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    1. Defense Management: U.S. Southern Command Demonstrates Interagency Collaboration, but Its Haiti Disaster Response Revealed Challenges Conducting a Large Military Operation

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    Collection:
    Black Caribbean Literature (BCL)
    Contributers:
    Pendleton,John H. (Author)
    Format:
    Pamphlet
    Publication Date:
    Jul 2010
    Published:
    United States Government Accountability Office
    Location:
    African American Research Center, Library, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
    Notes:
    47 p., US Southern Command (SOUTHCOM) has been cited as having mature interagency processes and coordinating mechanisms, but as evidenced by the earthquakes that shook Haiti in January 2010, the challenges that SOUTHCOM faces require coordinated efforts from US government agencies, international partners, and nongovernmental and private organizations. This report (1) assesses the extent that SOUTHCOM exhibits key attributes that enhance and sustain collaboration with interagency and other stakeholders and (2) evaluates SOUTHCOM's approach for developing an organizational structure that facilitates interagency collaboration and positions the command to conduct a full range of missions.

    2. Haiti Relief: An International Effort Enabled through Air, Space, and Cyberspace

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    Collection:
    Black Caribbean Literature (BCL)
    Contributers:
    Fraser,Douglas M. (Author) and Hertzelle,Wendell S. (Author)
    Format:
    Journal Article
    Publication Date:
    Jan 2010
    Published:
    Maxwell AFB, AL: CADRE/ARJ
    Location:
    African American Research Center, Library, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
    Journal Title:
    Air & Space Power Journal
    Journal Title Details:
    24(4) : 5-12
    Notes:
    On 12 January 2010, Haiti experienced a 7.0-magnitude earthquake centered 10 miles west-southwest of Port-au-Prince. United Nations estimates indicate that more than 222,000 people were killed, 300,000 injured, and 2.3 million displaced by the earthquake and its 59 aftershocks. At dawn on 13 January, under the direction of United States Southern Command, elements of the Department of Defense arrived to support the Government of Haiti and the US Embassy. The command established Headquarters Joint Task Force-Haiti, with the mission of carrying out humanitarian assistance and disaster-relief operations in support of the United States Agency for International Development, the principal federal agency for the US effort.