DHS Strategic Plan

National Response Plan Howard L. Hayes Saint Leo University Abstract Why is it necessary for our country to have an effective emergency plan in place? Why does it matter how the country responds to emergencies when every part of our country, including cities and states, face emergency situations on a daily basis all over? Some are bad to worse, and some horrific to deadly. Well, this paper explains the importance of the National Response Plan and why it is necessary for our country to have it in place. It explores several articles that have been published to show the results on the effectiveness and response of the National Response Plan. The National Response Framework, previously called The National Response Plan, is a plan that the United States put in effect to organize the way the country and the community handles attacks, disasters, as well as all events looked at as an emergency. The Response Plan relays and describes all the information in order to avoid catastrophic damages and to protect and save lives. The plan focuses on how the country as a whole can work together to prepare for damaging events. Morover, the plan doesn 't always seem to be effective as it is expected to be. Issues arose at the time it is most needed, which causes necessary changes to take effect immediately. Sometimes the damage is already done and that could be due to economic collapse, being unprepared, and failure to respond appropriately. The National Response Framework replaced the National

An agency’s strategic plan defines the agency’s objectives, missions and the methods that will be use to measure the agency’s progress in tackling certain national problems, needs, or challenges related to its operation over the course of at least five years. Every individual in the department contribute to the development of the strategic plan by creating the description, performance goals, and strategies for the plan. The HHS department members ensured that the strategy aligns with the department’s annual GPRA reporting in congressional budget justifications and the summary of performance and financial information. The United States Department of Health and Human Services strategic plan for the next four years (2014-2018) are reinforcing health care, improving innovation and scientific knowledge, enhancing the safety, health and comfort of the American people, and ensure efficiency, transparency, accountability, and the value of HHS programs (HHS,

Bush, he announced that the United States was becoming a hit target for the terrorists threatening the civil liberties (GOA, 2014). For that very reason, he created the Department of Homeland Security. Currently, the DHS's strategic plan focuses on preventing terror attacks and enhancing security. "Preventing terrorist attacks on the homeland remains and ought to stay the foundation of homeland security" (GOA, 2014). However a review of DHS's programs, including those related to counterterrorism, nurture inquiries about whether preventing terror attacks is the core mission of the agency. Additionally, checking on whether the programs initiated has recorded any progress in safeguarding U.S from threats of terror attacks (Department of Homeland Security,

Ensuring Resilience to Disasters has more tasking’s than another mission and involves many different agencies to accomplish those tasks. The four tasks are to mitigate hazards, enhance preparedness, ensure effective emergency response, and rapidly recover. The main agency that is responsible for these tasking’s is FEMA. FEMA’s mission is to “reduce the loss of life and property and protect communities nationwide from all hazards, including natural disasters, acts of terrorism, and other man-made disasters” (FEMA, 2017, p.2). FEMA works with federal and State services to assist them in accomplishing their goals. They also assist local services by assisting in setting up emergency management agencies (LEMA) and set guidance for Emergency Operations Planning (EOP). EOP’s are “plans that provide an overview of the jurisdiction’s preparedness and response strategies. It describes expected hazards, outlines agency roles and responsibilities, and explains how the jurisdiction keeps the plan current.” (FEMA, 2010,

Under each question one should make notes to help “determine strengths, opportunities, and homeland security strategic planning issues” in the charts at the bottom of each page (Fisher, 2004, p. 30).

DHS has a specific purpose, and mission. The vision of homeland security is to ensure a homeland that is safe, secure, and resilient against terrorism and other hazards. Three key concepts form the foundation of our national homeland security strategy designed to achieve this vision: Security, Resilience, and Customs and Exchange.

The creation of DHS was the result of the tragic events of 9/11. The department was formed in 2002 and is a combination of twenty-two agencies. Some of the prominent ones are, The Transportation Security Administration (TSA), U.S. Secret Service, U.S. Coast Guard, and the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Service (USCIS). The President of United States appoints the secretary to oversee the work of DHS.

These documents were superseded by several documents which are now considered the principle homeland security strategies. The White House and DHS are the principle source of homeland security strategies. The primary national homeland security strategic document developed by the White House is the 2010 National Security Strategy, which unlike the 2007 National Strategy for Homeland Security addresses all-hazards and is not primarily terrorism focused.17 DHS’s strategic documents are the 2010 Quadrennial Homeland Security Review; the 2010 Bottom-Up Review; and the 2012 Strategic Plan. DHS states that these documents are nested in the 2010 National Security Strategy.1At the national level, the 2010 National Security Strategy guides not just DHS’s homeland security activities, but it also guides all federal government entity mission activities. One way to understand the breadth of these activities is to examine federal homeland security funding. The 2014 Quadrennial Homeland Security Review provides an overall understanding about Homeland

In this research paper, I am going to discuss the plan that the Department of Homeland Security has set forth for the years of 2012-2016. This plan outlines the entire vision of the department to essentially accomplish their missions and goals. The plan consists of missions varying from border security to cyber security. We must not forget the men and women on the front line working hard to ultimately secure and provide safety for the United States of America.

1. After the terrorist attacks of 9/11, the United States sought to improve relations between local, state, and federal agencies. This effort resulted in the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) with support from NIMS to develop the National Preparedness Goal. In a minimum of 200 words identify the five mission areas of the National Preparedness Goals and the mission of each goal.

Tragic events that cause damage to property and life may destroy the social, cultural and economic life of a community. Communities must be engaged in the various phases from prevention to recovery to build disaster resilient communities. In order to do this, there must be a disaster preparedness plan in place that involves multiple people in various roles.

One of the DHS’s key strategic priorities is to improve customer experience through end-to-end digital service delivery (APSC, 2012). The Welfare Payments Infrastructure Transformation Program (WPIT) has dramatically changed the way DHS perform business, particularly routine entitlements are now settled through online self-service; as a result, the new skills required will need to be defined and the traditional skills will need to be realigned with its business processes that will be reformed. Thus, more diverse and proactive strategies around training and career development opportunities are of great significance to achieve sustainable competitive advantage. HR professionals must be able to re-engineer HR practices through the use of technology

United States Border Patrol has been around since 1904 enforcing and regulating laws under the immigration and Nationality Act. U.S. border patrol is now under the Department of Homeland Security, which was created as a response to the attacks of September 11, 2001. Over the years, their jurisdiction and missions have changed to better protect the safety of nation. Although border patrol is a need for any nation, their extensive acceptations to constitutional laws can often be taken advantage of. The mission of the U.S. border patrol should be to prevent illegal aliens, which are a threat to American society, from reaching their purpose. Frequently, their purpose can be confused or executed in a bias manner.

Within the areas of Homeland Security and Homeland Defense lie specific primary missions, tasks, duties, and responsibilities of each. The primary missions, tasks, duties, and responsibilities of Homeland Security and Defense include preventing terrorism and enhancing security, securing and managing our borders, and enforcing immigration laws. In addition to those missions, a new and evolving mission is that of cybersecurity. In the future, is the department ready to tackle these tasks? The department has done a great job at preventing an attack ever since the attacks of 9/11. What types of challenges are faced in the future? The tools that are needed are there, it all depends on how the department moves forward and implements these actions.

Since the attacks on September 11th, 2001, intelligence activities has been one of the most controversial issues facing this country with one of the most controversial being the Department of Homeland Security (DHS). Created in November of 2002 and concepted just two weeks after the attacks, the DHS focuses in five goals; prevent terrorism and enhance security, secure and manage the borders, enforce and administer immigration laws, safeguard and secure cyberspace,