Department of Homeland Security, Office of Strategic Plans (Office of Policy)
Department of Homeland Security, Office of Strategic Plans (Office of Policy) : "Mission -- The Office of Strategic Plans articulates the long-term view to the Department and translates the Secretary's strategic priorities into capstone planning products that drive integration, component priorities, and the tough resource allocation decisions. The Office of Strategic Plans (1) Develops a Department-wide planning structure and implementation strategies for use by Homeland Security leadership. (2) Ensures the Secretary's strategic priorities are reflected in the Department's budget documents and throughout Strategic Plans of the Department and its component agencies. Responsibilities Strategic Planning Division (3) Is the primary coordinator of Department-wide planning, including the formation of priorities, goals, objectives and performance measures to reflect legislatively mandated missions and Secretarial priorities. (4) Works closely with the Office of Budget for Department to ensure coordination of budget and planning and provides the foundation and direction for Department-wide strategic planning and budget priorities. It provides the Department with a central office to develop and communicate planning efforts across multiple components of the homeland security network. (5) Bridges multiple headquarters' components and operating agencies will improve communication and coordination among Department of Homeland Security entities, eliminate duplication of effort, and translate Department policies into achievable goals and objectives. It will also create a single point of contact for internal and external stakeholders that will allow for streamlined performance management across the Department. (6) Strategic Planning also reviews Department component strategic plans, ensuring coordination amongst components and alignment with the Department's Strategic Plan. Counterterrorism (CT) Plans Division (7) Protects and defends the homeland by developing and coordinating counterterrorism policies and planning for the Department's missions that support the war on terrorism (WOT). (8) Is primary departmental coordinator for interagency plans and policies that support the U.S. Government war on terrorism. (9) Provides other U.S. departments and agencies with a single, central element within the Department to ensure consistent coordination of interagency counterterrorism and WOT plans affecting multiple Homeland Security components enabling those plans to be translated into timely action. (10) Serves as primary liaison element within the Department's Office of Policy to the National Counterterrorism Center (NCTC) Directorate of Strategic Operational Planning (SOP) and will manage the deployment of Homeland Security personnel to the NCTC SOP and serve as primary office for deployed department personnel to reach back for policy and planning guidance from the Department. (11) Serves as lead policy element on planning issues related to the National Strategy for Combating Terrorism, National Presidential Decision Directives, and Homeland Security Decision Directives related to the WOT. (12) Coordinates interagency security plans for the prevention of terrorism and protection of the homeland. Implementation Plans Division (13) Serves as the cross-cutting medium to long-term operational planning office for Homeland Security agencies to ensure effective integration and execution of Department strategic goals, priorities, and policies. This Division will strengthen Homeland Security by developing and coordinating the implementation planning efforts of Department of Homeland Security agencies to improve operational effectiveness. (14) Serves as primary coordinator and guide for Department-wide development of mediumto long-term operational planning in alignment with the strategic goals and policy priorities set forth by the Department. It will coordinate policy development and implementation planning to ensure thoughtful, optimal, execution of Homeland Security's mission. It will advocate and support Department of Homeland Security agencies with guidance and direction for policy implementation planning. A central departmental planning office will improve communication, resource allocation, and build requirements based planning into the Department as a tool to bridge multiple agency headquarters' centric focus and develop integration of operations. (15) Serves as liaison with policy developers both at the Department and agency levels to coordinate planning to achieve medium to long-term goals. It will have the expertise and direct participation of agency liaisons to effectively communicate and engage agency leadership to improve implementation planning of agency operations. It will serve to validate implementation plans to ensure sufficient integrated planning, allocation of Department resources, mission critical, and operational security issues have been addressed. (16) Provides critical feedback to the Undersecretary for Policy regarding the tempo and operational efficiencies of planning to achieve Departmental goals". (DHS, Office of Strategic Plans, February 8, 2008 modification)
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