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In response to the September 11 attacks, President George W. Bush announced the establishment of the Office of Homeland Security (OHS) to coordinate "homeland security" efforts. The office was headed by former Pennsylvania governor Tom Ridge, who assumed the title of Assistant to the President for Homeland Security. The official announcement ...
The Office of Strategy, Policy, and Plans is part of the United States Department of Homeland Security.It was created by the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2017, replacing the former Office of Policy, [1] and creating a new Senate-confirmed Under Secretary of Homeland Security for Strategy, Policy, and Plans position.
June 18, 2003 (Alabama Homeland Security Act of 2003) Alaska: Alaska Division of Homeland Security & Emergency Management: Early 2004: Arizona: Arizona Department of Homeland Security: February 14, 1912: 6,595,778.00: Arkansas: Arkansas Department of Emergency Management: June 15, 1836: 2,889,450.00: California: California Governor's Office of ...
Joseph Vincent Cuffari (born 1959) is an American government administrator who has been the Inspector General of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security since 2019. He previously held positions in the Air Force Office of Special Investigations and Department of Justice Office of the Inspector General.
The Office of Intelligence and Analysis (I&A) is the civilian national intelligence component of the United States Department of Homeland Security and one of two statutory members of the United States Intelligence Community (IC) within DHS, the other being Coast Guard Intelligence.
The Homeland Security Advisory System scale. The new department assumed a large number of services, offices and other organizations previously conducted in other departments, such as the Customs Service, Coast Guard, and U.S. Secret Service. It superseded, but did not replace, the Office of Homeland Security, which
Originally the Office of Operations Coordination, the Office of Homeland Security Situational Awareness was established in 2005 with the stated purpose of increasing the Department of Homeland Security's ability to prepare for, prevent, and respond to terrorist attacks and other emergencies and improve coordination and efficiency of operations. [1]
Homeland security is an American national security term for "the national effort to ensure a homeland that is safe, secure, and resilient against terrorism and other hazards where American interests, aspirations, and ways of life can thrive" [1] to the "national effort to prevent terrorist attacks within the United States, reduce the vulnerability of the U.S. to terrorism, and minimize the ...