Interorganizational Coordination During Joint Operations

This publication provides information to guide interorganizational coordination duringjoint operations among engaged stakeholders. These stakeholders are inclusive of the ArmedForces of the United States; United States Government (USG) departments and agencies;state, territorial, local, and tribal government agencies; foreign military forces andgovernment agencies, intergovernmental organizations (IGOs), nongovernmentalorganizations (NGOs), and entities of the private sector. Further, the term interagencycoordination is limited to the interaction between USG departments and agencies. TheDepartment of Defense (DOD) conducts interorganizational coordination across a range ofoperations with each type of operation involving different communities of interests andstructures. This is especially pronounced for domestic and foreign operations, which aregoverned by different authorities and have considerably different USG governing structuresand stakeholders.