Achieving Unity of Effort: A Call for Legislation to Improve the Interagency Process and Continue Enhancing Interservice Interoperability so All May Labor as One

Abstract

"Defending our Nation against its enemies is the first and fundamental commitment of the Federal Government."1 National security has never been so critical or so challenging, given 21st century asymmetric threats and the nation's demonstrated vulnerabilities following the September ii, 2001, terrorist attacks. The rapidly changing global environment characterized by these unconventional threats requires the United States Government to "use every tool in our arsenal military power, better homeland defenses, law enforcement, intelligence, and vigorous efforts to cut off terrorist financing" to defeat today's threat. Interagency and inter-Service integration and interoperability are critical to bring the nation's full capabilities and resources to bear on the national security challenges of today and tomorrow.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Sep 18, 2003
Accession Number
ADA421588

Entities

People

  • Guillermo Birmingham
  • Luann Barndt
  • Thomas Salo

Organizations

  • National Defense University

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Human Systems
  • Materials and Manufacturing Processes

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Coast Guard
  • Combatant Commanders
  • Contingency Operations (Military)
  • Department Of Defense
  • Doctrine
  • Homeland Security
  • Interagency Coordination
  • International Organizations
  • Law
  • Military Science
  • National Security
  • Organizational Structure
  • Students
  • Unified Combatant Commands
  • United States
  • United States Government
  • War Colleges

Readers

  • Government and Public Administration Law.
  • Irregular Warfare and Special Operations Cyberspace Operations against Adversarial Threats.
  • Joint Military Operations and Doctrine.