On March 1, 2004, the National Incident Management System (NIMS) was created. The stated purpose was to provide a consistent incident management approach for federal, state, local, and tribal governments. Under Homeland Security Presidential Directive-5, all federal departments were required to adopt...
DHS helping fund militarization of local police departments 5/9/2013 - If you paid any attention to the news surrounding the terrorist attacks at the Boston Marathon - and in particular the house-to-house searches that took place in the hours following the attacks - you witnessed a growing tr...
8.The Secretary, in coordination with the Attorney General, the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS), and the heads of other Federal departments and agencies that provide assistance for first responder preparedness, will establish a single point of access to Federal preparedness assistance pr...
even if it’s not your local politician. For instance a casinos in of it’s self is just a building with some expensive bits of furnishing in it. However now add the people with a lot of money in their pocket to the place. How many of those people are on welfare and how manny on...
While DHS may lead or direct specific operations, DHS’s chief responsibility is often to coordinate efforts of federal departments and agencies, in consultation with state, local, tribal, and territorial (SLTT) governments, nongovernmental organizations, private-sector partners, and the public, a pa...
($16 million).34The explanatory statement accompanying the omnibus also rejected a proposed $500,000 reduction to funding for the Multi-State Information Sharing and Analysis Center (MS-ISAC), and provided $500,000 to ensure current services to state, local, and tribal governments are maintained...