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A Guide to border control and patrol /
The government reports included in this book range from June to September 2018 and examine US border control and security. The first report is focused on the Department of Homeland Security. The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) was established by the Homeland Security Act of 2002 and began oper...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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New York ; Nova Science Publishers, Inc. / SNOVA,
2019
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| Colección: | Congressional policies, practices and procedures series.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Intro; Contents; Preface; Chapter 1; Homeland Security: Clearer Roles and Responsibilities for the Office of Strategy, Policy, and Plans and Workforce Planning Would Enhance Its Effectiveness(; Abbreviations; Why GAO Did This Study; What GAO Recommends; What GAO Found; Background; PLCY Organizational Structure and Vacancies; PLCY's Policy and Strategy Responsibilities, and Strategic Priorities; Homeland Security Crosscutting Missions and Functions; Key Departmentwide and Crosscutting Strategic Efforts
- PLCY Has Effectively Coordinated Intradepartmental Strategy Efforts, but Ambiguous Roles and Responsibilities Have Limited PLCY's Effectiveness in Coordinating PolicyPLCY Has Effectively Conducted Key Coordination Functions at the Senior Level; Ambiguity in Roles and Responsibilities and a Lack of Predictable, Repeatable, and Accountable Procedures Have Limited PLCY's Ability to Lead and Coordinate Policy; Confusion about Who Should Lead and Engage; Not Engaging Components at the Right Times; Incompatible Expectations around Timelines
- Uncertainty about PLCY's Role in Driving Policy HarmonizationPast Efforts to Define and Codify PLCY's Roles and Responsibilities in a Delegation of Authority Remain Incomplete; PLCY Identifies Workforce Needs during the Annual Budget Cycle, but Could Apply DHS Workforce Planning Guidance to Better Identify and Communicate Resource Needs; PLCY Uses the Annual Budget Cycle to Determine Workforce Needs and Requires Flexibility in Staffing
- PLCY Has Not Used DHS's Workforce Planning Guide to Analyze Workforce Gaps or Communicate Tradeoffs to DHS Management to Ensure Alignment with DHS PrioritiesAdditional External Communication Practices Could Enhance PLCY's Collaboration with DHS Stakeholders; Conclusion; Recommendations for Executive Action; Agency Comments and Our Evaluation; Appendix I: Comments from the Department of Homeland Security; Chapter 2; DHS Acquisitions: Additional Practices Could Help Components Better Develop Operational Requirements(; Abbreviations; Why GAO Did This Study; What GAO Recommends; What GAO Found
- BackgroundDHS and Its Components; Tracing Mission Needs to Program Requirements; Types of Requirements; DHS's Joint Requirements Council and Other Offices; DHS's Joint Requirements Process; Prior GAO Work on DHS Requirements Development; Over Half of the Selected Programs Changed Requirements; One of the Seven Selected Components Has a Policy for Requirements Development; U.S. Coast Guard Has an Approved Requirements Policy, While the Other Six DHS Components in Our Review Do Not; Without Requirements Policies, Components Risk Failing to Meet Mission Needs