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 HSM 700bl – Principles and
Applications in Homeland
Security & Defense
Module 3:
DHS Performance Management Framework & the Homeland Security
Management System Model and Applications
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 DHS Performance Management
Framework

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 DHS Performance Measures
 DHS uses performance measures at all levels to
monitor progress in achieving its Strategic Plan
and attaining program success.
 The long-term program performance goal
established for each DHS program provides the
basis for assessing contributions to achievement
of Department strategic goals and objectives.
 Individual program performance results are tied to
strategic level goals and objectives which are
aligned with the Department’s mission.

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 DHS Performance Measures
 Performance measures included in the performance plan
are tracked on a quarterly basis to provide a trend toward
meeting annual targets.
 Program managers provide data that is summarized in the
DHS Quarterly Performance Report. This quarterly
assessment not only provides actual performance data to
date, but it also provides an assessment by program
managers of whether they believe they are going to
achieve their targets by the end of the fiscal year. If it
appears that target may not be met, program managers
are encouraged to initiate corrective actions to address
program performance.

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 DHS Performance Measures
 The DHS Quarterly Performance Report also summarizes
performance related information associated with OMB’s
Program Assessment Rating Tool (PART) and the
President’s Management Agenda (PMA).

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 Homeland Security Management Model

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 HSMM Phase I (Guidance)
The first phase in our Homeland Security Management System encompasses
overarching homeland security guidance. It is the foundation of our system, and
it must be grounded in clearly articulated and up-to-date homeland and relevant
national security policies, with coordinated supporting strategies, doctrine, and
planning guidance flowing from and fully synchronizing with these policies.
Accordingly, we will update, clarify, and consolidate, where necessary,
homeland and national security presidential directives and other key policies, all
of which encompass high-level executive articulations of the broad homeland
security goals we must achieve.

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 HSMM Phase II (Planning)
 The second phase is a deliberate and dynamic system
that translates our policies, strategies, doctrine, and
planning guidance into a family of strategic, operational,
and tactical plans. These plans should be coordinated with
relevant stakeholders, consistent with the fundamental
roles and responsibilities of local, Tribal, State, and Federal
governments bring to bear all appropriate instruments of
national power and influence, assign activities to specific
homeland security actors, and appropriately sequence
these activities against a timeline for implementation.
 For the Homeland Security Management System to be
effective and address long-range challenges across
multiple disciplines, all homeland security partners should
develop a planning capability that may also be employed
during times of crisis.
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 HSMM Phase II (Planning)

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 HSMM Phase III (Execution)
The third phase in the Homeland Security Management
System encompasses the execution of operational and
tactical-level plans. This may occur as actual operations in
response to real-world events or may happen as part of an
exercise, including through the National Exercise Program,
that allows us to practice the plan and ensure all actors
fully understand their roles and responsibilities.

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 HSMM Phase III (Execution)
The fourth phase involves the continual assessment and
evaluation of both operations and exercises. This phase of
the system will produce lessons learned and best practices
that must be incorporated back into all phases of the
Homeland Security Management System. This sequence of
activities ensures our highly adaptive system reflects
current realities and remains responsive to a dynamic,
changing homeland security environment.

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 Measuring Success
 Homeland security is a shared responsibility
 The Federal Government must provide leadership and
guidance for non-Federal partners across the four phases
of the Homeland Security Management System.
 For the Homeland Security Management System to
succeed, Federal dollars must be allocated based on
constantly improving risk assessments and on
accountability for results
 Once allocated, funds must be used to support or develop
operational plans and their derivative requirements and
capabilities.

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 Measuring Success
 Our Nation still faces the challenge of developing tools for
assessing our overall security posture and measuring
the effectiveness of Federal assistance.
 We therefore must develop assessment tools that
measure not only State, local, and Tribal response
capabilities but also capabilities in support of our
prevention and protection goals. These tools must
recognize and reward partnership with and among
neighboring jurisdictions and regions and all levels of
government.

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 Individual Essay Questions
 Individual Essay Question: Does the DHS
Performance Management Framework provide a
substantial enough methodology to measure
effectiveness and success for today’s HS&D
challenges?

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 Module 3 Reading Requirement
 Instructor’s Module/Week 3 PPT presentation.
 Kamien, D. (2006) the McGraw-Hill Homeland Security
Handbook. McGraw-Hill Publishing. New York, N.Y. Chapter 16,
p. 225-262.
 U.S. Department of Homeland Security (2008), Strategic Plan
Fiscal Years 2008–2013: One Team, One Mission, Securing
Our Homeland, Appendix A.
 Homeland Security Council (2007), National Homeland Security
Strategy (October, 2007), The White House, Retrieved from
website:http://www.whitehouse.gov/infocus/homeland, p. 42-26.

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 Team Assignment
 Using the selected and proved criteria for
evaluation, conduct course of action/solution
evaluation and provide a recommendation for the
best proposed course of action or solution to the
problem.
 Produce and submit PPT slide 6 (Proposed
Solution/COA Evaluation) and submit into
Blackboard Digital Drop Box.

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 Individual Essay Questions
 Individual Essay Question: How does the DHS
Performance Management Framework support
the NSHS Homeland Security Management
System Model and National Strategy for
Homeland Security?
 Are the Performance measures and targets
relevant metrics for stated objectives?

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Please Complete the Blackboard
Requirements for This Module
Before Moving to Module Four