children
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
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)
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
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
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
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
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
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...