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Title

From patchwork to framework: : a review of Title 10 authorities for security cooperation / David E. Thaler [and 4 others].

Author

Thaler, David E.

Publication

• Santa Monica, Calif. : RAND Corporation, [2016]
• ©2016

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Additional Authors

• McNerney, Michael J. (Michael Joseph)
• Grill, Beth
• Marquis, Jefferson P.
• Kadlec, Amanda.
• National Defense Research Institute (U.S.), issuing body.
• Rand Corporation, publisher.

Description

xxii, 125 pages; 23 cm

Summary

" "The accelerated proliferation of legislative authorities for the Department of Defense (DoD) in Public Law and Title 10 of the U.S. Code since September 11, 2011, has created an increasingly unwieldy and complex catalog of statutes, which has generated severe challenges to DoD's security cooperation activities. The large set of authorities for security cooperation has become known as a "patchwork" because of the need to patch together multiple authorities and associated yet unsynchronized processes, resources, programs, and organizations to execute individual initiatives with partner nations. As defense headquarter staffs shrink and planning grows increasingly complex, the risk of canceled or ineffective events has grown significantly. Moreover, policymakers and congressional staffers face growing challenges providing guidance and oversight and evaluating progress toward larger objectives. This report develops a framework and options to streamline the patchwork of authorities in Public Law and Title 10 of the U.S. Code that the DoD employs for security cooperation with partner nations. The objective is to frame Title 10 security cooperation authorities in a holistic, logical way, identify redundancies and gaps, and offer recommendations for changes in authorities that reduce the complexities involved in implementing them and make it easier for DoD's security cooperation workforce to use them to work with partner nations in support of U.S. national security strategy"--Publisher's description.

Alternative Title

Review of Title 10 authorities for security cooperation

Subject

• United States
• United States. Department of Defense > Appropriations and expenditures
• Military assistance, American > Management
• National security > International cooperation
• United States > Military relations

Note

• "National Defense Research Institute"
• "RR-1438-OSD"--Cover page 4.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (pages 123-125).

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

Preface -- Figures and tables -- Summary -- Acknowledgements -- Chapter one. Introduction: methodology and organization of the report -- Chapter two. DoD challenges in utilizing Title 10 authorities. DoD components see Title 10 security cooperation authorities as both enabling and confounding ; Congressional concerns accompany acknowledgment of challenges ; Conclusions -- Chapter three. A framework for categorizing SC authorities. Several ways of looking at authorities ; Hybrid approach to categorizing authorities has merit ; Conclusion: utility of a hybrid categorization structure -- Chapter four. Rationalizing the patchwork. Options for improvement: review of and recommended changes to existing Title 10 authorities ; Conclusions -- Chapter five. Conclusion -- Appendixes. A. List of existing SC authorities ; B. List of revised authorities -- Abbreviations -- References.

ISBN

• 0833094084
• 9780833094087

OCLC

944157397

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Harvard Library