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1 online resource (xvii, 48 pages) : illustrations (some color) |
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polychrome. rdacc http://rdaregistry.info/termList/RDAColourContent/1003 |
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Technical report ; TR-837-DHS |
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Technical report (Rand Corporation) ; TR-837-DHS.
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 45-48). |
| Summary |
Strategic planning is necessary if the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) is to carry out its border-security missions effectively and efficiently. As part of that, DHS leadership must define concrete and sensible objectives and measures of success. These can be used to assess results along the way, to guide allocation of resources, and to inform programming and budgeting for future capabilities and functions. This report offers research and recommendations on ways to measure the overall efforts of the national border-security enterprise between ports of entry. To be meaningful, the set of measures for effectiveness of border security should be sound, reliable, useful, and general. Three DHS missions appear to currently be of special interest to DHS leadership because they are especially problematic: illegal drug control, counterterrorism, and illegal migration. The report recommends measuring performance of three fundamental functions that border-security efforts contribute to achieving national policy objectives: interdiction, deterrence, and exploiting networked intelligence. If the steps described here are taken, DHS and its components will be in a better position to discuss past performance and to provide reasoned justifications for future allocation of resources. Further, they will be able to relate their efforts to those of other agencies in pursuit of national objectives. |
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Introduction -- General missions, focus missions, and criteria for measuring effectiveness -- A conceptual model of border security as a foundation for measurement -- Contributions of border security to drug control, counterterrorism, and illegal migration -- Recommended measures for controlling drugs, immigration, and border crossing by terrorists -- Implementing steps to measure border security. |
| Note |
Print version record. |
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United States. Department of Homeland Security -- Planning.
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United States. Department of Homeland Security
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Border security -- United States -- Evaluation.
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Strategic planning -- United States.
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Sécurité frontalière -- États-Unis -- Évaluation.
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Planification stratégique -- États-Unis.
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POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Political Freedom & Security -- Law Enforcement.
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POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Law Enforcement.
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Planning
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Strategic planning
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United States https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/entity/E39PBJtxgQXMWqmjMjjwXRHgrq
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| Added Author |
Willis, Henry H.
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| In: |
Books at JSTOR: Open Access JSTOR |
| Other Form: |
Print version: Measuring the effectiveness of border security between ports-of-entry. Santa Monica, CA : Rand, 2010 9780833049773 (DLC) 2010013974 (OCoLC)598305109 |
| ISBN |
9780833050779 (electronic bk.) |
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083305077X (electronic bk.) |
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9780833049773 |
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0833049771 |
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9781282940529 (online) |
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128294052X |
| Report No. |
RAND/TR-837-DHS |
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