This essay describes the process undertaken by the Department of Homeland Security and other agencies when developing and coordinating their portion of a plan to speed the delivery of antibiotics after a biological attack with anthrax...
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IAE 13-01W Twenty-First Century Governance: Ten Strategies for Success
This essay presents ten strategies for working across traditional agency boundaries...
IAE 12-03W The Sound of One Hand Clapping: The Expeditionary Imperative of Interagency Integration
This essay discusses the need for U.S. government agencies to develop a ground-level understanding and execution in its expeditionary interagency professionals in order to synchronize broader institutional reforms. The author posits that the teams that have defined the expeditionary interagency since 9/11...