FEMA, HHS to address unaccompanied children at border

● ehill ● March 15, 2021 ● Featured IA News ● No Comments

The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) announced Saturday that the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) has joined a 90-day interagency effort to address the situation at the U.S. southwest border, where unaccompanied migrant children continue to arrive in record numbers. According to DHS, “Since April 2020, the number of encounters… Read More

Featured Article: Killing Kids: An Interagency Problem

● ehill ● January 3, 2017 ● Featured Articles ● No Comments

Featured article: Killing Kids: An Interagency Problem by John R. Bennett, Nicholas J. Hitt and Eric A. Swett A call crackled over the radio and broke the silence of a quiet morning in Iraq in 2003. With panic in his voice, a young American Soldier stammered, “There is a child… Read More

InterAgency Journal 7-3 (Fall 2016)

● ehill ● December 20, 2016 ● InterAgency Journal (IAJ) ● No Comments

Inside this issue: Features A Framework for Success: Maximizing Collaborations between Federal Organizations by Caroline R. Earle, Deena S. Disraelly and Robert A. Zirkle Developing a Culture of Questioning or Don’t Tell, Do Ask by Ted Thomas and James Thomas Killing Kids: An Interagency Problem by John R. Bennett, Nicholas… Read More

DHS addresses southwest border security

● ehill ● November 17, 2016 ● IA News ● No Comments

Last week Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Jeh Johnson released a statement on U.S. southwest border security. Johnson’s statement came after criticism from lawmakers about the increase in illegal immigration at the southwest border. In his statement, Johnson said “I have told our border security and immigration enforcement personnel… Read More

News You Can Use: 10/05/16

● ehill ● October 5, 2016 ● News You Can Use ● No Comments

National Security America’s National Security Trilemma — and How to Solve It, Defense One What JASTA will mean for U.S.-Saudi relations, Brookings DOJ National Security Chief ‘Not Afraid To Impose Consequences’ On Hackers, NPR Obama administration discussing military options against Syria: report, The Hill Army Leaders: Service Must Look to… Read More

Coordination group provides update on unaccompanied child immigration

● ehill ● June 24, 2014 ● IA News ● No Comments

The Unified Coordination Group recently provided an update on the federal response and efforts taken to address the influx of unaccompanied child immigrants entering the United States across the southwest border...

President calls for interagency group to address unaccompanied child immigration

● ehill ● June 6, 2014 ● IA News ● No Comments

Earlier this week, President Obama issued a memorandum calling for an interagency Unified Coordination Group to respond to the influx of unaccompanied alien children across the U.S. southwest border...

USAID, other agencies develop action plan on children in adversity

● ehill ● January 17, 2013 ● IA News ● No Comments

In December 2012, the U.S. Agency for International Development released its first-ever Action Plan on Children in Adversity. The plan calls for an interagency strategy to assist vulnerable children in low- and middle-income countries...

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