Running Head: THE DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY The Department Of Homeland Security The U.S Customs and Border Protection Unit 3 Individual Project Calvin Booker Robert Uda Colorado Technical University 07/25/2018 1 THE DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY 2 Introduction The United States Department of Homeland Security (DHS) is a cabinet department of the United States Federal Government mandated with the responsibility of ensuring public security. The mission of the department involves antiterrorism, immigration, and customs, border security, disaster prevention, and management, as well as cybersecurity protection. The department was created in response to the September 11 terrorist attack which left thousands of Americans dead and several others injured (Carafano & Heyman, 2004). It is the goal of the department to work within the civilian spheres to protect and defend the United States within, at and outsides its borders. The department also has a goal of preparing for, preventing, and responding to the U.S domestic emergencies especially terrorism and other human-made and natural calamities (Carafano & Heyman, 2004). Upon the creation of the United States Department of Homeland Security, the department absorbed several agencies and assumed their mandate and roles. Some of the agencies that have been incorporated by the United States Department of Homeland Security including but not limited to Immigration and Naturalization Service (INS), the U.S Custom and Border Protection, Transport Security Administration, the U.S Secret Service, the National Protection and Programs Directorate among other agencies (Carafano & Heyman, 2004). Each of these agencies is mandated to undertake specific roles within the DHS. In this paper, the focus will be on the Customs and Border Protection which one of the many agencies operating under the Department of Homeland Security (Bush, 2002). The U.S Customs and Border Protection THE DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY 3 The U.S Customs and Border Protection is one of the largest federal law enforcement agencies of the U.S Department of Homeland Security. The agency is also the U.S primary border control organization that is tasked with the role of regulating and facilitating the U.S international trade, enforcement of the U.S border regulations, the collection of import duties, and enforcing other regulations including international trade, customs, and immigration (Customs & Protection, 2016). The U.S Customs and Border Protection strategic plan The U.S Customs and Border Protection (CBP) strategic plan 2020 reaffirms the agency’s mission of establishing Customs and Border Protection (CBP) as the country’s sole agency mandated with the responsibility of safeguarding the national borders and promoting the country’s economic prosperity (Customs & Protection, 2016). This strategy provides the guideline and foundation for the transformative course. In other words, the agency must ensure that the country remains economically viable while at the same ensuring the protection of the national borders from illegal trade. While the DHS continue to combat the threat of terrorism and other transnational crimes, the agency must remain vigilant in safeguarding the national economy through encouraging lawful trade and travel as these are a critical facet of the national economy. It is therefore vital to note that the U.S Customs and Border Protection (CBP) have the responsibility of maintaining a proper balance between law enforcement and enhancing economic competitiveness. This balance thus requires a comprehensive understanding of all cross-border threats and their potential consequences to the economy (Customs & Protection, 2016). THE DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY 4 From the analysis of the U.S Customs and Border Protection (CBP) strategic plan, it becomes evident that the major objectives and missions of the agency include but limited to the following: 1. Ensuring effective border protection 2. Regulation of trade 3. Facilitating of the international to boost economic prosperity 4. Enforcing the U.S regulation in regards to trade, customs, and immigration 5. Collection of import duties The missions highlighted above indeed attempt to address the challenges of balancing national security and economic competitiveness in the sense that through regulations, the agency can weed out illegal trade and tax evasion thus allowing the effective and efficient collection of duties. On the same note, the agency ensures the protection of the country from external aggression that can interfere with U.S economic stability (Koestler-Grack, 2007). Recommendation The U.S Customs and Border Protection (CBP) has been an integral age agency when it comes to border protection and ensuring economic stability through trade. Although the agencies current strategies and priorities have proved very critical to the nation, the agency should engage more in innovative approaches to intelligence. This is to counter criminal networks that could pose a threat to the national security through participating in diverse conspiracies such drug trafficking, terrorism, human trafficking, outbound transfer of illegal and lethal weapons, and importation of illicit or counterfeit goods. THE DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY The purpose why I wrote this page ,because it was what was ask for me do so that anyone who had to read it because it was the assignment that was given for me to write about. Now you are able to see wat was ask to write about from the begin to the end. 5 THE DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY References Bush, G. W. (2002). Address to the Nation on the Proposed Department of Homeland Security. Weekly Compilation of Presidential Documents, 38(23), 963-965. Carafano, J. J., & Heyman, D. (2004). DHS 2.0: rethinking the Department of Homeland Security. Heritage Foundation. Customs, U. S., & Protection, B. (2016). About CBP. ndc). Immigrant visas vs. nonimmigrant visas. Retrieved from https://help. cbp. gov/app/answers/detail/a_id/72/~/immigrantvisasvs.-nonimmigrant-visas. Koestler-Grack, R. A. (2007). The Department of Homeland Security. Infobase Publishing. 6 ANALYZING AND QUANTIFYING RISK Analyzing and Quantifying Risk Unit 4 Individual Project Calvin Booker Robert Uda Colorado Technical University 08/01/2018 1 ANALYZING AND QUANTIFYING RISK 2 The Purpose Statement The United States Department of Homeland security works to improve and enhance the safety of the United States. Established on November 25, 2002, the department has become one of the most critical cabinet departments in the United States. Its main agenda is to protect the United States against threats. Since it was established, the federal agency has enhanced aviation security, emergency response, border control and cybersecurity. This paper seeks to strategically analyze the current Department of Homeland Security (DHS), Homeland Security Quadrennial Review (HSQR), Bottom-Up Review (BUR), the Department of Homeland Security, Fiscal Years (FY) 2014-2018 Strategic Plan (StratPlan), and The DHS FY 2015 Budget In Brief (BIB). The paper will also summarize the Department of Homeland Security Strategic Plan and budget priorities and provide recommendations. Background Discussion The United States Department of Homeland Security (DHS) is a cabinet department of the United States Federal Government mandated with the responsibility of ensuring public security. The mission of the department involves antiterrorism, immigration, and customs, border security, disaster prevention, and management, as well as cybersecurity protection. The department was created in response to the September 11 terrorist attack which left thousands of Americans dead and several others injured (Baggett & Simpkins, 2018). Because the border is a nexus to a continuum of activities, the Department of Homeland Security through the U.S Customs and Border Protection ensures that the country is protected from illegal activities such illegal trade, illegal immigration and other potential threats that can interfere with the national security (Kettl, 2006). ANALYZING AND QUANTIFYING RISK 3 Analysis of methodology To foster the understanding of the current Department of Homeland Security and other associated agencies, critical analyzes and evaluation of essential agency documents will be conducted through internet such and peer review evaluation. These bodies have rich information available to the public regarding their management structures and strategic plans and other relevant activities which are for public interests. Moreover, the information regarding the operation of these agencies is readily available in their publications and websites which are accessible to the public. Summary and Findings Homeland Security Quadrennial Review (HSQR) The Quadrennial Homeland Security Review (QHSR) is the Department of Homeland Security capstone strategy document. This document is updated every four years as required by the law and provide recommendations for long-term strategies and priorities that should be undertaken by the Department of Homeland Security. QHSR developed a list of priorities and strategies for the DHS, and they included but not limited to prevention of terrorist attacks through counter violent extremism, strengthening transportation security, deterring and disrupting their operation and most importantly analyzing, fusing, and disseminating terrorism information. Another priority area for the QHSR was preventing and protecting against the unauthorized acquisition or use of chemical, biological, radiological, and nuclear materials and capabilities (Baggett & Simpkins, 2018). Crucial other priority areas for the QHSR included securing and managing our borders, enforcing and administering our immigration laws, safeguarding and securing cyberspace, and strengthening national preparedness and resilience by ANALYZING AND QUANTIFYING RISK 4 enhancing national preparedness, mitigating hazards and vulnerabilities, ensuring an effective emergency response, and enabling rapid recovery (Baggett & Simpkins, 2018). These were the priority areas and strategic plans that QHSR documented. Bottom-up Review The Bottom-up Review (BUR) provided results of the department’s original assessment to help in aligning the department’s programmatic activities and the organizational structure with the mission and objectives identified in the QHSR document. BUR aims at finding ways on how to strengthen the DHS performance in the five mission areas identified in the QHSR. It also aimed at identifying ways on how to improve the DHS operation and management, and most importantly it aimed at identifying ways of improving accountability for the resources that the department is entrusted with (Baggett & Simpkins, 2018). The BUR process provided an avenue for the DHS to review its programmatic areas and activities and the organizational structure in greater length. In other words, it gives the department an opportunity to gauge how well its current operations are aligned with its mission priorities and goals as highlighted in the QHSR document. It also provided the department with an opportunity to identify ways on how to achieve better programmatic and budgetary alignment throughout the department. Moreover, the report provided the department with a chance to identify the gaps in its mission execution and how to prioritize activities to facilitate and strengthen the existing programs and organization. The department of homeland security fiscal years 2014-2018 strategic plan and the DHS FY 2015 budget in Brief The department of homeland security budgetary years 2014-2018 strategic plans majorly focuses on how the department will implement the goals and objectives laid out in the 2014 ANALYZING AND QUANTIFYING RISK 5 Quadrennial Homeland Security Review. The plan also describes the mission and objectives of the DHS, the strategies the DHS use to achieve the highlighted goals and how success is measured in the department (Dahl, 2015). The plan also sets vital priority areas under each mission underscored in the QHSR document and highlights how the key priorities will be achieved through the Department of Homeland Security Unity of Effort Initiative. For the fiscal year 2015, the budgetary request by the president for the Department of Homeland Security was $38.2 billion (Dahl, 2015). Recommendation There is a need for sufficient documentation of risk result to facilitate their validation to foster the ability of the DHS to improve future assessment of various risk factors it continues to encounter. On the same note, the QHSR document describes the various homeland security hazards, but there is no proper ranking of the identified hazards to help prioritize the mitigation strategies. It is essential to foster an appropriate classification and comparison of the risk factors to help determine where risk mitigation is highly needed and help come up with cost-effective risk management options to strengthen the Department of Homeland Security. ANALYZING AND QUANTIFYING RISK 6 References Baggett, R. K., & Simpkins, B. K. (2018). Homeland security and critical infrastructure protection. ABC-CLIO. Dahl, E. J. (2015). A Homeland Security net assessment needed now!. Strategic Studies Quarterly, 9(4), 62-86. Kettl, D. F. (2006). Managing boundaries in American administration: The collaboration imperative. Public Administration Review, 66, 10-19. 
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