Evolution of the Incident Command System (ICS) Out of concern for the lack of a uniform protocol for emergency management, the concept of the Incident Command System (ICS) was developed in combined effort by Federal, State, and local governments du Continue Reading...
Terrorism as defined by the FBI is the illegal use of force against people or property with the intention of intimidating or coercing a government. It is always done to further political or social objectives. Further, according to FEMA, there are thr Continue Reading...
limitations and capabilities of intelligence for corroborating homeland security efforts? Sharing of intelligence and extensive threat analysis There are quite many intelligent agencies working round the clock analyzing the data yet no single agen Continue Reading...
Workplace enforcement includes the scrutiny of the I-9 form and the attached documents, in an attempt to discover identity fraud, fraudulent documents, and illegal workplace activities. Illegal firearms. Another aspect of illegal immigration is we Continue Reading...
Breadth of Responsibilities All of the DHS responsibilities relate back to the primary jurisdiction and mission responsibilities listed above. Information sharing and analysis, prevention and protection, preparedness and response, research, commer Continue Reading...
COUNTERFEIT COSMETICS & HOMELAND SECURITY ISSUES Problem Identification Counterfeit cosmetics are prevalent specifically over the Internet on such websites as Ebay. These cosmetics are dangerous and cause severe problems even death among those Continue Reading...
The Distinction Between ISR and IAA The intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance have capabilities that are aimed at improving the informational and situation awareness to the department of homeland security. The capabilities of ISR have increa Continue Reading...
One of the biggest problems with interagency communication is the computer technologies between agencies. Essentially, they do not coordinate because each agency uses different computer technologies. Author Ranum continues, "That's how the federal g Continue Reading...
Perl (2008), the goals of terrorists are economic as well as political in nature. In addition to protecting high-profile political targets of the kind that were the focus of the 9/11 bombers, it is also essential to prioritize economic targets in a Continue Reading...
Homeland Security and Emergency Management. M7D1: Social Media and Risk Communications According to Bullock (et al. 2013) the four methods of risk communication include mitigation or "to promote implementation of strategies, technologies, and acti Continue Reading...
HLS-355: CRITICAL THINKING FOR HOMELAND SECURITY Final Project The fight against Hurricane Katrina in a political environment set on fighting terrorism Improving security can be a particularly challenging mission and this makes a critical thinking Continue Reading...
M1D1: Concept of Homeland Security Enterprise HSE (Homeland Security Enterprise) was designed to better coordinate the resources of all law enforcement functions that fall under the auspices of the DHS. DHA strives to provide law enforcement agencie Continue Reading...
M8D1: HSE and Criminal Justice: Critical Issues Communication and education are critical issues in the field of homeland security. That is why we have identified inter-agency cooperation as one of our key issues of concern: namely, the need for diff Continue Reading...
M5D1: Federalism and Emergency Management Grant Our proposed grant would be designed to support the education of up-and-coming law enforcement candidates in the field of homeland security. States would be able to apply for a grant to provide scholar Continue Reading...
Longest War Homeland Security & Emergency Management M6A1: Book Review Bergen, Peter. (2011). The longest war: The enduring conflict between America and al-Qaeda. New York: Free Press. As its title suggests, Peter Bergen's book, The longest Continue Reading...
The Influence of AI on Future Performance of Homeland Security Functions in Cyber SecurityOverviewCyber security is a crucial aspect of Homeland Security in the Digital Age. Under the DHS, cyber security efforts focus on combating cyber crime, develo Continue Reading...
Global Terrorism Right and left wing extremism, which are both forms of domestic or home-grown terrorism, have a rather long history in the U.S. Generally motivated by Marxist and communist ideologies, left wing extremism emerged as early as the lat Continue Reading...
Introduction Homeland Security is tasked with the responsibility of safeguarding the US from threats, both foreign and domestic. In the age of technological revolution unseen and unrivaled in any previous era of human history, digital surveillance is Continue Reading...
Purpose This section includes Strategic Strategy Objectives. The core of this section is to develop, implement, and update a method to augment international cargo supply chain security. The strategy included reflects already established work from var Continue Reading...
Navy Yard Shooting and Domestic Tourism In September 2013, suspected gunshots at the Washington Navy Yard attracted a serious reaction from the law enforcement. Aaron Alexis is shown to have entered the building with a disassembled gun. He later ass Continue Reading...
Zombie Management Add on Richard Richard, I appreciate your comments and strongly resonate with your ideas about the individual and his responsibility to save himself. I think others need to adopt the approach the we have taken on this idea and deri Continue Reading...
Homeland Security Risk Management Risk Management in Homeland Security This paper provides a brief examination of the role of risk management within the homeland security operations. The discussion first addresses issues related to risk assessment, Continue Reading...
Homeland Security It is difficult to assess whether the creation of the Department of Homeland Security has been effective in protection national security. The most obvious issue is that there are a lot of variables at play, and "protecting national Continue Reading...
Homeland Security How does the creation of the Department of Homeland Security affect resources traditionally designated for local criminal justice organizations? The Resource Imbalance caused by formation of HLS The Department of Homeland Securit Continue Reading...
Pat Proctor of Kansas State University was published in the peer-Reviewed Journal of Strategic Security in 2012. The point of this article is not so much posing a question but presenting a proposal. The proposal is directed at the United States, su Continue Reading...
Terrorist is Created: Terrorist acts are usually motivated by two major reasons i.e. The belief that violence or its threat will be suitable in contributing to change and social and political injustice. Throughout history, many terrorists have stat Continue Reading...
Department of Homeland Security is clearly start-up: How quickly can DHS be up and running? The department formally began operating on January 24, 2003, and by March 1 had absorbed representatives from most of its component parts. The formal process Continue Reading...
Operation of the Homeland Security Council Creates the Homeland Security Council and sets down is functions. This directive creates the Homeland Security Council (HSC) and lists its functions. The purpose of the HSC is to synchronize homeland secu Continue Reading...
This is making it difficult for the world community to work together on issues such as nuclear proliferation. (Lewis) (Montgomery) (Zariff) The main reason is because China has built several pipelines going from Iran into their country. This is pro Continue Reading...
Demystifying the Title 10-Title 50 Debate: Distinguishing Military Operations, Intelligence Activities & Covert Action." The hypothesis that is presented at the outset of the article is that even though Congressional leaders have attempted to "r Continue Reading...
Homeland Security There are those who cite the failure of the Department of Homeland Security since the attack of September 11, 2011 however, the successes of Homeland Security are clearly noted in the work of others. This study will review the suc Continue Reading...
Specifically, the Federal Bureau of Investigations (FBI) is one of the premier law enforcement organizations in the world. However, it was conceived, designed, and structured more for the purpose of investigating past crimes and apprehending and pro Continue Reading...
The Homeland Security Appropriations Act supplies a total of four billion for state and local assistance agendas. State-based formula grants are financed at one and half billion, including four hundred million for law enforcement, with necessities Continue Reading...
Homeland Security Event Over the last ten years, Homeland Security has been focused on dealing with a wide variety of terrorist attacks. In most cases, these incidents usually involve some kind of intelligence indicating that a terrorist related in Continue Reading...
S. DHS "Strategic Plan," 2008, http://www.dhs.gov/xabout/strategicplan/) Realistically acts of terrorism, domestic or foreign are exceedingly rare, though slightly more common than they have been in the past and at least marginally more violent in na Continue Reading...
S., is used on events that require drastic recovery processes like floods (natural) or terrorist attacks (man-made). But the MOI would not be in control of the military in such cases (Lindstrom, 2004). "Today, France has 'a pool of specialized judge Continue Reading...
The management of large organizations is a very crucial issue, whether they are government-related or not (Argyris, 1993; Argyris & Schon, 1978; Broom, Jackson, Harris, & Vogelsang-Coombs, n.d.; Brown & Brudney, 2003; Hatry, 1999; Haynes Continue Reading...
Corrections Principal Directorates of Department of Homeland Security Border and Transportation Security The largest component of the Department of Homeland Security is the Directorate of Border and Transportation Security (BTS). This division is Continue Reading...
