MBA Strategic Plan Paper
Uploaded by scotc130lm on Dec 15, 2008
STRATEGIC PLAN PAPER
Executive Summary
The strategic plan for the Department of Homeland Security, Customs and Border Protection (CBP), National Targeting Center (NTC) was established on October 21, 2001 in direct response to the terrorist attacks of 9/11. It has become the preeminent anti-terrorism facility to keep terrorism at arm's length by screening people before they arrive in the United States.
Company Background
Customs and Border Protection, Office of Field Operations, National Targeting Center was officially operated as a branch of the Department of Homeland Security in March 2003 by Executive Order. The Office of Field Operations "brings together approximately 30,000 employees, including 17,000 inspectors in the Agricultural Quarantine Inspection program, Immigration and Naturalization inspection services, Border Patrol and the Customs Service, including canine enforcement officers" (Saba, 2003). The origin of CBP starts with the country itself:
In 1789, when Congress first assembled in New York City to launch this country on its proper course, it had one overriding concern….money: where to find it, how to collect it, how to keep it rolling in. Fighting a revolution had left the national cupboard bare, but James Madison proposed a remedy that would eventually make the nation solvent: Impose a duty on imports and create a well-regulated agency to ensure its due collection (Saba, 2003).
Enacted under the fifth act of the First Congress by President George Washington on July 31, 1789, the first agency of the new United States Government was formed. Customs, "funded the functions of the Executive Departments, paid the salaries of those on military and civil lists and effectively dissolved the huge national debt by 1835" (Saba, 2003). The National Targeting Center “shift through information looking for miniscule pieces of evidence" (CBP today, 2005). The targeting employees determine if a passenger is high risk to terrorism, on the Transportation and Security Administration (TSA) No-fly list and who presents no threat at all.
Mission Statement
According to Customs and Border Protection's website the mission statement is:
"We are the guardians of our Nation's borders. We are America's frontline. We safeguard the American homeland at and beyond our borders. We protect the American public against terrorists and the instruments of terror. We steadfastly enforce the laws of the United States while fostering our Nation's economic security through lawful international trade and travel. We serve the American public with vigilance, integrity and...