National interagency cooperation and reform: building effective performance and exercise of power

Intro -- NATIONAL INTERAGENCY COOPERATION AND REFORM: BUILDING EFFECTIVE PERFORMANCE AND EXERCISE OF POWER -- NATIONAL INTERAGENCY COOPERATION AND REFORM: BUILDING EFFECTIVE PERFORMANCE AND EXERCISE OF POWER -- CONTENTS -- PREFACE -- Chapter 1 BUILDING CIVILIAN INTERAGENCY CAPACITY FOR MISSIONS ABROAD: KEY PROPOSALS AND ISSUES FOR CONGRESS* -- SUMMARY -- INTRODUCTION -- BACKGROUND7 -- Perceptions of Interagency Requirements Post 9/11 -- George W. Bush Administration Initiatives -- The Obama Administration and Interagency Reform -- KEY PROBLEMS AND REFORM PROPOSALS -- Manifestations in US Interagency Cooperation -- Overview of Reform Proposals -- Improve Strategy-making, Planning, and Budgeting? -- Improve Civilian Institutional Authorities and Structures for Coordination and Collaboration? -- Enhance Authority and/or Capacity of US Ambassadors? -- Create Interagency Personnel Policies and Mechanisms? -- ISSUES FOR CONGRESS -- Is Interagency Reform Necessary for Missions Abroad? -- Future Conflict Environment and Missions -- Utility of State-building Missions -- To What Extent Should the US Military Provide Needed State-Building Capabilities? -- Implications of a DOD State-Building Role for the US Military -- Implications for US Foreign Policy -- Short-term Trade-offs -- Which Proposals Are Highest Priority?55 -- Prioritize by System Weaknesses -- Prioritize and Improve George W. Bush Administration Initiatives -- Prioritize by Effect on International Cooperation -- Prioritize by the Ease and Cost of Implementation -- Can Interagency Reform Produce Cost Savings? -- Should Congressional Reform Accompany Other National Security Reform Measures? -- Create New Select Committees -- Create a National Security Appropriations Subcommittee -- Modify Current Practices and Procedures -- LOOKING AHEAD -- BIBLIOGRAPHY -- ACRONYMS