Evaluating Department of Homeland Security Component Colocation for Field Efficiency and Performance: Framework and Methods

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Eckhause, Jeremy M.

Contributor:

Best, Katharina Ley

Eisman, Mel

Metz, David

Language:

English

Other Title:

Evaluating Department of Homeland Security Component Colocation for Field Efficiency and Performance

Place of Publication:

RAND Corporation 2023

Summary:

In this report, authors outline a framework and methods created for the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to conduct colocation analyses using an analytical, repeatable model and set of frameworks. The method for colocation evaluation developed in this set of studies consists of five steps: (1) identifying colocation opportunities, meaning individual sites that could be considered for colocation, typically within a metropolitan area; (2) prioritizing colocation candidate pairs, where pairs consist of a possible mover and a possible receiver location; (3) applying the colocation analysis tool, which allows for rank-ordering candidate pairs using available DHS administrative and asset data; (4) generating colocation scenarios, where scenarios include a set of current sites and a future location plan; and (5) analyzing colocation scenarios by assessing costs and performance implications through three major subcomponents (sharing analysis about colocation [i.e., what is shared and to what degree], cost modeling analysis providing rough order-of-magnitude cost savings [or increases] under colocation, and performance assessment under colocation).