Enterprise Architecture Executive Handbook - U.S. Coast Guard

Performance Profile Core Missions
Contents
This profile contains a summary of core USCG mission area
performance trends. To create this profile, the CGEA program
synthesized information from the U.S. Coast Guard Posture
Statement (with 2009 Budget in Brief), published in February 2008.
The three strategic areas outlined by the Commandant and reported
in the U.S. Coast Guard Posture Statement are as follows:
• Safety: Saving lives and protecting property. (i.e. search and
rescue & marine safety).
• Security: Establishing and maintaining a secure maritime
system while facilitating its use for the national good.
• Stewardship: Managing the sustainable & effective use of its
inland, coastal & ocean water resources for the future.
The USCG can use this profile to focus on those mission programs
that are not performing as expected, to determine why performance
is not meeting expectations, and to decide what corrective actions
are necessary.
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Design
The Performance Profile consists of three main sections: maritime
safety, maritime security, and maritime stewardship. Within each
mission area the measurement description is displayed and the
performance trend is indicated by a two-colored traffic light as
follows:
• Green: Met performance goal
• Red: Did not meet performance goal
The three sections further decompose into the 11 USCG missions
from search and rescue and law enforcement through defense
readiness, and ice operations. For each of the 11 mission areas, the
profile shows alignment to the DHS performance goals of prevent,
protect, respond, and recover. For example, search and rescue is a
response mission.