mnli 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: Financial management, human capital strategies and building partnerships are completely unimportant factors, which make no difference between departments that can quickly rise to the challenge of its mission, and a department that might become mired in different problems and obstacles.