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Commission on Fine Arts. Other agencies with significant homeland security responsibilities include the Departments of Health and Human Services, Justice, and Energy. The creation of DHS constituted the biggest government reorganization in American history, and the most substantial reorganization of federal agencies since the National Security Act of 1947, which placed the different military departments under a secretary of defense and created the National Security Council and Central Intelligence Agency.Customs and Border Protection. A federal court issued an order closing the case. A DHS press release dated June 6, 2003 explains the seal as follows: The seal was developed with input from senior DHS leadership, employees, and the U.S.
Bathurst ● Official DHS site Acting Chief Financial Officer Peggy Sherry Chief Human Capital Officer Jeff Neal ● Official DHS site Chief Information Officer Richard Spires ● Official DHS site Acting Chief Procurement Officer Thomas Essig ● Official DHS site Chief Security Officer Jerry Williams ● Official DHS site Under Secretary, National Protection & Programs Directorate (NPPD) Rand Beers ● Official DHS site Acting Assistant Secretary, Cyber Security and Communications Rear Admiral Mike Brown ● Official DHS site Acting Assistant Secretary, Office of Infrastructure Protection James Snyder ● Official DHS site Under Secretary, Science & Technology Directorate (S&T) Tara O Toole Deputy Under Secretary, Science & Technology Directorate (S&T) Bradley Buswell Acting Under Secretary, Office of Intelligence & Analysis (I&A) Bart Johnson Assistant Secretary, Intergovernmental Affairs Juliette Kayyem Assistant Secretary (acting as Under Secretary-equivalent), Office of Policy (PLCY) David Heyman ● Official DHS site Chairman, Homeland Security Advisory Council William H. PHS Commissioned Corps (Surgeon General) · NOAA Commissioned Corps (Director) Reserves: (A · MC · N · AF · CG) · National Guard: (A · AF) Military Affiliate Radio System · Merchant Marine · Maritime Service · Civil Air Patrol · Coast Guard Auxiliary Northern · Central · European · Pacific · Southern · Africa · Joint Forces · Special Operations · Strategic · Transportation United States Code (Title 10 · Title 14 · Title 32) · The Pentagon · Bases · Budget · Units: (A · MC · N · AF · CG) · Logistics · Media Current Deployments · Conflicts · History: (A · MC · N · AF · CG) · Timeline · Wars MEPS · ASVAB · Recruit training: (A · MC · N · AF · CG) · Officer Candidate School: (A · MC · N · AF) · Service Academies: (A (prep) · N (prep) · AF (prep) · CG · Merchant Marine · PHS) · Junior/Reserve Officers Training Corps: (A · MC/N · AF) · Other Education Uniforms: (A · MC · N · AF · CG) · Awards & Decorations: (Inter-service · A · MC/N · AF · CG · Foreign · International · Devices) · Badges: (Identification · A · MC · N · AF · CG) Enlisted: (A · MC · N · AF · CG) · Warrant Officers · Officer: (A · MC · N · AF · CG · PHS · NOAA) Oath: (Enlistment · Office) · Creeds & Codes: (Code of Conduct · NCO · A · MC · N · AF) · Service Numbers: (A · MC · N · AF · CG) · Military Occupational Specialty/Rating/Air Force Specialty Code · Pay · Uniform Code of Military Justice · Judge Advocate General s Corps · Military Health System/TRICARE · Separation · Veterans Affairs · Conscription A · MC: (vehicles · weapons · other) · N · AF · CG Individual Weapons · Crew-Served Weapons · Vehicles (active) All watercraft · Ships: (A · N (active) · AF · CG · MSC · NOAA) · Weapons: (N · CG) · Aircraft: (N · CG · NOAA) · Reactors Aircraft (active) · Aircraft Designation · Missiles · Helicopter Arms Electronics (designations) · Flags: (A · MC · N · AF · CG · Ensign · Jack · Guidons) · Food · WMDs: (Nuclear · Biological · Chemical) .
On January 11, 2005, President Bush nominated federal judge Michael Chertoff to succeed Ridge. Under Homeland Security Presidential Directive-5, all federal departments were required to adopt the NIMS and to use it in their individual domestic incident management and emergency prevention, preparedness, response, recovery, and mitigation program and activities. In December 2004, the National Response Plan (NRP) was created, in an attempt to align federal coordination structures, capabilities, and resources into a unified, all-discipline, and all-hazards approach to domestic incident management.
The NRP was built on the template of the NIMS. On January 22, 2008, the National Response Framework was published in the Federal Register as an updated replacement of the NRP, effective March 22, 2008. The DHS National Cyber Security Division (NCSD) is responsible for the response system, risk management program, and requirements for cyber-security in the U.S. The site and materials were conceived in March 2002 and launched in February 2003, just before the launch of the Iraq War.
Jon R. The official announcement stated: Ridge began his duties as OHS director on October 8, 2001. The Department of Homeland Security was established on November 25, 2002, by the Homeland Security Act of 2002.
Customs Service, and the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service were consolidated into a new agency under DHS: U.S. The United States Department of Homeland Security (DHS) is a Cabinet department of the United States federal government with the primary responsibilities of protecting the territory of the U.S.
The Washington Post said that the rules would allow DHS to override any provision in a union contract by issuing a department-wide directive and would make it difficult, if not impossible, for unions to negotiate over arrangements for staffing, deployments, technology and other workplace matters. In August 2005, U.S. Torres ● Official DHS site Acting Administrator, Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) Nancy Ward Director, United States Secret Service Mark J.
Homeland security policy is coordinated at the White House by the Homeland Security Council. Duke ● Official DHS site Deputy Under Secretary, Management Directorate Shari Barbeau ● Official DHS site Chief Administrative Services Officer Donald G.
The site was promoted with banner ads containing automatic audio components on commercial web sites. On March 1, 2004, the National Incident Management System (NIMS) was created. Examples from the survey reveal most concerns are about promotion and pay increase based on merit, dealing with poor performance, rewarding creativity and innovation, leadership generating high levels of motivation in the workforce, recognition for doing a good job, lack of satisfaction with various component policies and procedures and lack of information about what is going on with the organization. Agriculture • Commerce • Defense • Education • Energy • Health and Human Services • Homeland Security • Housing and Urban Development • Interior • Justice • Labor • State • Transportation • Treasury • Veterans Affairs Secretary Janet Napolitano ● Official DHS site Deputy Secretary Jane Holl Lute ● Official DHS site Chief of Staff for Operations Jan Lesher Chief of Staff for Policy Noah Kroloff Executive Secretary / Executive Director for Operations and Administration Phil McNamara General Counsel Ivan Fong Senior Military Advisor Rear Admiral Charles Michel ● Official DHS site Under Secretary, Management Directorate Elaine C.
After resigning, Tom Ridge stated that he didn t always agree with the threat level adjustments pushed by other government agencies. In January 2003, the office In response to the September 11 attacks, President George W. Congress estimates that the department has wasted roughly $15 billion in failed contracts (as of September 2008 The Associated Press reported on September 5, 2007, that DHS had scrapped an anti-terrorism data mining tool called ADVISE (Analysis, Dissemination, Visualization, Insight and Semantic Enhancement) after the agency s internal Inspector General found that pilot testing of the system had been performed using data on real people without required privacy safeguards in place. In July 2006, the Office of Personnel Management conducted a survey of federal employees in all 36 federal agencies on job satisfaction and how they felt their respective agency was headed.
Its stated goal is to prepare for, prevent, and respond to domestic emergencies, particularly terrorism. The division is home to US-CERT operations and the National Cyber Alert System. On October 30, 2009, DHS opened the National Cybersecurity and Communications Integration Center.
Khatri ● Official DHS site Officer for Civil Rights & Civil Liberties Daniel W. The following 22 agencies were incorporated into the new department: 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).
District Judge Rosemary M. Chertoff was confirmed on February 15, 2005, by a vote of 98–0 in the U.S.
Bush initially nominated former New York City Police Department commissioner Bernard Kerik as his successor, but on December 10, Kerik withdrew his nomination, citing personal reasons and saying it would not be in the best interests of the country for him to pursue the post. Without these protections, employees could be expeditiously reassigned or dismissed on grounds of security, incompetence or insubordination, and DHS would not be required to notify their union representatives. The plan stripped 180,000 government employees of their union rights. 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.
government reorganization in the 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. (USCG Ret) ● Official DHS site Acting Chief Privacy Officer John Kropf Assistant Secretary, Office of Public Affairs William R.
from terrorist attacks and responding to natural disasters. Whereas the Department of Defense is charged with military actions abroad, the Department of Homeland Security works in the civilian sphere to protect the United States within, at, and outside its borders. The Federal Protective Service falls under the National Protection and Programs Directorate. With more than 200,000 employees, DHS is the third largest Cabinet department, after the Departments of Defense and Veterans Affairs.
Rufe, Jr. The office was headed by former Pennsylvania Governor Tom Ridge, who assumed the title of Assistant to the President for Homeland Security.
Collyer blocked the plan on the grounds that it did not ensure collective-bargaining rights for DHS employees. A federal appeals court ruled against DHS in 2006; pending a final resolution to the litigation, Congress s fiscal year 2008 appropriations bill for DHS provided no funding for the proposed new personnel system. In a February 2008 court filing, DHS said that it would no longer pursue the new rules, and that it would abide by the existing civil service labor-management procedures. 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.
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. After establishing the basic structure of DHS and working to integrate its components and get the department functioning, Ridge announced his resignation on November 30, 2004, following the re-election of President Bush. DHS also constitutes the most diverse merger of federal functions and responsibilities, incorporating 22 government agencies into a single organization. The Department of Homeland Security is headed by the Secretary of Homeland Security with the assistance of the Deputy Secretary.
The center brings together government organizations responsible for protecting computer networks and networked infrastructure. The Department of Homeland Security has been dogged by persistent criticism over excessive bureaucracy, waste, and ineffectiveness. On March 1, 2003, DHS absorbed the Immigration and Naturalization Service and assumed its duties.
Smith ● Official DHS site Deputy Assistant Secretary, Strategic Plans Alan Cohn Assistant Secretary, State and Local Law Enforcement vacant Acting Director, United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (CIS) Michael Aytes Commandant, United States Coast Guard (USCG) Admiral Thad W. Webster ● Official DHS site Assistant Secretary, International Affairs Alan Bersin Assistant Secretary, Policy Development Arif Alikhan ● Official DHS site Assistant Secretary, Private Sector Douglas A.
Since January 2003, it has been administered in coordination with DHS; it has also been the target of frequent jokes and ridicule on the part of the administration s detractors about its ineffectiveness. In doing so, it divided the enforcement and services functions into two separate and new agencies: Immigration and Customs Enforcement and Citizenship and Immigration Services.
Sutherland ● Official DHS site Acting Director of the Office of Counternarcotics Enforcement John Leech Acting Director of the Domestic Nuclear Detection Office Chuck Galloway Director, Federal Law Enforcement Training Center (FLTEC) Connie L. Senate.
Sullivan ● Official DHS site Assistant Secretary/Administrator, Transportation Security Administration (TSA) Gale Rossides Citizenship and Immigration Services Ombudsman Prakash I. He was sworn in the same day. In February 2005, DHS and the Office of Personnel Management issued rules relating to employee pay and discipline for a new personnel system named MaxHR.
Knoche Director, National Cybersecurity Center Rod Beckstrom Portal (A · MC · N · AF · CG) · Category (A · MC · N · AF · CG · PHS · NOAA) · Navbox (A · MC · N · AF · CG) Commander-in-chief: President of the United States · Secretary of Defense · Deputy Secretary of Defense · Joint Chiefs of Staff (Chairman) · Senate Committee on Armed Services · House Committee on Armed Services · Active duty four-star officers · Highest ranking officers in history · Goldwater-Nichols Act Department of Defense (Secretary): Army (Secretary) · Navy (Secretary) · Air Force (Secretary) Department of Homeland Security (Secretary): Coast Guard Army (Chief of Staff) · Marine Corps (Commandant) · Navy (Chief of Naval Operations) · Air Force (Chief of Staff) · Coast Guard (Commandant) U.S. Bush announced the establishment of the Office of Homeland Security (OHS) to coordinate homeland security efforts.
Allen ● Official DHS site Commissioner, United States Customs and Border Protection (CBP) W. It was intended to consolidate U.S.
The 38-acre (150,000 m2) site has 32 buildings comprising of 566,000 square feet (52,600 m2) of administrative space. The move is being championed by District of Columbia officials because of the positive economic impact it will have on historically depressed Anacostia. The Department contains the components listed below.
Citizens are issued by the United States Department of State, not the Department of Homeland Security.) Advisory groups: Other components: In an August 5, 2002 speech, President Bush said: We re fighting .. to secure freedom in the homeland. The United Kingdom s wartime civil defense measures were the responsibility of a similarly named department called the Ministry of Home Security, which was in existence from 1939 to 1945. On March 12, 2002, the Homeland Security Advisory System, a color-coded terrorism risk advisory scale, was created as the result of a Presidential Directive to provide a comprehensive and effective means to disseminate information regarding the risk of terrorist acts to Federal, State, and local authorities and to the American people. Many procedures at government facilities are tied in to the alert level; for example a facility may search all entering vehicles when the alert is above a certain level.
The Ad Council – which partners with DHS on its Ready.gov campaign – and the consulting company Landor Associates were responsible for graphic design and maintaining heraldic integrity. Since its inception, the department has had its temporary headquarters in Washington, D.C. s Nebraska Avenue Complex, a former naval facility. Skinner ● Official DHS site Acting Assistant Secretary, Office of Legislative Affairs James Howe Director, Operations Coordination Roger T.
Ralph Basham ● Official DHS site Acting Assistant Secretary, United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) John P. Kromher Inspector General Richard L.
executive branch organizations related to homeland security into a single Cabinet agency. Not all subcomponents are listed; see the linked articles for more details. Agencies: (Passports for U.S.
DHS was last or near to last in every category including; The low scores were attributed to major concerns about basic supervision, management and leadership within the agency. Additionally, the border enforcement functions of the INS, the U.S.
Patrick ● Official DHS site Acting Federal Coordinator, Recovery and Rebuilding of Gulf Coast Region Paul Conway Acting Assistant Secretary, Office of Health Affairs/Chief Medical Officer Dr. It was the largest U.S.
The stated purpose was to provide a consistent incident management approach for federal, state, local, and tribal governments. The move has been criticized by historic preservationists, who claim the revitalization plans will destroy dozens of historic buildings on the campus. Soon after the formation of Department of Homeland Security, the Martin Agency of Richmond, Virginia worked pro bono to create Ready.gov , a readiness website.
