The United States Department of Homeland Security (DHS) is a federal agency designed to protect the United States against threats. Its wide-ranging duties include aviation security, border control, emergency response and cybersecurity. Furthermore, the 2002 National Homeland Security Strategy had three objectives which were to prevent terrorism, reduce vulnerability to terrorism, and minimize damage and recover if a terrorist attack occurs. however, in 2007 the goals of DHS became prevent and…
This letter is in reference to Booking 6KH2H3/E84. We were set to sail on August 14, 2017 from Tampa, Florida to Cuba. We flew from Texas to Florida a day before. Unfortunately, my husband, Mario Cerda, was denied boarding because he did not have proper documentation, more specifically, his passport. My husband is a permanent resident of the U.S., with Mexican citizenship. We have travelled to many places abroad (with Carnival & Disney) and he has never needed a passport. Just to make sure, I…
Department of Homeland Security was integrated into 22 federal departments and agencies throughout the United States. Homeland Security integrated with Paragon systems in the year 1993 with the State of Alabama being one of their contracted divisions. Other federal departments include the Coast Guard, FEMA, Customs and Border Protection, Immigration and Citizenship Services and the Transportation Security Agencies. Paragon mission goal is to serve support and protect the United States. Over the…
categories within the United States. One of these departments, which is one of the more important ones in my opinion, is the Department of Transportation. This department’s main goal is to “Serve the United States by ensuring a fast, safe, efficient, accessible and convenient transportation system that meets our vital national interests and enhances the quality of life of the American people, today and into the future.” (“About Us.” US Department of Transportation, United States Department of…
homeland security and Maryland’s close proximity to Washington DC, Baltimore officials were forced to re-evaluate the terrorist threat and vulnerabilities that plagued their city. Maryland was confronted with a variety of issues stemming from their mass transit system, expansive private and public people infrastructure, oceanic ports, and international airports (Kamien, 2012). Baltimore officials identified and established a set of 12 basic core capacities to improve homeland security within…
The state of Arizona falls under the Federal Emergency Management Agency’s (FEMA) Region IX, which encompasses California, Hawaii, and Nevada as well as the United States territories of American Samoa and Guam, the Northern Mariana Islands, the Federated States of Micronesia, and the Republic of the Marshall Islands. The regional office is located in Los Angeles, California and is headed by Robert J. Fenton, Jr. Mr. Fenton assumed the role as Regional Administrator in July 2015, following his…
This involved not only extensive knowledge of laws relating to the INA but also, laws and regulations pertaining to the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) Health and Human Services (HHS), Social Security Administration (SSA), Selective Service System (SSS), and state/provincial statutes. Based upon the benefit sought and applicable laws decided cases on their legal merit notifying individual/attorney of grants verbally and by issuing written notice of the decision. Denied cases…
Therefore incorporating published national standard terminology from multiple domains becomes part of the implementation path for establishing common taxonomy and global standards for DHA. This correlates to how ICS Nett understands the DHA context for how they service their stakeholders, namely active duty service members, veterans and their respective families. From a Technical context, in order to respond to the challenge of how to physically integrate data such as national standard…
Terrorism Regional Action Plan Paper My current job assignment is the Captain of Homeland Security. In the brief time I have worked in this assignment these are some of the areas I identified in which my department could improve to be better prepared to fight terrorism: training for front-line Officers and Supervisors, revising the Terror Liaison Program, education and awareness programs for the community, increasing the assignment time of Captain and Lieutenants, and renewing the partnership…
right steps to a safeguard yourself and your computer” (Homeland Security – Cyber Security). The main goal for Stop.Thick.Connect. campaign is to get American people to understand the consequences of using the Internet if used wrongly and the campaign pushes a more secure usage of the Internet (Homeland Security – Cyber Security). Even with the added security from all branches in the Department of Homeland Security, the United States still struggles with terrorist attacks. Between 2001 and…