Homeland defense
Subtitle: DOD needs to take actions to enhance interagency coordination for its homeland defense and civil support missions : report to Congressional requesters
Publisher: U.S. Govt. Accountability Office
Published: 2010
Place of publication: Washington, D.C.]
Language: eng
Format: [electronic resource] :
Number of pages: 53
Subjects: Rules and practice; Interagency coordination; Civil defense; National security; Emergency management; United States. Department of Defense; United States
Other titles: Homeland defense :; DOD needs to take actions to enhance interagency coordination for its homeland defense and civil support missions
Description: Numerous occurrences in the United States-- both scheduled events and emergencies-- require the Department of Defense (DOD) to coordinate, integrate, and synchronize its homeland defense and civil support missions with a broad range of U.S. federal agencies. In response to congressional inquiry, GAO examined the extent to which DOD has (1) identified clearly defined roles and responsibilities for DOD entities to facilitate interagency coordination for homeland defense and civil support missions, (2) articulated to its federal partners the DOD entities' approach toward interagency coordination, and (3) adopted key practices for managing homeland defense and civil support liaisons.
Notes: Title from PDF title page (GAO, viewed May 3, 2010).

"March 2010."

"GAO-10-364."

Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: title: Results in brief; title: Background; title: DOD has issued documents to facilitate coordination, but its entities lack clearly defined roles and responsibilities; title: DOD communicates with federal partners through various means, but its approach could be improved; title: DOD has generally successfully exchanged liaisons with some federal agencies, but greater use of key practices would enhance their effectiveness; title: Conclusions.