Interagency Solutions Analysis. The State of Interagency MDA Requirements

This article discusses how the global nature of maritime domain awareness (MDA) is an immense responsibility that far exceeds the capabilities of any one organization, particularly one as small as the Coast Guard. Coast Guard leadership recognized this even prior to 9/11, and was at the forefront of the effort to recognize the importance of partnerships with other maritime stakeholders throughout the world. In the years following 9/11, a collection of federal agencies with major responsibilities for maritime domain awareness drafted the National Plan to Achieve MDA. These partners recognized that a national investment strategy would be required to ensure that the government achieved effective MDA in a coordinated, efficient fashion. A first step, the 2007 Interagency Investment Strategy, compared tasks required for effective national MDA with current capability, determined where gaps existed, and made recommendations as to which departments should mitigate or eliminate these gaps. As the interagency maritime domain awareness governance process matured, and a new administration emphasized “whole-of-government” problem solving, the MDA Stakeholder Board, under the auspices of the National Security Council’s Maritime Security Interagency Policy Committee, directed the next steps in resolving national maritime domain awareness shortcomings—the Interagency Solutions Analysis (IASA). A team of MDA professionals drawn from throughout the federal government, the IASA Working Group is: (1) verifying and prioritizing maritime domain awareness gaps; (2) recommending interagency solutions to mitigate or close the gaps; and (3) providing strategic planning, budget, and acquisition documentation necessary to facilitate the improvements.

• Record URL:
  http://uscg.mil/proceedings/archive/2010/Vol67_No2_Sum2010.pdf
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• Authors:
  • Blaney, Hank
• Publication Date: 2010

Language

• English

Media Info

• Media Type: Print
• Features: Photos;
• Pagination: pp 22-24
• Serial:
  • Coast Guard Journal of Safety & Security at Sea, Proceedings of the Marine Safety & Security Council
  • Volume: 67
  • Issue Number: 2
  • Publisher: U.S. Coast Guard
  • Serial URL: http://www.uscg.mil/proceedings/

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Coordination; Data collection; Data sharing; Information technology; Interagency relations; Intergovernmental partnerships; Maritime safety; Partnerships; Strategic planning
• Identifier Terms: National Plan to Achieve Maritime Domain Awareness
• Subject Areas: Data and Information Technology; Marine Transportation; Policy; Security and Emergencies;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01167018
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Aug 30 2010 8:22AM