Interagency collaboration : key issues for congressional oversight of national security strategies, organizations, workforce, and information sharing : report to congressional committees.

Format:

Book

Government document

Author/Creator:

United States. Government Accountability Office

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Interagency coordination--United States.

Interagency coordination.

National security--United States.

National security.

United States.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (ii, 56 pages) : illustrations, map

Other Title:

Key issues for congressional oversight of national security strategies, organizations, workforce, and information sharing

Place of Publication:

[Washington, D.C.] : U.S. Govt. Accountability Office, [2009]

Summary:

While national security activities, which range from planning for an influenza pandemic to Iraq reconstruction, require collaboration among multiple agencies, the mechanisms used for such activities may not provide the means for interagency collaboration needed to meet modern national security challenges. To assist the 111th Congress and the new administration in developing their oversight and management agendas, this report, which was performed under the Comptroller General's authority, addresses actions needed to enhance interagency collaboration for national security activities: (1) the development and implementation of overarching, integrated strategies; (2) the creation of collaborative organizations; (3) the development of a well-trained workforce; and (4) the sharing and integration of national security information across agencies. This report is based largely on a body of GAO work issued since 2005. Since 2005, GAO has recommended that agencies incorporate desirable characteristics of national strategies, take actions to create collaborative organizations, address a wide range of human capital issues, and establish or clarify guidelines for sharing national security information. Agencies have taken some actions to enhance interagency collaboration, but much work remains.

Notes:

Title from cover screen (GAO, viewed Sept. 28, 2009).

"September 2009."

Includes bibliographical references.

"GAO-09-904SP."

OCLC:

440817394