The Hispano Homeland

Homeland Security

Department of Homeland Security.

This is one of a series of audit, inspection, and special reports prepared as part of our oversight responsibilities to promote economy, efficiency, and effectiveness within the department. This report addresses FEMA's preparedness for the next catastrophic disaster. It is based on interviews with employees and officials of relevant agencies and institutions, direct observations, and a review o...

1 Overview of Protecting the American Homeland

In a forthcoming Brookings volume (Protecting the American Homeland, by Michael O’Hanlon, Peter Orszag, Ivo Daalder, Mac Destler, David Gunter, Robert Litan, and James Steinberg), we propose a homeland security strategy to deter extremely destructive terrorist attacks. The standard we set for focusing homeland security efforts is the prevention of those attacks that would involve the loss of th...

Mobile GIS for Homeland Security

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Journal Of Homeland Security

Prior to the attack on the USS Cole and the events of 11 September 2001, the U.S. Navy was developing antiterrorism programs to address potential terrorist attacks in a resource-constrained environment. Amid unprecedented tragedy associated with these and other terrorist strikes against U.S. interests, both domestic and abroad, government agencies, the Armed Forces, and private companies have r...