by Harrington, Milman, Perides
This handbook depicts the critical decisions and issues that agencies must address as they plan for and navigate the process of coordination. In order to coordinate, agencies must decide how they will make and enforce decisions and the commitments they will make to one another. Chapter 1 provides an overview of Inter-Agency Coordination. Chapter 2 addresses the topic of structuring coordination. As agencies are bound by a variety of procedural requirements that affect not only their choice of structure for coordination but also how they can operate within that structure, Chapter 3 discusses the administrative aspects of coordination. Further, as inter-agency coordination frequently entails sharing or information of data, information or knowledge, Chapter 4 addresses the topic of mechanisms and barriers to coordination of knowledge. Cumulatively, these three chapters provide the reader with an overview of practical details that often receive scant attention yet are critical to accomplishing inter-agency coordination.
This research is based upon work supported in part by the National Science Foundation under Grant No. 1824066. Any opinions, findings, and conclusions or recommendations expressed in this paper are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of the National Science Foundation. For questions about this research please contact amilman ‘at’ eco.umass.edu.