Analyzing and Quantifying Risk: DHS Strategic and Budgetary Planning

This report provides an outline for analyzing and quantifying risk within the Department of Homeland Security (DHS). It begins with an introduction defining homeland security management, the various agencies involved, and their roles. The report then explores different types of homeland security risks, decision-making processes, and the value of risk management, especially concerning strategic and budgetary planning. It delves into homeland security risk management principles, effective risk management strategies, and their application at strategic and budgetary levels. The core of the analysis focuses on the positive and negative impacts of risk management and interagency coordination on DHS's budgetary and strategic planning, referencing the DHS Strategic Plan (2015-2018) and the DHS Budget (2015). The outline concludes with a summary of findings and references relevant documents and research.

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Purpose: Informing and promoting a common understanding of the positive and negative
impacts of risk management and coordination between the various agencies under DHS on
budgetary and strategic planning.
Audience: The DHS employees, other federal agencies, and the local and state agencies
I. Introduction: risk assessment and interagency coordination in DHS and how it affects strategic
and budgetary planning
A. Definition of homeland security management and the different agencies and their functions
B. Clear layouts of the various roles of each of these agencies.
II. The different types of homeland security risks
A. Decision making regarding risks and interagency co-ordination
B. The value of risk management and interagency coordination more so on strategic and
budgetary planning.
C. Risk management applications
III. Homeland Security Risk Management Principles
A. The different tenets of risk management under homeland security management
B. How to effectively manage risks and promote interagency coordination
C. Risk management at the strategic and budgetary planning levels
IV. What are the positive and negative impacts of risk management and coordination between
the various agencies under DHS on budgetary and strategic planning?
A. DHS Strategic Plan (2015-2018)
B. DHS Budget (2015)
C. Summary of Findings

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V. Conclusion

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