Interagency Adrift

Abstract

Critics continue to advocate solutions to the interagency (IA) processes and outcomes they deem ineffective. Examples of IA shortcomings include reconstruction and stability operations in Afghanistan and Iraq and the failed government response and recovery support for Hurricane Katrina. This paper asserts that it is the parent organization or system of the IA, the national security establishment (NSE), that is ineffective. Through a systems approach, the paper identifies the operating environments of the NSE to understand the current challenges it faces. The paper discusses current NSE practices and identifies the root causes of its ineffectiveness, which are identified as intra- and extra-organizational behaviors and existing IA structures and processes. Finally, the paper analyzes several proposed solutions and identifies those that most effectively address the root problem: IA unity of effort.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
May 05, 2006
Accession Number
ADA448770

Entities

People

  • G. S. Mcconnell

Organizations

  • United States Army War College

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Biomedical
  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Human Systems
  • Space

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Airport Security
  • Business Administration
  • Commerce
  • Department Of Defense
  • Department Of Homeland Security
  • Economic Systems
  • Education
  • Governments
  • Homeland Security
  • Interagency Coordination
  • International Organizations
  • Law
  • National Security
  • Personnel Management
  • Political Systems
  • Training
  • War Colleges

Readers

  • Educational Psychology
  • Emergency Management and Homeland Security.
  • Military and Counterinsurgency Studies.