Category: Interagency Cooperation

The Corona Virus and Interagency Cooperation

Leadership during crises matters. Only the president, sitting atop the federal bureaucracy can muster the resources necessary to mitigate the impact of the events beyond his control. While politicians talk, the president acts.

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Congress and Interagency Coordination

“For many years, we’ve heard that when it comes to interagency collaboration on national security, our system is inefficient, ineffective, and often down-right broken. This kind of disorganization is counterproductive and wasteful. But when the problem involves matters of national security, it is down-right dangerous.”

InterAgency Essay 10-01

In recent years there has been much discussion, frustration and angst about the lack of cooperation and coordination between and among agencies and departments of the federal government in response to disasters (natural and manmade) and overseas contingencies.