CGSC Foundation announces new Simons Center program director

● Mark Wiggins ● March 29, 2016 ● News Releases Simons Center News ● No Comments

CGSC Foundation CEO Doug Tystad announced the hire of a new program director for the Simons Center this week. – Col. (Ret.) Roderick M. Cox assumed duties of the position on March 28. “Rod has a distinguished record of service in both military operational positions as well as interagency positions,”… Read More

Interagency Fellowship Program opportunities available

● Mark Wiggins ● December 18, 2015 ● Simons Center News ● No Comments

The Army is looking for qualified majors and lieutenant colonels to participate in the U.S. Army Command and General Staff College’s (CGSC) Interagency Fellowship Program. The program, a career broadening, educational opportunity for field grade officers, was launched in 2008. The fellowship program now boasts 28 interagency partners, including the… Read More

InterAgency Journal 6-4 (Fall 2015)

● Mark Wiggins ● November 24, 2015 ● Simons Center News ● No Comments

The Fall 2015 edition of the InterAgency Journal features eight articles spanning topics from the changing role of the State Department to considerations for religious issues in military stability operations. Ten news items make up this edition’s “Worth Noting” and CGSC’s own Dr. David A. Anderson wraps it all up… Read More

IAP 17W (November 2015) Countering Cyber Extremism

● Mark Wiggins ● November 3, 2015 ● Simons Center News ● No Comments

InterAgency Paper 17W (Nov. 2015) by Megan Penn, Joshua K. Miller and Jan Schwarzenberg – Violent extremist organizations have increased their online presence using the Internet to establish an online brand, communicate with members, and radicalize sympathizers. The regular use of online media, forums, and communications has altered the way… Read More

Simons Center director, founding officer and trustee retires

● Mark Wiggins ● September 3, 2015 ● News Releases Simons Center News ● No Comments

[picasa width=”400″ height=”300″ bgcolor=”#ffffff” autoplay=”1″ showcaption=”1″ user=”CGSCFoundation” album=”es_MajGenRetRaymondDBarrettJr”] Maj. Gen. Raymond D. Barrett, Jr., current director of the CGSC Foundation’s Simons Center for Interagency Cooperation, has announced his retirement from his position after five years with the Center and 10years total involvement in the CGSC Foundation. Barrett was a founding… Read More

CGSC honors Simons Center authors

● Mark Wiggins ● August 26, 2015 ● Simons Center News ● No Comments

On August 21, the U.S. Army Command and General Staff College (CGSC) awarded 33 Golden Pen Awards to faculty members in recognition of their published scholarly works. CGSC’s Golden Pen program recognizes faculty members for their professional writing, and are broken into three categories: golden, silver, and bronze. Included among… Read More

Simons Center farewells graduate fellow

● Mark Wiggins ● August 7, 2015 ● Simons Center News ● No Comments

The Simons Center recently bid farewell to another extremely accomplished Graduate Fellow. From May to July, James Gilmore conducted research and wrote an original paper as the first graduate student enrolled at Missouri State University in Springfield, Mo., to intern at the Simons Center. Gilmore’s primary research effort was focused… Read More

DHS to form new WMD office

● Mark Wiggins ● July 17, 2015 ● Simons Center News ● No Comments

Recently it was announced that the Department of Homeland Security is planning on creating a new office to focus on weapons of mass destruction defense...

OPM, others investigate cyber incident

● Mark Wiggins ● July 13, 2015 ● Simons Center News ● No Comments

Last week, the U.S. Office of Personnel Management announced the findings of the interagency investigation into a recent cyber incident involving federal background investigation data...

Cyber exercise tests whole-of-nation response

● Mark Wiggins ● July 9, 2015 ● Simons Center News ● No Comments

In June, U.S. Cyber Command, the Department of Homeland Security, and the Federal Bureau of Investigation hosted a multi-agency exercise designed to simulate a whole-of-nation response to attacks on U.S. critical infrastructure...