premise: Strategic planning, building partnerships, human capital strategies, financial management and other critical factors will make the difference between a department that can quickly rise to the challenge of its mission and one that might otherwise become mired in major problems and obstacles that hamper efforts to protect the nation from terrorism.
hypothesis: A department that can quickly rise to the challenge of its mission and the one that might become involved in minor problems and obstacles, that hamper efforts to protect the nation from terrorism, are differentiated by many critical factors, such as building partnerships, human capital stragies, strategic planning and financial management.