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Explanatory Notes


other organizations without such documents were compiled from strategic plans, U.S. Code, and other senior level documents that improve workforce development and interoperability.

b. Part II - Four thematic lists are categorized as follows to expose readers to terms and definitions related to foreign and domestic activities. Readers shall access the Part I terms and definitions for full sourcing of terms within the Thematic lists:
1) Domestic Support - All-Hazard Emergency Management which includes:
● law enforcement; fire and medical health services related to preparedness, protection, mitigation, response, recovery and continuation of essential public and private services
2) Domestic Support - Homeland Security which includes:
● terrorism, intelligence, cybersecurity, critical infrastructure protection, national all-hazard emergency planning and response to include civil-military coordination
3) Foreign Support - Humanitarian and Sustainable Development Assistance which includes
● foreign disaster response and humanitarian relief, youth, resilience and climate change as well as sectoral: health, agriculture, education, et al.
4) Foreign Support - Stabilization and Security Assistance which includes:
● fragility, defense and governance, counterterrorism, counter violent extremism, peace keeping operations, atrocity prevention, civil-military coordination and transition
c. Thematic lists are introduced by two coordination mechanism figures that show arranged interaction and potential cooperation between workforces:
1) Domestic Coordination - National Response Framework Emergency Support Functions
2) Foreign Coordination - Notional United States Government Provide Support to Foreign United States Government Activities (potential structure for a United States Government International Response Force)

4. Shortened Word Forms

This version of the USG Glossary will not include shortened word forms (e.g. abbreviations, acronyms, and initialisms). For a condensed lists of interagency shortened forms see the


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