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Purpose.

A number of major organizational changes have taken place within the United States Coast Guard since the Planning and Programming Manual - Volume II (Field Planning Manual) COMDTINST M16010.6 was updated in 1993. Many of these changes have been made in response to significant external events as we have attempted to meet a new set of security and management challenges. This manual has been rewritten to more effectively enforce organization wide planning requirements and ensure discipline in the planning process in this new environment.

1. Planning and the Budget Process. The Department of Homeland Security Future Year Homeland Security Program (FYHSP) is a five-year budgeting tool to enhance planning and resource management by capturing the full cycle of new initiatives, including initial investment, operating costs, disposal/termination costs, attrition rates and associated support costs for all Coast Guard mission-programs. It is within this context that Coast Guard field planning activities have been refined to take this new approach to budget formulation into account.