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D-Homeland Security
Department of Homeland Security budget (DHS) $44.9 billion[1] (2007)
Employees 208,000 (2007)
More than 87,000 different governmental jurisdictions at the federal, state, and local level have homeland security responsibilities. Click here
Below is the Department of Homeland Securities, various departments
DHS (Department of Homeland Security Departments:
Department Subcomponents and Agencies
Department components 16 Agencies
Office of the Secretary
6 agencies
Advisory Panels and Committees
Agencies 6
Total Agencies directly under DHS Departments: 28
Total DHS Sub D Agencies: Approx : 50
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DHS links:
Div-3-SD-5
Office of Intelligence and Analysis D-Unknown
Office of Operations Coordination
Office of the Secretary
U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services--USCIS
U.S. Coast Guard
U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP)
Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA)
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE)
U.S. Transportation Security Administration (TSA)
Federal Law Enforcement Training Center (FLETC)
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United States Department of Homeland Security
Motto: "Preserving our Freedom"
Agency overview
Formed November 25, 2002
Headquarters Nebraska Avenue Complex
Employees 208,000 (2007)
Annual Budget $44.9 billion[1] (2007)
Agency Executives Michael Chertoff, Secretary
Paul A. Schneider, Acting, Deputy Secretary
The department was established on November 25, 2002, by the Homeland Security Act of 2002. It was intended to consolidate U.S. executive branch organizations related to "homeland security" into a single Cabinet agency.
Prior to the signing of the bill, controversy about its adoption centered on whether the Federal Bureau of Investigation and the Central Intelligence Agency should be incorporated in part or in whole (neither were included). The bill itself was also controversial for the presence of unrelated "riders, as well as for eliminating certain union-friendly civil service and labor protections for department employees (which would provide expedited ability to reassign or dismiss an employee for security reasons, incompetence, or insubordination). Congress ultimately passed the Homeland Security Act of 2002 without the union-friendly measures and President Bush signed the bill into law on November 25, 2002. It was the largest U.S. government reorganization in 50 years (since the United States Department of Defense was created).
Tom Ridge was named secretary on January 24, 2003 and began naming his chief deputies. DHS officially began operations on January 24, 2003, but most of the department's component agencies were not transferred into the new Department until March 1.[2]
The Homeland Security Appropriations Act of 2004 was a United States Act of Congress that gave the authority for the President to fund the operations of the Department of Homeland Security for each fiscal year.
June 2003 The first Act was passed in June 2003 and authorized US$29.4 billion for Homeland Security.
The Act 2004 (PL 108-90) consisted of US $31 billion to be spent on:
* $5.6 billion for Project BioShield - to be used by the Department of Health and Human Services to finds ways to protect Americans (i.e., vaccines and treatments) from biological, or chemical, or radiological threats
* $4 billion of grants to create "first responders" as the first line of defense against threats to the United States; $40 million towards Citizen Corps Councils and other funds to the United States Coast Guard towards the Container Security Initiative
* $900 million in this bill will go to science and technology projects
President George W. Bush signed the Act on October 1, 2003.
October 2004
In the 2005 Act, President Bush gave:
* $28.9 billion in net discretionary spending for the Department of Homeland Security
* $419.2 million in new funding to enhance border and port security activities
* $2.5 billion for Project BioShield
* $894 million for Information Analysis and Infrastructure Protection
* $5.1 billion for the Transportation Security Administration
* $475 million to continue deploying more efficient baggage screening at airports
* $115 million for air cargo security
* $663 million for Federal Air Marshals (FAMS) program
* $61 million is appropriated to the DHS Science and Technology directorate
* $4 billion for state and local assistance programs or First Responders
* 179 million for improvements in immigration enforcement
* 160 million in total resources towards immigration application processing
* $3.1 billion for the Emergency Preparedness and Response Directorate
* 15 million for the National Incident Management System (NIMS)
President George W. Bush signed the Act on October 18, 2004.
The real DHS Homeland Securities new war on terror!
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