(1) Citizen Focused - engaging citizens to set priorities, develop plans, participate as volunteers, and demand accountability in their role as owners of our government. (2) Collaborative - requiring leaders throughout the enterprise to work together as never before to achieve results that transcend organizational boundaries and individual egos. (3) Strategic - articulating clear goals and measures, based on an analysis of threats and vulnerabilities; creating coordinated action plans; employing pilot programs and rigorous evaluations to identify, refine, replicate, and share best practices. (4) Innovative - pioneering new approaches, unusual partnerships, state of the art technology, and creative thinking. (5) Trustworthy - assuring appropriate degrees of balance, transparency, limits, and openness to build public trust in the homeland security enterprise. (6) Accountable - setting clear performance measures against which leaders at all levels can be held publicly accountable for specific results in specific timeframes. (Council for Excellence in Government, We the People: Homeland Security... May 2004, p. 9)