Tag: State Department (DOS)
In August, the U.S. Agency for International Development released its strategy to establish a government-wide approach that identifies, coordinates, integrates, and leverages current efforts and resources in preventing and responding to gender-based violence around the world…
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Assistant Secretary of State for Political-Military Affairs Andrew J. Shapiro recently spoke at the Center for Strategic and International Studies about the new era in State-Defense cooperation. Shapiro spoke on State’s efforts to improve interagency cooperation…
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The Foreign Service Journal recently published an article co-authored by Simons Center Director Ted Strickler and CGSC Chief of Staff Jeffrey LaMoe. The article examined how the Army’s professional education system develops leadership skills…
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The U.S. Department of State recently hosted a dialogue on combating crime-terror pipelines. The event was hosted at the Center for Complex Operations in partnership with National Defense University and the Departments of State and Defense…
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The State Department and United States Special Operations Command have undertaken a new counterterrorism mission that focuses on the relationships between organized crime, political or ideological extremism, and terrorism. The new mission includes countercyberterrorism efforts…
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The White House released the fact sheet for a comprehensive strategy to prevent and respond to mass atrocities. The strategy stems from an August 2011 Presidential Study Directive…
... Read MoreUSAID released its new Counter-Trafficking in Persons Policy in February 2012. The new policy lays the groundwork for USAID counter-trafficking in persons programs and highlights the importance of partnerships with the State Department, DoD, and other stakeholders…
... Read MoreOn March 21, the State Department released a fact sheet detailing the establishment of the US Water Partnership (USWP). The USWP is a U.S.-based public-private partnership established to unite American expertise, knowledge, and resources to address water challenges around the world…
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In March 2012 the GAO released a report evaluating the current conditions of interagency personnel rotation programs within the Department of State and the U.S. Army. The report is a follow-up to a previous study that examined approaches that would help facilitate greater interagency cooperation…
... Read MoreA report released by the Government Accountability Office appraises current administrative service costs incurred by the State Department’s overseas embassies…
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