| National Security: An Inventory of Professional Development
Activities Intended to Improve Interagency Collaboration and Selected Characteristics (GAO-11-109SP, November 2010) |
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| An E-supplement to GAO-11-108 | |||||||||
| All Activity Types | |||||||||
| A list of abbreviations is provided at the bottom of the page. | |||||||||
| Activity Name | Activity Type | Providing Agency | Activity Description | Target Audience | 2009 Approximate Participation | ||||
| First-Army: Afghanistan Provincial Reconstruction Team Pre-Deployment Training | Exercise Program | DOD | A 60 to 90 day training exercise providing the knowledge and skills for operating effectively in an Afghanistan Provincial Reconstruction Team. Military Provincial Reconstruction Team members participate for 60 days; team leaders for 90 days; and civilian members join their military counterparts for the last 2 - 3 weeks of the exercise. | Primarily military and some civilian personnel scheduled to deploy to an Afghanistan Provincial Reconstruction Team | 2540 | ||||
| The Interagency Civilian-Military Integration Training Exercise Program | Exercise Program | State | A 1-week field exercise program at the Muscatatuck Urban Training Center in Butlerville, Indiana, that provides information about the roles and responsibilities of federal agencies working in Afghanistan and the skills needed to work together in an post-conflict, interagency environment. | USG personnel
deploying to Afghanistan to serve on or work with civilian-military
platforms, such as Provincial Reconstruction Teams |
20 | ||||
| Food Defense Exercise Program | Exercise Program | USDA | A 1-day food defense exercise program hosted several times annually by USDA's Food Safety and Inspection Service that focuses on building effective and efficient coordination of state, local, federal agencies, and industry stakeholder responses to food crises incidents, food defense. | GS-13 level (or equivalent) employees and above from federal, state, local, private industry and academia | 170 | ||||
| Foreign Emergency Support Team Quarterly Exercises | Exercise Program | State | Quarterly exercises intended to teach Foreign Emergency Support Team members how to work together to assess an emergency involving an embassy and how to best respond to a crisis overseas. | USG members of an interagency team responsible for responding to incidents and crises around the world | Not Available | ||||
| National Exercise Program | Exercise Program | DHS | A program of exercises that examines and evaluates national policies—such as the National Preparedness Guidelines, National Incident Management System, National Response Framework—on domestic incident management and response to terrorism or nonterrorist catastrophic events. | Federal department and agency principals and other key officials responsible for domestic incident management of terrorism or non-terrorist catastrophic events | Not Available | ||||
| NDU, Center for Applied Strategic Learning: Policy-Related Exercises | Exercise Program | DOD | These half-day to 2-day, in-person crisis simulations provide policy and decision-making experiences, encouraging interagency dialogue and whole-of-government approaches to future national security challenges. | Mid-level to senior-level civilian and military leadership (GS-13, O-5 and above) and members of Congress | Not Available | ||||
| Joint Military Exercises | Exercise Program | DOD | Joint exercises range in duration and can be hosted by a military Service or combatant command. They are typically training events or simulations of wartime operations and could include multinational, nongovernmental, joint, or single-service participants. Rather than focusing solely on DOD's military missions, joint exercises address areas such as counterterrorism, homeland defense and security, combat operations, domestic and foreign consequence management, stability operations, noncombatant evacuations, humanitarian assistance, and disaster response. | Various | Not Available | ||||
| Army War College: Master of Strategic Studies | JPME Program | DOD | A 10-month, full-time, in-person program that prepares students for strategic leadership in a joint, interagency, intergovernmental, and multinational environment with core courses, a strategic decision-making exercise, a national security seminar, and other academic work. | Senior-level officers (O-5 - O-6) and civilian interagency and international equivalents | 340 | ||||
| Naval War College, College of Naval Warfare: Master of Arts in National Security and Strategic Studies | JPME Program | DOD | A 10-month, full-time, in-person program that produces broadly educated, strategic leaders skilled in critical thinking, strategic analysis, planning, and warfighting in maritime, multiservice, multiagency, and multinational environments. | Senior-level officers (O-5 - O-6) and civilian interagency and international equivalents | 260 | ||||
| Naval War College, College of Naval Command and Staff: Master of Arts in National Security and Strategic Studies | JPME Program | DOD | A 10-month, full-time, in-person program intended to produce critically thinking, operational-level leaders who are skilled in Navy and joint planning and are able to apply operational art to maritime, multi-service, multi-agency, and multinational warfighting. | Mid-level officers (O-4) and civilian interagency and international equivalents | 320 | ||||
| Air University, Air War College: Master of Strategic Studies | JPME Program | DOD | A 10-month, full-time, in-person program that prepares students to lead in a joint environment at the strategic level across the range of military operations with a focus on the mastery of joint air, space, and cyberspace power and how such power contributes to national security. | Senior-level officers (O-5 - O-6) and civilian interagency and international equivalents | 240 | ||||
| Air University, Air Command and Staff College: Master of Military Operational Art and Science | JPME Program | DOD | A 10-month, full-time, in-person program that prepares participants to develop, employ, and command air, space, and cyberspace power in joint, multinational, and interagency operations. | Mid-level officers (O-4) and civilian interagency and international equivalents | 510 | ||||
| Marine Corps War College: Master of Strategic Studies | JPME Program | DOD | A 10-month, full-time, in-person program that prepares its students for decision-making across the range of military operations in a joint, interagency, and multinational environment, through the study of national military strategy and theater strategy and plans, within the context of national security policies, decision making, objectives, and resources. | Senior-level officers (O-5 - O-6) and civilian interagency and international equivalents | 30 | ||||
| NDU, National War College: Master of Science in National Security Strategy | JPME Program | DOD | A 10-month, full-time, in-person program that provides a grounding in national security strategy and policy and military strategy and operations. Through seminars, lectures, and exercises, the program emphasizes the domestic and international contexts in which national security policy is developed, national security organizations and decision-making processes, and the formulation and implementation of military strategy. | Senior-level officers (O-5 - O-6), civilian equivalents (GS-14 - GS-15), and international equivalents | 220 | ||||
| NDU, Industrial College of the Armed Forces: Master of Science in National Resource Strategy | JPME Program | DOD | A 10 month, full-time, in-person program that prepares selected military and civilian participants for strategic leadership and success in developing our national security strategy and in evaluating, marshalling, and managing resources in the execution of that strategy. | Senior- to executive-level officers (O-5 and above), USG civilians (GS-14 and above), and international and private industry equivalents | 320 | ||||
| NDU, Joint
Forces Staff College: Joint Advanced Warfighting School Master of
Science in Joint Campaign Planning and Strategy |
JPME Program | DOD | An 11.5-month, full-time, in-person program that develops expert operational and strategic planners, with coursework and research on history and theory of war, national security, military strategy, operational art and campaigning, adaptive planning, and decision making. | Senior to executive-level officers (O-5 - O-6), civilian interagency and international equivalents | 40 | ||||
| NDU, Joint Forces Staff College: Joint and Combined Warfighting School | JPME Program | DOD | A 10-week, full-time, in-person course that develops effective operational-level warfighting planners for joint and combined forces, focusing on national security strategy; joint, interagency, intergovernmental, and multinational capabilities; military theater strategy and campaigning; and joint military planning process and systems. | Senior-level officers (O-4 and above) and civilian interagency equivalents preparing to take a joint duty or similar assignment | 1010 | ||||
| NDU: Capstone | JPME Program | DOD | A
6-week, in-person course consisting of seminars, case studies, informal
discussions, visits to key domestic U.S. military commands, and overseas
field studies involving interactions with combatant commanders, American
ambassadors, embassy staffs, and senior political and military leaders of
foreign governments. |
Generals and flag officers, interagency civilian SES members, and other executive-level civilian equivalents | 200 | ||||
| Marine Corps Command and Staff College: Master of Military Studies | JPME Program | DOD | A 10-month, full-time, in-person program intended to produce critically thinking, operational-level leaders who are skilled in Marine and joint planning and are able to apply operational art to maritime, multiservice, multiagency, and multinational warfighting. | Mid-level officers (O-4) and civilian interagency and international equivalents | 200 | ||||
| Army Command and General Staff College | JPME Program | DOD | A 10-month, full-time, in-person program that prepares selected military and civilian participants to be critical thinking, operational-level leaders, skilled in Army and Joint planning, and able to apply operational skills to maritime, multiservice, multiagency, and multinational war fighting. | Senior-level officers (O-4 and above) and civilian interagency equivalents | 1430 | ||||
| Defense Senior Leader Development Program | Leadership Development Program | DOD | A leadership development program that requires four in-person seminars, a 10-month full-time, in-person professional military education program at NDU or one of the DOD war colleges, and interagency rotational assignments. The program provides the enterprise-wide perspective to lead organizations and programs and achieve results in joint, interagency, and multinational environments. | Senior-level civilian personnel at DOD (GS-14 - 15 or equivalents) | 40 | ||||
| Executive Leader Development Program | Leadership Development Program | DOD | A leadership development program that requires 95 contact days over a 10 month period of in-person training and a different week-long deployment each month for 6 months to various military facilities to expose civilians to military experiences. | Primarily DOD civilian personnel at GS-12 - 14; some participants from military or other civilian agencies such as DHS and Transportation | 60 | ||||
| Defense Information Systems Agency Executive Leadership Development Program | Leadership Development Program | DOD | A 3-year program that includes 17 in-person and on-line courses, 4 developmental conferences, participation in a mentoring program and action learning project, and 3, 6-month rotations, in support of the development of Defense Information Systems Agency’s technical, professional, and leadership talent. | Senior-level civilian personnel (GS-14 - 15) level and military officers (O5 - O6) | 30 | ||||
| NDU, Information Resources Management College: Advanced Management Program, Government Strategic Leadership Certificate | Leadership Development Program | DOD | A full-time, 14-week residential classroom program that teaches skills for strategic thinking, collaboration, and cross-boundary leadership with a focus on the roles, challenges, and opportunities of organizations within the context of homeland, national, and global security; provides participants with a network to share knowledge, analyze and leverage strategic human, technological, and financial resources. | USG personnel (GS-13 and above; FS and military equivalents) | 0 | ||||
| NDU, Center for the Study of Weapons of Mass Destruction: Program for Emerging Leaders | Leadership Development Program | DOD | A specialized leadership development program with approximately 66 in-person, contact hours to be completed during a 3-year period created to foster a community of rising U.S. government leaders with the awareness and skill-set needed to respond to the dangers of weapons of mass destruction. | Early to mid-career national security professionals | 50 | ||||
| National Security Executive Leadership Seminar | Leadership Development Program | State | A leadership development program that meets 2 days a month over the course of 5 months and provides the knowledge and skills needed to navigate the interagency policy implementation process as well as opportunities to establish professional networks. | USG personnel (GS-15 and above; FS and military equivalents) | 60 | ||||
| Interagency Policy Seminar Series | Leadership Development Program | State | A 2-day, in-person seminar that brings together senior leaders to discuss key policy issues related to national security such as democracy building, develop leadership skills such as teambuilding, and establish networks. | USG personnel (FS-01, GS-15 and above) | 50 | ||||
| Senior Executive Threshold Seminar | Leadership Development Program | State | A 10-day leadership development program designed to prepare newly promoted senior executives in the foreign affairs community for the challenges they face in leading across agency and national boundaries. | Newly promoted senior Foreign Service officers and senior Civil Service employees in the foreign affairs community (open to interagency personnel as of 2010) | 110 | ||||
| Deputy Chief of Mission/Principal Officer Seminar | Leadership Development Program | State | A 3-week leadership development program intended to teach the leadership skills needed to manage in an interagency environment. | New Deputy Chiefs of Mission and Principal Officers | 60 | ||||
| Ambassadorial Seminar | Leadership Development Program | State | A 2-week leadership development program that prepares ambassadors-designate and their spouses for their unique positions of leadership in the interagency environment of State's missions abroad. | Ambassador-designates | 70 | ||||
| Interagency Effectiveness: Strategies and Best Practices | Leadership Development Program | State | A 1-day leadership development program that teaches analysis, communication, and negotiation skills needed to operate in an interagency environment. | USG personnel (GS-15 and above; FS and military equivalents) | 40 | ||||
| Rotational Assignments Program | Interagency Rotational Programs | DHS | A 60-day or longer interagency rotational assignment between DHS and other federal agencies that provides opportunities to obtain breadth and depth of experience while exchanging knowledge with other organizations. | SES, managers, supervisors; personnel in SES candidate or other career development programs (GS-7 - SES). | 80 | ||||
| Military Academic Collaborations Program | Interagency Rotational Programs | Coprovided by DOD and DOE | A 3 to 12-week program that provides internship opportunities at NNSA sites with a focus on science, technology, engineering, national security, and other relevant fields. Interns work closely with a senior researcher or team and have the benefit of a dedicated mentor. NNSA sites may also offer briefings, networking, and other opportunities to expose participants to a variety of programs that support DOD and to interact with other on-site military personnel. | Cadets, midshipmen, and instructors from U.S. Military Academies and ROTC programs at universities throughout the country | 10 | ||||
| U.S. Army Command and General Staff College Interagency Exchange Program and Intermediate Level Education Interagency Fellowship Program | Interagency Rotational Programs | DOD | A 9 to 12-month rotational assignment that that places Army officers in intermediate-level positions at other federal agencies and allows them to learn about the culture of the host agency, hone collaborative skills such as communication and teamwork, and establish networks with their civilian counterparts. | Field-grade Army officers, typically majors | 20 | ||||
| Navy Washington D.C. Intern Program | Interagency Rotational Programs | DOD | This program places mid-level Naval officers who are pursuing a Master of Arts in Organizational Management from George Washington University in two different 5-month, part-time internships at federal agencies such as DHS and State. | Navy Officers, O-4 and O-5 | 1 | ||||
| State Rotations at JPME and other Federal Learning Institutions | Interagency Rotational Programs | State | A 1 to 3-year rotational assignment that places State personnel as faculty at one of the JPME colleges, or other DOD or federal learning institutions such as the U.S. Coast Guard Academy. Participants have opportunities to establish networks with other faculty members from the interagency community while providing a foreign policy perspective to curriculum development and classroom discussions. | Mid to senior-level State Foreign Service Officers | 30 | ||||
| State Rotations at Federal Agencies and Executive Offices | Interagency Rotational Programs | State | A 1 to 3-year rotational assignment that places State personnel at another federal agency or executive office. Participants have opportunities to learn about the roles and responsibilities of the host agencies and to establish professional networks with personnel from different agencies working on similar issues. | Mid to senior-level State Foreign Service Officers | 30 | ||||
| State Rotations at DOD | Interagency Rotational Programs | State | A 1 to 3-year rotational assignment that places State personnel at the Pentagon or at military commands to work alongside DOD civilians and military officers. These include Foreign Policy Advisors, State-Defense Exchange Officers, and State positions with the Joint Interagency Coordination Groups. Participants have opportunities to develop their knowledge of military culture, roles and responsibilities, while providing a foreign policy perspective to military planning and operations. These assignments also provide opportunities to establish networks between diplomats and military staff who must work together on global issues. | Mid to senior-level State Foreign Service Officers | 70 | ||||
| Post Blast Investigative Techniques | Training | DOJ | A 5-day, in-person course that introduces a common vocabulary and framework for conducting post-blast investigations. | Military, civilian, and federal law enforcement personnel responsible for conducting post-blast investigations | 110 | ||||
| Home Made Explosives Course | Training | DOJ | A 5-day, in-person course that introduces a common vocabulary and framework for conducting investigations related to the criminal manufacture and use of explosives. | Personnel from the law enforcement, military, and intelligence community | 150 | ||||
| USAID Civilian Response Corps Orientation | Training | USAID | A 2-week, in-person course that describes the roles and responsibilities of USAID and how it works with other agencies involved in the Civilian Response Corps. The course includes lectures, case studies, and exercises. | USAID members of the Civilian Response Corps | 20 | ||||
| Tactical Conflict Assessment and Planning Framework | Training | USAID | A 2-day, in-person course that introduces a common vocabulary and framework for identifying and mitigating sources of conflict. | Military and civilian personnel preparing to deploy to unstable environments | 1650 | ||||
| DOD National Security Studies Program at the George Washington University, Elliot School of International Affairs: Senior Managers Course in National Security | Training | DOD | A 4-week, in-person course that builds senior managers' knowledge of the roles and responsibilities of public and private organizations involved in national security matters and develops the skills needed for effective implementation of strategy and coordination of efforts. The course involves lectures, briefings, site visits, and a simulation. Taught by faculty from the Elliot School and Massachusetts Institute of Technology's Security Studies program. | DOD personnel at the GS-15 or O-6 level | 50 | ||||
| DOD National Security Studies Program at the George Washington University, Elliot School of International Affairs: Defense Policy Seminar | Training | DOD | A 3-day, in-person course that strengthens participants' knowledge of and capacity for crisis management and decision making in a complex and fast-paced environment, using a simulation based on a real-world scenario. | SES members and General/Flag Officers | 30 | ||||
| DOD National Security Studies Program at the George Washington University, Elliot School of International Affairs: Executive Course on National and International Security | Training | DOD | A 2-week, in-person course that examines the U.S. defense environment, which includes the Executive Branch and national and international policy communities. Through lectures, briefings, site visits, tabletop exercises, and a simulation, participants acquire an analytic framework for understanding the challenges facing U.S. national security and defense policy making. Taught by faculty from the Elliot School and Massachusetts Institute of Technology's Security Studies program. | SES members and General/Flag Officers | 30 | ||||
| Naval Postgraduate School | Training | DOD | Through multiple degree and certificate-granting programs ranging from month-long courses to multiyear master’s and doctoral programs (online or in-person) and research on the defense and security at specialized research centers such as the Center for Homeland Defense and Security, the Naval Postgraduate School seeks to increase the combat effectiveness of the Naval Services, other Armed Forces of the U.S. and its partners, and to enhance national security. | USG and international military officers, interagency civilians, and a limited number of defense contractors | 2210 | ||||
| NDU, College of International Security Affairs: Strategic Security Studies | Training | DOD | A
part-time certificate program or a 10-month full-time master's program (both
in-person) that teaches students how to develop and implement
whole-of-government national and international security strategies for
conditions of peace, crisis, and war.
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USG and international military officers, civilians, and congressional staff | 300 | ||||
| NDU, College of International Security Affairs: Whole-of-Government Planning for Reconstruction and Stabilization, Level I | Training | DOD | A 3-week, in-person course that provides theoretical and practical training on the whole-of-government planning process for reconstruction and stabilization operations, including the skills to work effectively with other agencies. | Civilian Response Corps members and other USG employees such as Provincial Reconstruction Team officers (GS-7 and above; FS and military equivalents) | 20 | ||||
| NDU, Joint Forces Staff College: Joint, Interagency, and Multinational Planner's Course | Training | DOD | A 5-day, in-person course that provides knowledge of the latest developments in interagency coordination and serves as a forum for the exchange of best practices, to enable students to discover new approaches to solving complex problems. Includes a computer-assisted exercise requiring a comprehensive approach to solve a theater-level interagency problem. | Military civilian planners (O-4 - O-6) and their civilian interagency counterparts | 130 | ||||
| NDU, Joint Forces Staff College: Homeland Security Planner's Course | Training | DOD | A 40-hour, in-person certificate program that teaches national policies and strategies, homeland defense and homeland security strategies, and the joint and national planning process through classroom seminars and a computer-assisted exercise. | Military and civilian homeland security planners (O-4 - O-6), with priority given to combatant command and federal agency personnel | 190 | ||||
| NDU, Information Resources Management College: Multi-Agency Information-Enabled Collaboration | Training | DOD | A 5-day, in-person or 10- to 12-week interactive online course that focuses on multiagency national security collaboration, examining current and proposed approaches to improved collaboration; impediments to collaboration and lessons learned; behaviors and skills of collaborative leadership; and collaborative tool sets. One of six courses NDU recommended for national security professionals. | USG national security professionals (GS-13 and above; FS and military equivalents with national security responsibilities) | 40 | ||||
| Introduction to Homeland Security/Homeland Defense Planning | Training | DOD | A 5-day, in-person course that introduces homeland security planning, doctrine, methods, and techniques. It provides a first step in educating planners to think through the depth and breadth of homeland security challenges; Integrating homeland security and military planning; and developing a complete homeland security plan. | DOD and DHS personnel interested in the fundamentals of planning; personnel who support homeland security planning; current and future homeland security planners and leaders | 40 | ||||
| Aviation Course | Training | State | A 3-day, in-person course that provides information about partner agencies that are working on civil aviation policy with State, such as DHS and the Department of Transportation. | USG personnel with civil aviation responsibilities | 20 | ||||
| Commercial Tradecraft | Training | State | A 5-day, in-person course that provides information about partner agencies that are working on trade policy with State, such as Commerce. | USG personnel who are responsible for assisting U.S. businesses overseas | 70 | ||||
| Oil and Petroleum Course | Training | State | A 5-day, in-person course that introduces a common framework for understanding international energy concerns. | USG personnel who are responsible for energy policy positions such as extraction, refinement, or transport of oil | 30 | ||||
| Coal/Power Technology | Training | State | A 5-day, in-person course that provides information about the DOE—a partner agency working with State on commercial, economic, and environmental issues. | USG personnel who are responsible for energy activities such as monitoring developments in the extraction and use of coal | 20 | ||||
| Combating Terrorist Financing | Training | State | A 3-day, in-person course that provides information about the members of the intelligence community and the partner agencies that are working with State to track the movement of funds for criminal or terrorist purposes, such as Treasury. | USG personnel who are responsible for combating illegal efforts to finance terrorist activity | 60 | ||||
| Resource Economic Seminar | Training | State | A 5-day, in-person course that provides information on economic, mining, and environmental issues that play a role in national security policy. | USG personnel who are responsible for issues related to natural resources and economic development | 10 | ||||
| Environmental, Science, Technological and Health Training for Foreign Service Nationals | Training | State | A 2-week, in-person course on core issues in the environmental, technological, health, and science fields and how they relate to national security policy. | Foreign Service Nationals | 30 | ||||
| Washington Energy Seminar | Training | State | A 3-day, in-person course that introduces a common framework for understanding U.S. international energy policy. | USG personnel who are responsible for international energy issues | 100 | ||||
| Maritime Policy and International Shipping | Training | State | A 2-day, in-person course that provides an overview of maritime commerce and security issues including information about the partner agencies that are working with State, such DHS and the Department of Transportation. | USG personnel responsible for maritime commerce | 20 | ||||
| Environmental, Science, Technology and Health Tradecraft | Training | State | A 2-week, in-person course that provides information about the partner agencies and members of the intelligence community that are working with State on environmental science, technology, and health issues with transnational implications. | USG personnel responsible for environmental, science, technology, and health issues | 40 | ||||
| Intellectual Property Rights | Training | State | A 2-day, in-person course that provides information on partner agencies that are working with State on enforcing intellectual property rights worldwide. | USG personnel who are responsible for activities involving intellectual property rights | 10 | ||||
| U.S. Role in Multilateral Development Banks | Training | State | A 2-day, in-person course that provides an overview on multilateral development banks such as the World Bank, and the U.S. government's approach to funding projects. | USG personnel with domestic responsibilities for countries where Multilateral Development Banks operate | 10 | ||||
| U.S. Global Investment Policy | Training | State | A 2-day, in-person course that provides an overview of U.S. investment policy and information about the partner agencies working with State on global investment issues. | USG personnel with domestic responsibilities covering investment issues | 10 | ||||
| Economic Issues | Training | State | A 3-week, in-person course that covers a wide range of economic issues such as financial crises and trade disputes and provides information about the partner agencies working with State on economic policy. | USG personnel responsible for international economic issues | 20 | ||||
| Hub Officer Orientation | Training | State | A 3-day, in-person course that provides information about the partner agencies working with State on environmental policy. | New Regional Environmental Hub Officers | 0 | ||||
| Political Economic Tradecraft | Training | State | A 3-week, in-person course that presents an overview of global issues such as terrorism, foreign assistance, and economic competitiveness, and provides information about the partner agencies that are working with State on these issues. | Entry-level State personnel | 340 | ||||
| Managing Foreign Assistance Awards Overseas | Training | State | A 3-day, in-person course on U.S. funding priorities that provides information about the partner agencies that are working with State on overseeing foreign assistance awards, such as DOD and USAID. | USG personnel responsible for overseeing foreign assistance awards overseas | 80 | ||||
| Arms Control and Nonproliferation | Training | State | A 5-day in-person course that provides subject area expertise and information about partner agencies working with State on arms control and proliferation issues, such as DOD. This course engages an interagency student population in a collaborative policy planning exercise involving critical national security issues. | USG personnel (GS-9 - 15 and above; FS and military equivalents) | 30 | ||||
| Political Military Affairs | Training | State | A 4-day, in-person course on the roles and responsibilities of DOD and State on political-military issues. | USG personnel (GS-9 - 15 and above; FS and military equivalents) | 60 | ||||
| Foreign Policy Advisors Orientation Course | Training | State | A 2-day, in-person course that provides information about the differences between State and DOD cultures and teaches the skills needed for navigating the interagency policy environment. | Senior-level State officers detailed as political advisors to U.S. military commanders | 30 | ||||
| Political-Economic Counselors' Seminar | Training | State | A 5-day, in-person course designed to teach new Political and Economic Counselors skills for operating in the interagency environment of an Embassy’s Country Team. | New political-economic counselors | 20 | ||||
| Intelligence and Foreign Policy | Training | State | A 3-day course on the role of intelligence in foreign affairs policy making that presents an overview of the intelligence community. | USG personnel (GS-9 - 15 and above; FS and military equivalents) | 60 | ||||
| International Terrorism | Training | State | A 3-day, in-person course that explores the root causes of international terrorism and provides information on the partner agencies that are working with State to combat the international terrorist threat. | USG personnel (GS-9 - 15 and above; FS and military equivalents) | 50 | ||||
| International Negotiations | Training | State | A 5-day, in-person course that develops skills such as communication and negotiation needed to engage in interagency settings. | USG personnel (GS-9 - 15 and above; FS and military equivalents) | 90 | ||||
| Orientation for Foreign Service Generalists | Training | State | A 5-week, in-person orientation that includes 2 days dedicated to information on the roles and responsibilities of other agencies that work closely with the State on foreign policy. | New foreign service generalists | 710 | ||||
| Orientation for Foreign Service Specialists | Training | State | A 3-week, in-person orientation that includes a half day dedicated to information on the roles and responsibilities of other agencies that work closely with the State on foreign policy. | New foreign service specialists | 540 | ||||
| Washington Tradecraft | Training | State | A 4-day, in-person course that provides information on how to work within the interagency policy process. | Foreign service officers returning for a first tour in Washington, D.C. | 140 | ||||
| Iraq Provincial Reconstruction Team Orientation | Training | State | A 5-day, in-person course that provides the knowledge and skills for working in an interagency organization in an unstable operating environment. | USG personnel preparing to deploy to Iraq to serve on a Provincial Reconstruction Team | 440 | ||||
| Afghanistan Provincial Reconstruction Team Orientation | Training | State | A 5-day, in-person course that provides knowledge and skills for working in an interagency organization in a combat environment. | Federal personnel preparing to deploy to Afghanistan to serve on a Provincial Reconstruction Team | 140 | ||||
| Afghanistan Familiarization Course | Training | State | A
5-day, in-person course that introduces a common framework for understanding
Afghanistan and its political situation, providing information about
Afghanistan's history and culture and the U.S.'s role in the region. |
USG personnel preparing to deploy to Afghanistan | 220 | ||||
| Iraq Familiarization Course | Training | State | A 5-day, in-person course that introduces a common framework for understanding Iraq and its political situation, providing information about Iraq's history and culture and the U.S.'s role in the region. | USG personnel preparing to deploy to Iraq | 940 | ||||
| Foundations of Interagency Reconstruction and Stabilization Operations | Training | State | A 2-week, in-person course that introduces a common framework for understanding postconflict reconstruction and stabilization operations and builds the skills needed to work together in an interagency environment. | USG and civilian and military members of the Civilian Response Corps | 240 | ||||
| Crisis Management Training | Training | State | A 3-hour in-person course that provides a common vocabulary for dealing with crises management situations and includes a tabletop exercise. | Embassy personnel from multiple agencies | 2990 | ||||
| Joint Nuclear Surety Executive Course | Training | Coprovided by DOD and DOE | A 1- to 3-day, in-person course that provides technical, programmatic, and process information to facilitate an overview-level understanding of nuclear weapon surety, which includes safety, security, and control matters. | Mid and senior-level personnel | 170 | ||||
| Joint Surety Days Conference | Training | DOE | A 1-day conference that serves as a forum for discussions between DOE and DOD on nuclear weapon surety topics such as latest technologies, best practices, and overviews of organizational structures and responsibilities to aid in interagency collaboration. | DOE and DOD employees that work on issues related to nuclear weapon surety | 120 | ||||
| Advanced Negotiation | Training | State | A 4-day course that teaches advanced skills in negotiation to an interagency student population through case studies, practical exercises, and role-play simulations. Participants often represent the USG in leadership roles in interagency delegations. | Foreign and civil service employees (FS-02 - 01 level and above) | 10 | ||||
| Advanced Course on Hemispheric Security and Defense | Training | Other | An 11-month, full-time, JPME-certified academic study program provided by the Interamerican Defense College on hemispheric defense and security efforts. One objective is to foster connections among participants. Most participants are foreign, but some are also from U.S. federal agencies. | Military and civilian personnel from member states of the Organization of American States who are in strategic advisory positions related to hemispheric defense and security | 10 | ||||
| Food Emergency Response Network Civil Support Team Food Course | Training | USDA | A 5-day, in-person course that provides information on roles and responsibilities in a food emergency crisis and hands-on laboratory exercises on a variety of topics such as detection of toxins and food sampling. | GS-7 - 12 members of the National Guard Civil Support Team | 30 | ||||
| Information Assurance and Cybersecurity Training Program | Training | State | A series of in-person courses that can range from 3 to 5 days depending on the audience that introduces a common framework for addressing information security challenges required to support U.S. foreign policy in a global threat environment. | Federal information security officers and other personnel who are responsible for cyber security issues | 1380 | ||||
| Basic Regional Security Officer | Training | State | A 12-week, in-person course that provides information about the partners working with State on national security and law enforcement issues. | Special Agents preparing to start their initial overseas assignments in Regional Security Offices | 130 | ||||
| Marine Security Guard School | Training | Coprovided by DOD and State | An 8-week, in-person course that introduces a common vocabulary or framework for protecting classified information and addressing external threats to U.S. embassies. | Marines (O-1 and above) | 480 | ||||
| Introduction to the Incident Command System | Training | DHS | A 3-hour online course that introduces a common framework for understanding the Incident Command System and its relationship to the National Incident Management System. | Personnel involved with emergency planning and response or recovery efforts who require a basic understanding of the Incident Command System | 60790 | ||||
| Introduction to the Incident Command System for Law Enforcement | Training | DHS | A 3-hour online course that introduces a common framework for understanding the Incident Command System as it applies to law enforcement. | Law enforcement personnel who have a direct role in emergency planning and recovery efforts | 11510 | ||||
| Introduction to Incident Command System for Federal Workers | Training | DHS | A 3-hour online course that introduces a common framework for understanding the Incident Command System as it applies to incidents involving federal assistance. | Federal workers involved with federal disasters | 70 | ||||
| Incident Command System for Single Resources and Initial Action Incidents | Training | DHS | A 3-hour online course that introduces a common framework for understanding how to operate efficiently during an incident or event within the Incident Command System. | Personnel who are likely to assume a supervisory position within the Incident Command System during an incident | 43840 | ||||
| Introduction to the National Incident Management System | Training | DHS | A 3-hour online course that introduces a common framework for understanding the National Incident Management System, which is intended to enable federal, state, and local agencies to work together during domestic incidents. | DHS personnel and individuals responsible for emergency management | 44160 | ||||
| National Incident Management System Multiagency Coordination Systems | Training | DHS | A 5-hour online course that introduces a common framework for understanding Multiagency Coordination Systems within the National Incident Management System, and teaches how these systems can be used to improve incident response. | A broad audience of individuals responsible for emergency management | 3370 | ||||
| National Incident Management Systems Public Information Systems | Training | DHS | A 3-hour online course that introduces a common framework for understanding the use of public information systems described in the National Incident Management System. | Local and state public information officers | 1410 | ||||
| National Incident Management Systems Communications and Information Management | Training | DHS | A 2-hour online course that introduces a common framework for understanding the Communications and Information Management component of the National Incident Management System. | A broad audience of individuals responsible for emergency management | 240 | ||||
| Introduction to FEMA Emergency Support Function 15: External Affairs | Training | DHS | A 1-hour online course that introduces a common framework for understanding National Response Framework principles for external affairs activities. | FEMA External Affairs staff and all federal agencies that are signatories of the National Response Plan, along with state and local partners | 840 | ||||
| Introduction to the National Response Framework | Training | DHS | A 5-hour online course that introduces a common framework for understanding the concepts and principles of the National Response Framework, and how agencies collaborate on national preparedness planning efforts. | DHS personnel, senior-level government, and private executives | 39820 | ||||
| Introduction to FEMA Emergency Support Function 1: Transportation | Training | DHS | A 30-minute online course that introduces a common framework for understanding National Response Framework principles for transportation activities. | State and local officials, government executives, private-sector and NGO leaders, and any other federal department or agency heads who are responsible for providing effective response | 1390 | ||||
| Introduction to FEMA Emergency Support Function 2: Communication | Training | DHS | A 30-minute online course that introduces a common framework for understanding National Response Framework principles for communication activities. | State and local officials, government executives, private-sector and NGO leaders, and any other federal department or agency heads who are responsible for providing effective response | 1350 | ||||
| Introduction to FEMA Emergency Support Function 3: Public Works and Engineering | Training | DHS | A 30-minute online course that introduces a common framework for understanding National Response Framework principles for activities related to public works and engineering. | State and local officials, government executives, private-sector and NGO leaders, and any other federal department or agency heads who are responsible for providing effective response | 830 | ||||
| Introduction to FEMA Emergency Support Function 4: Firefighting | Training | DHS | A 30-minute online course that introduces a common framework for understanding National Response Framework principles for firefighting activities. | State and local officials, government executives, private-sector and NGO leaders, and any other federal department or agency heads who are responsible for providing effective response | 1360 | ||||
| Introduction to FEMA Emergency Support Function 5: Emergency Management | Training | DHS | A 30-minute online course that introduces a common framework for understanding National Response Framework principles for emergency management activities. | State and local officials, government executives, private-sector and NGO leaders, and any other federal department or agency heads who are responsible for providing effective response | 1750 | ||||
| Introduction to FEMA Emergency Support Function 6: Mass Care, Emergency Assistance, Housing and Human Services | Training | DHS | A 30-minute online course that introduces a common framework for understanding National Response Framework principles for activities related to mass care, emergency assistance, housing and human services. | State and local officials, government executives, private-sector and NGO leaders, and any other federal department or agency heads who are responsible for providing effective response | 2120 | ||||
| Introduction to FEMA Emergency Support Function 7: Logistics Management and Resource Support Annex | Training | DHS | A 30-minute online course that introduces a common framework for understanding National Response Framework principles for activities related to logistics management and resource support annex. | State and local officials, government executives, private-sector and NGO leaders, and any other federal department or agency heads who are responsible for providing effective response | 1550 | ||||
| Introduction to FEMA Emergency Support Function 8: Public Health and Medical Services | Training | DHS | A 30-minute online course that introduces a common framework for understanding National Response Framework principles for activities related to public health and medical services. | State and local officials, government executives, private-sector and NGO leaders, and any other federal department or agency heads who are responsible for providing effective response | 1480 | ||||
| Introduction to FEMA Emergency Support Function 9: Search and Rescue | Training | DHS | A 30-minute online course that introduces a common framework for understanding National Response Framework principles for search and rescue activities. | State and local officials, government executives, private-sector and NGO leaders, and any other federal department or agency heads who are responsible for providing effective response | 1520 | ||||
| Introduction to FEMA Emergency Support Function 10: Oil and Hazardous Materials Response Annex | Training | DHS | A 30-minute online course that introduces a common framework for understanding National Response Framework principles for activities related to oil and hazardous materials response annex. | State and local officials, government executives, private-sector and NGO leaders, and any other federal department or agency heads who are responsible for providing effective response | 1150 | ||||
| Introduction to FEMA Emergency Support Function 11: Agriculture and Natural Resources | Training | DHS | A 45-minute online course that introduces a common framework for understanding National Response Framework principles for activities related to agriculture and natural resources. | State and local officials, government executives, private-sector and NGO leaders, and any other federal department or agency heads who are responsible for providing effective response | 770 | ||||
| Introduction to FEMA Emergency Support Function 12: Energy | Training | DHS | A 30-minute online course that introduces a common framework for understanding National Response Framework principles for energy activities. | State and local officials, government executives, private-sector and NGO leaders, and any other federal department or agency heads who are responsible for providing effective response | 760 | ||||
| Introduction to FEMA Emergency Support Function 13: Public Safety and Security Annex | Training | DHS | A 30-minute online course that introduces a common framework for understanding National Response Framework principles for public safety activities and security annex. | State and local officials, government executives, private-sector and NGO leaders, and any other federal department or agency heads who are responsible for providing effective response | 2240 | ||||
| Introduction to FEMA Emergency Support Function 14: Long Term Community Recovery | Training | DHS | A 30-minute online course that introduces a common framework for understanding National Response Framework principles for activities related to long term community recovery. | State and local officials, government executives, private-sector and NGO leaders, and any other federal department or agency heads who are responsible for providing effective response | 1060 | ||||
| Introduction to FEMA National Response Framework Support Annex | Training | DHS | A 1.5-hour online course that introduces the National Response Framework, which describes the roles and responsibilities of federal departments and agencies, the private sector, volunteer organizations, and NGOs during an incident. | Emergency practitioners and state and local officials, government executives, private-sector and NGO leaders, and any other federal department or agency heads who are responsible for providing effective response | 340 | ||||
| Critical Infrastructure and Key Resources Support Annex | Training | DHS | A
1-hour on-line course that introduces a common framework for understanding
the relationship between the Critical Infrastructure and Key Resources (CIKR)
Support Annex and the National Response Framework, and identifies the process
for ensuring that CIKR considerations are integrated into incident response
efforts. |
State and local officials, government executives, private-sector and NGO leaders, and any other federal department or agency heads who are responsible for providing effective response | 880 | ||||
| Terrorist Financing and Financial Crimes Policy Advisor Training Course | Training | Treasury | A 26-hour, in-person course that provides an overview of Treasury's national security activities related to terrorist financing and financial crimes, international and domestic frameworks and tools for countering illicit finance, and information on Terrorist Financing and Financial Crimes role in working with other federal agencies, foreign governments, and international bodies in the development and implementation of policies and programs to counter illicit finance. | GS-7 - 12 Terrorist Financing and Financial Crimes Policy Advisors | 60 | ||||
| NDU, Information Resources Management College: Enterprise Strategic Planning | Training | DOD | A 5-day, full-time, in-person or 10- to 12-week, interactive online course that reviews the interagency national security strategic planning process and the U.S. National Security Strategy and related plans. The course also teaches scenario-based planning and other approaches to strategy development in the face of uncertainty. One of six courses NDU recommended for national security professionals. | USG national security professionals (GS-13 and above; FS and military equivalents) | 10 | ||||
| NDU, Information Resources Management College: Organizational Culture for Strategic Leaders | Training | DOD | A 5-day, full-time, in-person or 10- to 12-week, interactive online course that explores the effects of culture on mission performance, with an examination of how culture can influence organizational excellence and stimulate change. One of six courses NDU recommended for national security professionals. | USG national security professionals (GS-13 and above; FS and military equivalents) | 40 | ||||
| NDU, Information Resources Management College: Global Strategic Landscape | Training | DOD | A 5-day, full-time, in-person or 10- to 12-week, interactive online course that focuses on how global changes may affect future U.S. national security strategy and the implications of such changes for information-age government with national security responsibilities. One of six courses NDU recommended for national security professionals. | USG national security professionals (GS-13 and above; FS and military equivalents) e equivalents | 50 | ||||
| NDU, Information Resources Management College: Decision Making for Government Leaders | Training | DOD | A 5-day, full-time, in-person or 10- to 12-week, interactive online course that examines the environment, opportunities, and challenges of leadership decision making in government agency and interagency settings from individual, managerial, and multi-party perspectives. One of six courses NDU recommended for national security professionals. | USG national security professionals (GS-13 and above; FS and military equivalents) | 10 | ||||
| NDU, Information Resources Management College: Strategic Communication for Government Leaders | Training | DOD | A 5-day, full-time, in-person or 10- to 12-week, interactive online course that introduces communications theories and applications and explores the role of communications for government leaders in achieving organizational and national strategies. One of six courses NDU recommended for national security professionals. | USG national security professionals (GS-13 and above; FS and military equivalents) | 20 | ||||
| Planning Course: Operation Enduring Freedom | Training | DOD | A 1-hour online course that provides participants with basic knowledge of DOD's Joint Operational Planning Process, including information about interagency roles and the importance of including stakeholders in the planning process. | Reservists and other military personnel individually deploying to Combined Joint Task Force 82 in Afghanistan | 370 | ||||
| Joint Staff Business Processes Course | Training | DOD | A 3.5-hour online course that provides participants with a common understanding of the Joint Staff structure and function within the National Security arena, the National Security Council decision-making process for developing and implementing U.S. national security policy, and related information. | Military enlisted personnel (E-4-E-9), officers (O-2 - O-6), and federal civilians (GS-7 - 15) | 10 | ||||
| The Interagency Process Course | Training | DOD | A 20-hour online course, developed by the North Atlantic Treaty Organization's Partnership for Peace program, that provides participants with information on interagency structures, policy decision-making, and advance planning processes for crisis response to security threats in the Western hemisphere. | Military enlisted personnel (E-3-E-9) and federal civilians (GS-7 - 13) | 160 | ||||
| Critical Infrastructure Awareness Course | Training | DOD | A 3-hour online course, developed by the North Atlantic Treaty Organization's Partnership for Peace program, that provides information on issues related to critical infrastructure protection in the context of global and national security. The course focuses on public safety and security, national security, emergency planning, and operational planning. | Military enlisted personnel (E-4-E-8), officers (O2-O6), and federal civilians (GS-9 - 13) | 30 | ||||
| Joint Operation Planning and Execution System Executive Presentation Course | Training | DOD | A 2-hour online course that gives participants an overview of the Joint Operation Planning and Execution System and provides a common framework for understanding it. This system has been used to facilitate interagency coordination for joint military and humanitarian operations, such as the USG response to Hurricane Katrina and the earthquake in Haiti. | Military enlisted personnel (E-7 and above), officers (O-5 and above), and federal civilians (GS-14 and above) | 4 | ||||
| Department of Defense 101: Interagency Course | Training | DOD | A 1-hour online course that provides knowledge of DOD procedures and processes in an interagency, national security context. | DOD and other USG personnel | 160 | ||||
| Department of State 101: Interagency Course | Training | DOD | A 1-hour online course that provides knowledge of State procedures and processes in an interagency, national security context. | DOD and other USG personnel | 160 | ||||
| U.S. Agency for International Development 101: Interagency Course | Training | DOD | A 1-hour online course that provides knowledge of USAID procedures and processes in an interagency, national security context. | DOD and other USG personnel | 90 | ||||
| Joint Interagency Coordination Group Course | Training | DOD | A 14-hour online course that provides an overview of a Joint Interagency Coordination Group, a part of a combatant commander's staff that facilitates interagency information sharing. The course prepares interagency personnel to participate in the group. | Personnel to be assigned to a Joint Interagency Coordination Group | 30 | ||||
| The Interagency Process: Full Spectrum Implementation Presentation | Training | DOD | A 1-hour online course that provides basic knowledge about how combatant commanders and staff participate in the interagency process, highlights major issues in the interagency process, and examines some new organizational tools developed to improve interagency coordination. The course also provides an introduction to the Joint Interagency Coordination Group. | Not available | 30 | ||||
| Interagency Coordination Course: Operation Enduring Freedom | Training | DOD | A 1-hour online course that provides basic knowledge of interagency coordination activities and challenges related to Operation Enduring Freedom in Afghanistan and explains the authorities and roles of State and DOD. | Not available | 350 | ||||
| Homeland Security and Defense Course | Training | DOD | A 20-hour online course that provides basic background knowledge of key joint homeland and security defense subjects to prepare Joint Task Force Headquarters staff to more effectively accomplish their tasks during joint exercises and real-world operations. | Personnel assigned to Joint Task Force Headquarters. | 110 | ||||
| Defense Support of Civil Authorities Course | Training | DOD | A 5-hour online course that provides an overview of the Defense Support of Civil Authorities, including its organization, structure, and role in homeland security and defense missions. | Not available | 140 | ||||
| Joint Deployment Distribution Operations Center Course | Training | DOD | A 17-hour online course that provides participants with foundational knowledge about the Joint Deployment Distribution Operations Center, which is intended to integrate military, interagency, and intergovernmental deployment and distribution operations. | DOD governmental and NGO personnel assigned to and/or working with the Joint Deployment Distribution Operations Center | 160 | ||||
| Joint Information Operations Orientation Course | Training | DOD | An 18-hour online course that provides military and civilian participants with knowledge of joint information operations doctrine and a foundation for duty as joint information operations officers. Information operations include safeguarding national information and responding to information campaigns from USG adversaries, among other priorities. | USG military personnel (O-3 to O-6) | 40 | ||||
| Joint Task Force State Staff Course | Training | DOD | A 57-hour online course (with 31 distinct lessons) that provides National Guard participants with the knowledge and skills they need to work with joint, interagency, interjurisdictional, and intergovernmental organizations. | National Guard personnel | 20 | ||||
| Standing Joint Force Headquarters Course | Training | DOD | A 4-hour online course that provides introductory knowledge that joint staff or interagency participants at a standing joint force headquarters need to participate as a member of the staff. | Standing Joint Force Headquarters staff and other joint staff working on operational and/or strategic issues | 40 | ||||
| Abbreviations | |||||||||
| DHS: Department of Homeland Security | |||||||||
| DOD: Department of Defense | |||||||||
| DOE: Department of Energy | |||||||||
| FEMA: Federal Emergency Management Agency | |||||||||
| FS: Foreign Service (pay schedule) | |||||||||
| GS: General Schedule | |||||||||
| JPME: Joint Professional Military Education | |||||||||
| NGO: Nongovernmental organization | |||||||||
| NDU: National Defense University | |||||||||
| NNSA: National Nuclear Security Administration | |||||||||
| O: Officer-level (pay schedule) | |||||||||
| ROTC: Reserve Officers’ Training Corps | |||||||||
| SES: Senior Executive Service | |||||||||
| State: Department of State | |||||||||
| Treasury: Department of Treasury | |||||||||
| USAID: United States Agency for International Development | |||||||||
| USDA: United States Department of Agriculture | |||||||||
| USG: United States Government | |||||||||