United States Department of Homeland Security

The ability to predict precisely when and where the next natural disaster, industrial accident, or terrorist attack will strike is limited. And, given the circumstances and difficulty of predicting which adversary will strike and how it will strike, DHS did the best they could. When it came to natural disasters such as Hurricane Katrina. A main circumstances of DHS leadership failing was the inability to understand Katrina as an incident of national significance on par with September 11 2001…

Homeland Security Department According to the United States Government, Federal Agencies Department of Homeland Security website, The Homeland Security department was established in 2002 from a collaboration of 22 other departments and agencies. The homeland security is just what is names says it’s an agency that tries to find ways to improve security for America. Everyone knows that the military plays an important role in Homeland security, however there are a few parts to the department that…

The Department of Homeland Security is an appropriate organizational design for several essential elements which are transferring immigration and naturalization service, border patrol, U.S. customs service, animal and plant health inspection service, U.S. Coastguard, and transportation security administration. The intelligence community mission is to supply the homeland security enterprise with timely intelligence information that is needed to protect, safe, resilient, and secure the United…

The United States of America's Homeland Security ensures that all the citizens in the nation and abroad are safe and protected from terrorism attacks. The mission and vision of Homeland Security and Defense are aimed at initiating efforts that would ensure safe, secure and easy management of borders of the nation. To realize such a mission, the Homeland Security and Defense are striving to put into practice and administer laws and policies of immigration. They have also come up with cyber-crime…

the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) needs to come up with and implement Homeland Security Regions which are adequately staffed with highly trained personnel equipped to manage and coordinate all preparedness activities and any emergency that may require a substantial Federal response. • Transform the National Guard. The report recommends that the state National Guards to modify their organization and training to include a priority mission to prepare and deploy in support of homeland…

driver’s licenses and requires aliens to prove their "legal presence" in the United States (Thomas, HR 1268.) Its basic purpose is to ensure that state-issued licenses and IDs meet certain standards and requirements that the federal government sets before they will be considered valid. This piece of legislation has caused quite a bit of debate since its origination and passage into law. Some throughout the United States support this piece of legislation because they believe it will protect our…

On March 12, 2002 President George W. Bush signed Homeland Security Presidential Directive-3, calling for the creation of the Homeland Security Advisory System (HSAS) and was formally implemented in July, 2002 ( ,2003). This new standardized system outlined the basic vocabulary and framework for assessing the risk of terrorist threats for the entire nation. More importantly, it was a way to more effectively communicate terrorist threats with all levels of the government, private sector, and…

internationally for years. There have been numerous of terrorist attacks in the past years that have affected the nation. Homeland Security has a major responsibility making sure all areas are on one accord to protect the nation during natural disasters and terrorist activities. Several different topics will be discussed throughout the paper as it relates to terrorism, homeland security, social media, resiliency and…

matter of homeland security. Risk is defined as exposure of someone or something to danger, harm, or loss (Oxford University Press, 2016). Homeland security enterprise is the combination of federal, state, local, tribal, territorial, nongovernmental, private sector agencies, and communities that are working together as well as share a common national goal in safety and security of the nation and its people (Bullock, Haddow, & Coppola, 2013, p. 3). The 2010 Quadrennial Homeland Security Report…

continued research on the impact the United States Border Patrol (USBP) has had on port and maritime security. Additionally, the history and the inception of the USBP has a long and distinguished history of achievements and with the continued support of present and future administrations they will continue to lead the fight. Terrorism and criminal activity is a trend that has plagued the United States since September 11, 2001. With the incorporation of the Homeland Security Act of 200,…