Homeland Security Strategic Planning: Mission Area Analysis

Abstract

This report documents the homeland security (HS) mission area analysis (MAA) conducted by the Homeland Security Institute (HSI). The HS MAA identifies the activities required to conduct the missions identified in the National Strategy for Homeland Security (NSHS). Accordingly, the HS MAA focuses specifically on the NSHS missions without regard for organizational or jurisdictional boundaries, either inside or outside the federal government. Nevertheless, the HSI study team recognizes that many related planning efforts are underway within the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and other organizations. Wherever possible, HSI has attempted to identify and incorporate these other efforts, to ensure that the perspectives of all stakeholders are considered. In developing the MAA, HSI conducted a detailed analysis of national guidance documents, decomposing them into discrete activities related to the NSHS missions across the national scope of HS operations. The HSI analysis also identified a set of common tasks that enable all functions within the HS MAA. These common tasks are those performed/managed not only by DHS, but by all organizations responsible for securing the homeland. Internal (HSI) and external reviews as well as HS-community outreach further refined the MAA. The MAA hierarchy includes five levels: Goals, Missions, Objectives, Functions, and function-specific Tasks. These describe the HS operational mission space with sufficient granularity to enable the MAA to serve as an effective analysis and measurement tool. HSI facilitated a series of four collaborative interagency workshops to review straw man Objectives and Functions and to develop lists of Tasks associated with each HS Function. A broad range of HS partners participated in each workshop, including representatives from federal, state, and local government organizations. Workshop participants provided valuable insights and observations regarding the elements of the MAA and their definitions. The res

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Mar 28, 2007
Accession Number
ADA493506

Entities

People

  • Andrew Allen
  • Aric Miller
  • Gary Nelson
  • Sondra Mendelson

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Biomedical
  • Cyber
  • Human Systems
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Communication Systems
  • Department Of Homeland Security
  • Environment
  • Health Care
  • Health Services
  • Homeland Security
  • Information Systems
  • Law
  • Local Governments
  • Medical Personnel
  • Mission Area Analysis
  • National Security
  • Natural Disasters
  • Public Health
  • Quarantine
  • Security
  • United States

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  • Aerospace Engineering
  • Joint Military Operations and Doctrine.
  • Systems Analysis and Design

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  • Space