The Strategic and Business Planning Process was initiated by the Arizona Geographic Information Council (AGIC) to promote innovative thinking and discussion on solutions that meet the geospatial requirements of Arizona. The process set out to define the organizational structure and business model that meets those needs, and relied on the geospatial community in Arizona. It also set out to identify how an Arizona Geospatial Clearinghouse can share geospatial data and GIS services to the benefit of the state and its constituents.

The AZDOHS provides strategic direction for enhancing regional capability and capacity to prevent terrorist attacks, enhance border security, reduce Arizona's vulnerability to all threats and critical hazards, mitigate and minimize the impact of threats and hazards, and further develop the ability to recover from all critical hazards that affect the safety, well-being, and economic security of the citizens of Arizona.

There will be an ongoing requirement that Arizona will assure border security operations are enhanced; and that the capabilities to address threats of terrorism, illegal border crossings, human and drug trafficking along the Arizona/Mexico border, and information-sharing among law enforcement entities (local, state, Tribal, federal) to prevent adversarial attacks are sustained.

The Department of Financial Institutions ('DFI') licenses, supervises, and regulates state chartered financial institutions and enterprises to ensure the safety and soundness of these financial entities, and verify compliance with state and federal laws. DFI also serves Arizona citizens by investigating complaints that are filed by consumers against licensed individuals and entities and applies appropriate remedial action when the violations are substantiated.