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Maturing and Strengthening the Homeland Security Enterprise

The Maturing and Strengthening the Homeland Security Enterprise Mission Area is concerned with the processes used to manage the delivery of services to the homeland security enterprise.

The mission area encompasses a wide range of activities. These activities include: strategic planning, analysis of capability gaps and mission needs, organizational and programmatic alignment, policy analysis, program and portfolio management, acquisition management, test and evaluation, life cycle cost analysis, learning management, workforce analysis, the development of meaningful measures of effectiveness and other related activities.

Key stakeholders are not limited to the DHS Management Directorate since MSE-related studies potentially benefit the entire extended homeland security enterprise. They provide benefits directly through the identification of cost-effective alternatives. In addition, the studies provide indirect benefits by developing conceptual frameworks that promote unity of effort and enable the identification of needed improvements to policy and management systems.