While most of the acronyms stand for agencies dealing with emergencies, border security and the like, "C.I.A".
The centres have also seen different agencies – dealing with health, education, family support and specialist support – work together.
"There are 180 different agencies dealing with homeland security that are out there on their own, uncoordinated and undirected.
That's why it's so crucial that agencies dealing with those who've been groomed are properly trained to understand it.
Government agencies dealing with press freedom, trade, foreign relations, or Internet technologies have a stake in this as well.
Lawyers for Sterling gave extensive briefings on the program to the State Department, the Pentagon and various United Nations agencies dealing with piracy.
They were attended by representatives from all the major agencies dealing with the incident, including police, council highways, fire and rescue and health workers.
In a gesture seen as conciliatory to China, it will confine itself to seeking membership of two UN agencies dealing with, respectively, climate change and aviation safety.
He has also advised and lectured to the World Bank, the United Nations, the State Department, and other governmental and nongovernmental agencies dealing with governance and development.
One subject up for discussion will be regular intergovernmental assessments of scientific advances that can support the work of UN agencies dealing with natural disasters.
