Border Security Council Report - Office of the Governor - Rick Perry
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Appendix D: BSET Grant Guidance and Application Kit<br />
4. Overall, <strong>the</strong> data and metrics ga<strong>the</strong>red for <strong>the</strong> output and outcomes should not be a paper<br />
exercise filling in blanks to satisfy a requirement, but should be genuinely useful to <strong>the</strong> agency<br />
using <strong>the</strong> device(s) and to o<strong>the</strong>r agencies seeking to use equivalent device(s).<br />
Inherent in <strong>the</strong> evaluation will be an examination <strong>of</strong> how <strong>the</strong> outputs and <strong>the</strong> outcomes will be<br />
captured, recorded and reported. Emphasis will be on a plan that:<br />
Does not overly burden <strong>the</strong> reporting agency or <strong>the</strong> monitoring agency – <strong>the</strong> reporting<br />
process should be an integral part <strong>of</strong> operations that use <strong>the</strong> device(s).<br />
Provides <strong>the</strong> data <strong>of</strong> sufficient detail to allow <strong>the</strong> replication <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> best practices learned<br />
from <strong>the</strong> use <strong>of</strong> equipment from <strong>the</strong> grant – one <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> most import products derived from<br />
<strong>the</strong> fielding <strong>of</strong> equipment is <strong>the</strong> knowledge <strong>of</strong> best practices that can be shared with o<strong>the</strong>r<br />
potential users <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> technology.<br />
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Provides data that can readily be audited – with <strong>the</strong> use <strong>of</strong> funds <strong>the</strong>re is an inherent<br />
responsibility.<br />
Like <strong>the</strong> purpose <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> outputs and <strong>the</strong> outcomes, <strong>the</strong> reporting should be more that an exercise<br />
in filling in <strong>the</strong> blanks. The reporting process should be such that it directly benefits <strong>the</strong> agencies<br />
doing <strong>the</strong> reporting, and o<strong>the</strong>r agencies seeking to use similar device(s). Thinking ahead how<br />
<strong>the</strong> reporting can benefit <strong>the</strong> agency using <strong>the</strong> device(s) can be an important step in effective<br />
planning.