Public Administration Government and Interagency Relationships
the homeland security enterprise, taking into account multiple disparate stakeholders (Marcella, 2004). Interagency partnerships also flourish in law enforcement and criminal justice, as with the Organized Crime and Drug Enforcement Task Forces (United States Department of Justice, 2017). Rescue, relief, and emergency management also highlights the benefits of interagency partnerships in accounting for the various strengths and jurisdictions of local, state, and federal agencies as well as external entities like non-governmental organizations (NGOs) and the private sector (Hagen, 2006). The success of many interagency partnerships does not obscure the fact that there are potential problems with formalizing such relationships. Problems include unnecessary redundancy, inefficiency, and potential security… Continue Reading...
