Agency Issues

This secondary category contains information on issues facing the agency, both in terms of structure and function. It includes internal issues and those surrounding DHS's interactions with other agencies.

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Interagency Issues

 

Addressing the 2009 Presidential Transition at the Department of Homeland Security

 

Applying Risk Management Principles to Guide Federal Investments

 

Critical Leadership Vacancies Impede United States Department of Homeland Security

 

Department of Homeland Security-Fiscal Year 2008 Annual Performance Plan

 

Department of Homeland Security Grants to State and Local

 

Department of Homeland Security: Progress Report on Implementation of Mission and Management Functions

 

DHS's Human Capital Plan Is Largely Consistent with Relevant Guidance, but Improvements and Implementation Steps Are Still Needed

 

DHS’ Progress in Addressing Coordination Challenges Between Customs and Border Protection and Immigration and Customs Enforcement

 

DHS Privacy Office: Progress Made but Challenges Remain in Notifying and Reporting to the Public

 

DHS Risk-Based Grant Methodology is Reasonable, But Current Version’s Measure of Vulnerability is Limited

 

Enhancing International Collaboration for Homeland Security and Counterterrorism

 

Fixing the Department of Homeland Security

 

Government Accountability Office Testimony Before the Subcommittee on Oversight of Government Management, the Federal Workforce, and the District of Columbia, Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs: Homeland Security Management and

 

Hearing on FEMA Preparedness in 2007 and Beyond

 

Homeland Security: Better Management Practices Could Enhance DHS’s Ability to Allocate Investigative Resources

 

Homeland Security: DHS Enterprise Architecture Continues to Evolve but Improvements Needed

 

Homeland Security: Guidance from Operations Directorate Will Enhance Collaboration among Departmental Operations Centers

 

Homeland Security: Key Elements of a Risk Management Approach

 

Homeland Security: Observations on DHS and FEMA Efforts to Prepare for and Respond to Major and Catastrophic Disasters and Address Related Recommendations and Legislation

 

Homeland Security: Preparing for and Responding to Disasters

 

The Department of Homeland Security’s Risk Assessment Methodology: Evolution Issues, and Options for Congress

 

Homeland Security Advisory Council-Report of the Administration Transition Task Force

 

Homeland Security Strategic Planning: Mission Area Analysis

 

Improved Assessment and Oversight Needed to Manage Risk of Contracting for Selected Services

 

Management and Programmatic Challenges Facing the Department of Homeland Security

 

National Security and Homeland Security Presidential Directive

 

A Nation Prepared: Federal Emergency Management Agency Strategic Plan Fiscal Years 2003-2008

 

Organizing for Homeland Security after Katrina: Is Adaptive Management What’s Missing?

 

Organizing for Victory: Proposals for Building a Regional Homeland Security Structure

 

Pressure Points for the Department of Homeland Security

 

Privacy Office Annual Report to Congress July 2004- July 2006

 

Progress Made in Implementation of Management Functions, but More Work Remains

 

Rethinking Research, Development, and Acquisition for Homeland Security

 

Safe at Home: A National Security Strategy to Protect the American Homeland, the Real Central Front

 

Secretary of Homeland Security Michael Chertoff Testimony Before the House Committee on Homeland Security Regarding Holding the Department of Homeland Security Accountable for Security Gaps

 

The State of Homeland Security: 2007 Report Card on the Department of Homeland Security

 

Strategic Budgeting: Risk Management Principles Can Help DHS Allocate Resources to Highest Priorities

 

Statement of Richard L. Skinner Before the Subcommittee on Homeland Security Committee on Appropriations

 

Status Report on Open Recommendations to DHS Components

 

Strengthening Homeland Security: Reform Planning and Resource Allocation

 

Testimony of Paul A. Schneider, Under Secretary for Management, U.S. Department of Homeland Security, Before the US Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs

 

HOMELAND SECURITY: DHS Improved its Risk-Based Grant Programs’ Allocation and Management Methods, But Measuring Programs’ Impact on National Capabilities Remains a Challenge