Background
The new department assumed a large number of services, offices and other organizations previously conducted in other departments, such as theEstablishments
The Homeland Security Act of 2002 is the foundation for many other establishments, including: # the Department of Homeland Security, which is headed by the Secretary of Homeland Security # an established Directorate for Information Analysis and Infrastructure Protection within the Department of Homeland Security, which is headed by the Under Secretary for Information Analysis and Infrastructure Protection. # the Critical Infrastructure Information Act of 2002 # the Cyber Security Enhancement Act of 2002Titles
The Homeland Security Act of 2002 documented underDepartment of Homeland Security
The United States Department of Homeland Security (DHS), formed November 25, 2002 through the Homeland Security Act, is a Cabinet department composed of several different divisions that work to protect the United States from domestic and foreign terrorism. It was created as a response to theProvisions
The Homeland Security Act contains several provisions that identify specific duties for the EP&R Directorate. Title V and Title II outline the way the department ensures that the use of intelligence and its own threat analysis of terrorist capabilities are intended to distribute funds to those areas where the terrorist threat is greatest, and that states provide the Federal Government with their Emergency Response Plans so that the department can coordinate priorities regionally and nationally.Establishments under the Homeland Security Department
* Ready.gov which was conceived in March 2002 and launched in February 2003 *Amendments
Proposed
* Department of Homeland Security Interoperable Communications Act (H.R. 4289; 113th Congress) - a bill that would amend the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to make the Under Secretary for Management of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) responsible for policies and directives to achieve and maintainLegislative information
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