Simons Center
National Security World Trade Center mall reopens, shows progress since 9/11, U.S. News Promises unfulfilled: How a State Department plan to stabilize Iraq broke apart, The Washington Post Disaster declared for Louisiana floods that have killed five, Reuters Prioritizing US... Read More
CGSC 2017 academic year kicks off with International Flag Ceremony
Posted: August 10, 2016 by the Simons Center
The U.S. Army Command and General Staff College kicked off the 2016-2017 academic year with the traditional International Flag Ceremony for Command and General Staff Officer’s Course 2017 at 9:30 a.m. on Aug. 8 at Fort Leavenworth’s Lewis and Clark... Read More
World Humanitarian Summit draws thousands
Posted: May 27, 2016 by the Simons Center
On May 23 and 24, 9,000 government, private sector, and civil society representatives gathered in Istanbul, Turkey, for the World Humanitarian Summit. Participants included representatives from 173 United Nations (UN) member states and 55 heads of state and government, as... Read More
DoD to support HHS in Zika virus research
Posted: February 4, 2016 by the Simons Center
On January 27, the Department of Defense (DoD) announced that they have been asked to support the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) in their efforts related to the Zika virus. Pentagon press secretary Peter Cook said that the... Read More
SECDEF July 4 Message
Posted: July 3, 2015 by the Simons Center
(As Written by Secretary of Defense Ash Carter, Washington, D.C.) As we celebrate Independence Day, I want to thank the men and women who serve our nation at home and abroad for all that you do to help keep America... Read More
House committee reviews multi-agency Ebola response
Posted: October 28, 2014 by the Simons Center
On October 24, experts and representatives from several U.S. departments and international organizations spoke at a U.S. House of Representatives Committee on Oversight and Government Reform Ebola response hearing. In their prepared statements to the Committee, the experts reviewed current measures... Read More
Combat Veterans Courts – Leave No Veteran Behind
Posted: October 15, 2014 by the Simons Center
October 21, 2014 This evening program at the University of Kansas will examine the national and local responses to the plight of veterans within the criminal justice system. The wars in Iraq and Afghanistan have taken an unprecedented toll on our... Read More
USAID details multi-agency efforts against gender-based violence
Posted: September 5, 2012 by the Simons Center
In August, the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) released the United States Strategy to Prevent and Respond to Gender-Based Violence Globally. The purpose of the strategy is to establish a government-wide approach that identifies, coordinates, integrates, and leverages current... Read More
Lane, Erin, Joan Lucera, and Rachel Boba
Posted: May 22, 2012 by the Simons Center
Lane, Erin, Joan Lucera, and Rachel Boba. Inter-Agency Response to Domestic Violence in a Medium Size City. Washington, DC: Department of Justice, 2003. http://www.cops.usdoj.gov/files/RIC/Publications/Inter-Agency_Response_DV.pdf (accessed 14 December 2011). This document details methods to prevent and respond to forms of violence... Read More
Executive Order
Posted: May 17, 2012 by the Simons Center
Executive Order 13257: President’s Interagency Task Force To Monitor and Combat Trafficking in Persons. Federal Register Vol. 67, no. 33 (19 February 2002): 7259-7260. http://www.hsdl.org/?view&did=456930 (accessed 27 September 2011). This executive order mandates the creation of the Interagency Task Force... Read More
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