Department of Homeland Security

 

 

 

Who are they?

 

DHS was established to consolidate efforts of all of the domestic agencies in securing American borders and infrastructure. It possesses functions reaching far beyond what previous domestic security agencies used to have.

The need for a new efficient apparatus to manage domestic security was realized very quickly: on 9/11 2001 no one was prepared for the type of attacks launched against the United States of America. Homeland defense under unprecedented challenges was improvised at the moment Ц no one was trained to cope with such attacks and casualties.

 

 

 

 

 

Secretary of the DHS, Janet Napolitano.

 

 

What do they Do?

 

 

How do they do this?

 

Through:

*Activities and Programs

*Publications

*Laws and Regulations

*Committees and working groups

 

Recommendations for further development

Apart from encouraging DHS for further development plans to protect Americans at home, enhance preparedness, quick response and preemptive measures, there are several other recommendations from authoritative sources, including the Recommendation of 9/11 commission (page 428)