The United States Department Of Homeland Security

Author : Richard White,Tina Markowski,CW Productions,Kevin Collins
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 552 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 2010
Category : Law
ISBN : 0558834884

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The United States Department of Homeland Security by Richard White,Tina Markowski,CW Productions,Kevin Collins Pdf

The United States Department of Homeland Security: An Overview, 2Eis the single source to help you understand the Department of Homeland Security. It provides a comprehensive overview of the Department's history, mission, organization, and programs designed to reduce America's vulnerability to attack and quickly recover from disaster. Learn about: The Terrorist Threat Natural Disasters Homeland Security Strategy Intelligence & Warning Critical Infrastructure Protection Border and Transportation Security Domestic Counterterrorism Emergency Preparedness & Response Defending Against Catastrophic Threats First Responders State & Local Fusion Centers The National Guard Homeland Security's Past Homeland Security's Future This book takes a strategic look at the Department of Homeland Security and answers the key questions: “what is DHS?”, “why do we need it?”, and “how does it protect America?”.

Author : U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services
Publisher : Government Printing Office
Page : 36 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 2009
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 0160831180

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Learn about the United States by U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services Pdf

"Learn About the United States" is intended to help permanent residents gain a deeper understanding of U.S. history and government as they prepare to become citizens. The product presents 96 short lessons, based on the sample questions from which the civics portion of the naturalization test is drawn. An audio CD that allows students to listen to the questions, answers, and civics lessons read aloud is also included. For immigrants preparing to naturalize, the chance to learn more about the history and government of the United States will make their journey toward citizenship a more meaningful one.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 130 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 2014
Category : Naturalization
ISBN : IND:30000150011793

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Yearbook of Immigration Statistics by Anonim Pdf

Author : Michael Chertoff
Publisher : University of Pennsylvania Press
Page : 217 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 2011-11-29
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780812205886

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Homeland Security by Michael Chertoff Pdf

In 2003, the President and the U.S. Congress established the Department of Homeland Security. From the beginning, its mission was clear: prevent terrorist attacks, protect against threats to America's safety and security, and prepare the nation to respond effectively to disasters, both natural and man-made. This monumental mission demands a comprehensive strategy. It also requires a crystal-clear explanation of that strategy to Americans and their allies worldwide. In a revealing new book, Homeland Security: Assessing the First Five Years, Michael Chertoff provides that explanation. In a refreshingly candid and engaging manner, America's former homeland security secretary depicts the department's long-term approach, what it has achieved, and what it has yet to do. The strategy begins with the threats America faces, from terrorist groups like al Qaeda to hurricanes like Ike or Gustav. "Once these threats are identified," Chertoff writes, "we can confront them, using every tool at our disposal. We can stop terrorists from entering the country, and discourage people from embracing terrorism by combating its lethal ideology. We can protect our critical assets and reduce our vulnerabilities to natural disasters. We can plan and prepare for emergencies and respond in a way that minimizes the consequences. And we can work closely with our allies abroad to reduce the risk of future disasters." In each of these areas, Chertoff informs the reader what the nation has done and what it still must do to secure its future. How well has this strategy fared in a post-9/11 world? Since that fateful day, there have been no global terror attacks on American soil. Yet in the face of continued dangers, Michael Chertoff warns repeatedly against complacency. He urges America and its leaders to strengthen their resolve, stay the course, and build creatively on past successes.

Author : Chappell Lawson,Alan Bersin,Juliette N. Kayyem
Publisher : MIT Press
Page : 401 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 2020-08-11
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780262361330

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Beyond 9/11 by Chappell Lawson,Alan Bersin,Juliette N. Kayyem Pdf

Drawing on two decades of government efforts to "secure the homeland," experts offer crucial strategic lessons and detailed recommendations for homeland security. For Americans, the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001, crystallized the notion of homeland security. But what does it mean to "secure the homeland" in the twenty-first century? What lessons can be drawn from the first two decades of U.S. government efforts to do so? In Beyond 9/11, leading academic experts and former senior government officials address the most salient challenges of homeland security today.

Author : Fletcher Haulley
Publisher : The Rosen Publishing Group, Inc
Page : 64 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 2005-09-30
Category : History
ISBN : 1404206620

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The Department of Homeland Security by Fletcher Haulley Pdf

Discusses the job of, and levels in, the United States Department of Homeland Security, why it was developed, how it works, and who were and are key figures in preserving the security of the United States.

Author : John W. Ellis
Publisher : Charles C Thomas Publisher
Page : 176 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 2014-03-01
Category : Law
ISBN : 9780398087869

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FUNDAMENTALS OF HOMELAND SECURITY by John W. Ellis Pdf

The mission, authority, organization, role, function, and the fundamental terminology that affects homeland security in the United States is examined in this book. Homeland security demands quick, effective organization to operate in emergencies, but simultaneously defies it by the limited time frame and sheer scope of the problem. The author focuses on the five core missions of homeland security: preventing terrorism, securing borders, enforcing immigration law, safeguarding cyber systems, and ensuring resilience to disasters. These core missions require five common skill areas for homeland security operations: risk assessment, determining authority and capability to enact solutions, identifying organizational structure and functions, recognizing operational patterns, and applying analytical techniques to achieve the best performance possible. Unique features include the key points of contact, potential areas of conflict, legal and executive aspects, work flow processes and their analysis, examination of risk assessment, review of implementation and response, emergency services and logistics, and political issues. In addition, operational assignment of resources for intelligence, tactical response, investigations, prosecution, and confinement are discussed. A glossary of abbreviated terms frequently used is among the special features provided. With 18 illustrations, this up-to-date overview of homeland security and the necessary methods for implementation is a resource of valuable information.

Author : Gordon Adams,Cindy Williams
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 365 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 2010-02-11
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781135172923

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Buying National Security by Gordon Adams,Cindy Williams Pdf

Examines the planning and budgeting processes of the United States. This title describes the planning and resource integration activities of the White House, reviews the adequacy of the structures and process and makes proposals for ways both might be reformed to fit the demands of the 21st century security environment.

Author : Philip G. Schrag,Andrew I. Schoenholtz,Jaya Ramji-Nogales
Publisher : NYU Press
Page : 288 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 2014-01-03
Category : Law
ISBN : 9781479865987

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Lives in the Balance by Philip G. Schrag,Andrew I. Schoenholtz,Jaya Ramji-Nogales Pdf

Although Americans generally think that the U.S. Department of Homeland Security is focused only on preventing terrorism, one office within that agency has a humanitarian mission. Its Asylum Office adjudicates applications from people fleeing persecution in their homelands. Lives in the Balance is a careful empirical analysis of how Homeland Security decided these asylum cases over a recent fourteen-year period. Day in and day out, asylum officers make decisions with life-or-death consequences: determining which applicants are telling the truth and are at risk of persecution in their home countries, and which are ineligible for refugee status in America. In Lives in the Balance, the authors analyze a database of 383,000 cases provided to them by the government in order to better understand the effect on grant rates of a host of factors unrelated to the merits of asylum claims, including the one-year filing deadline, whether applicants entered the United States with a visa, whether applicants had dependents, whether they were represented, how many asylum cases their adjudicator had previously decided, and whether or not their adjudicator was a lawyer. The authors also examine the degree to which decisions were consistent among the eight regional asylum offices and within each of those offices. The authors’ recommendations­, including repeal of the one-year deadline­, would improve the adjudication process by reducing the impact of non-merits factors on asylum decisions. If adopted by the government, these proposals would improve the accuracy of outcomes for those whose lives hang in the balance.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 4 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 2010
Category : Immigrants
ISBN : IND:30000125975775

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Welcome to the United States by Anonim Pdf

Author : Russian Academy of Sciences,National Research Council,Policy and Global Affairs,Development, Security, and Cooperation,Office for Central Europe and Eurasia,Committee on Counterterrorism Challenges for Russia and the United States
Publisher : National Academies Press
Page : 254 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 2004-06-23
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780309166232

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Terrorism: Reducing Vulnerabilities and Improving Responses by Russian Academy of Sciences,National Research Council,Policy and Global Affairs,Development, Security, and Cooperation,Office for Central Europe and Eurasia,Committee on Counterterrorism Challenges for Russia and the United States Pdf

This book is devoted primarily to papers prepared by American and Russian specialists on cyber terrorism and urban terrorism. It also includes papers on biological and radiological terrorism from the American and Russian perspectives. Of particular interest are the discussions of the hostage situation at Dubrovko in Moscow, the damge inflicted in New York during the attacks on 9/11, and Russian priorities in addressing cyber terrorism.

Author : David H. McIntyre
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Page : 225 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 2019-05-03
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781538125755

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How to Think about Homeland Security by David H. McIntyre Pdf

Volume 1:The Imperfect Intersection of National Security and Public Safetyexplains homeland security as a struggle to meet new national security threats with traditional public safety practitioners. It offers a new solution that reaches beyond training and equipment to change practitioner culture through education. This first volume represents a major new contribution to the literature by recognizing that homeland security is not based on theories of nuclear response or countering terrorism, but on making bureaucracy work. The next evolution in improving homeland security is to analyze and evaluate various theories of bureaucratic change against the national-level catastrophic threats we are most likely to face. This synthesis provides the bridge between volume 1 (understanding homeland security) and the next in the series (understanding the risk and threats to domestic security). All four volumes could be used in an introductory course at the graduate or undergraduate level. Volumes 2 and 3 are most likely to be adopted in a risk management (RM) course which generally focus on threats, vulnerabilities, and consequences, while volume 4 will get picked up in courses on emergency management (EM).

Author : United States. Department of Homeland Security
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 56 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 2004
Category : National security
ISBN : OCLC:57558269

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Securing Our Homeland by United States. Department of Homeland Security Pdf

Author : Ehsan Zaffar
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 558 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 2019-10-31
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780429632716

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Understanding Homeland Security by Ehsan Zaffar Pdf

Understanding Homeland Security is a unique textbook on homeland security that blends the latest research from the areas of immigration policy, counterterrorism research, and border security with practical insight from homeland security experts and leaders such as former Secretaries of the Department of Homeland Security Tom Ridge and Janet Napolitano. The textbook also includes: A historical overview of the origins of the homeland security enterprise as well as its post-9/11 transformation and burgeoning maturity as a profession In-depth descriptions of the state, local, and federal government entities, such as the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, that enforce and carry out the nation’s homeland security laws and policies Detailed discussion of relevant, contemporary topics such as asylum and refugee affairs, cybersecurity and hacking, border security, transportation and aviation security, and emergency management policy A chapter on homeland security privacy and civil liberties issues Unique current affairs analysis of controversial topics such as the National Security Agency’s warrantless wiretapping program, Edward Snowden, the 2016 U.S. presidential election, Russian cyberhacking efforts, and Black Lives Matter Advice, guidance, and insight for students through interviews with homeland security leaders as well as terrorism experts such as Bruce Hoffmann and biowarfare specialists such as Dr. Rebecca Katz The target audience for this text is advanced undergraduate or entry-level graduate students in criminology, intelligence analysis, public policy, public affairs, international affairs, or law programs. This textbook meets requirements for entry-level introductory courses in homeland security.

Author : Thomas Streissguth,Tom Streissguth
Publisher : Enslow Publishing
Page : 136 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 2008
Category : Intelligence service
ISBN : 1598450581

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America's Security Agencies by Thomas Streissguth,Tom Streissguth Pdf

The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), Central Intelligence Agency (CIA), and National Security Agency (NSA) have been protecting Americans for decades. The events following the 9/11 attacks led to the creation of the Department of Homeland Security in 2002. Inside, you will find a thorough examination of each agency and department-its creation, history, structure, inner workings, and importance as they work hard to protect Americans at home and abroad. Book jacket.