HOMELAND SECURITY

Management and Leadership in Homeland Security

Table of Contents

Introduction1

Method1

Discussion1

Functioning of Homeland Security2

History3

Definition3

Scope of Homeland Security4

Context, Strategy and Task Areas5

Constitutional and Legal Context5

Strategic Context6

Law Enforcement7

Current Situation7

Conclusion9

Annotated Bibliography10

Management and Leadership in Homeland Security

Introduction

This paper is an account of the homeland security of United States. It highlights the background and history of the security policies within the nation. A brief account of the scope and the implementation strategy is mentioned in literature review below. It discusses the purpose and the ways through which the nation's security is protected by the federal and private agencies. Homeland security is the term that refers to the security efforts against terrorist activities that are taken to guard USA. It is a nationwide effort to keep terrorist attacks away from US boundaries; top reduces United States vulnerability to terrorism and minimizing the damage of the attacks. This paper discusses the homeland security from the perspective of United States. The background, history and various elements of the homeland security are discussed in this paper.

Method

The main source of this literature review is the peer-reviewed articles and journals that have been used to discuss the topic.

Discussion

To fight against terrorism and natural incidents, homeland security requires measurable strategic goals, and United States has remained successful in achieving these goals. The term homeland security arose in 2003 by a reorganization of several US government authorities (Stephen, 2011). The aim was to formulate a department to handle homeland security after the terrorist attacks of September 11. Therefore, homeland security is about providing protection to the territory and the population who lives there. The concept extends responsibilities of government agencies towards the national security. The homeland defense includes 187 federal departments and agencies. Activities were designed by George Bush with reference to homeland security. As a result of this, a new department of Homeland Security was established. Most of the homeland security activities remain out of DHS which includes CIA as well as FBI. The term homeland security became common in unites states after the September 11 attacks. Prior to these attacks, it was used in inadequate policy circles. The term "security of the American homeland" appeared in 1998 report known catastrophic Terrorism: Elements of a National Policy. According to office of management and budget of USA, homeland security finding comprises of 21 % of the consolidated US homeland security.

Functioning of Homeland Security

The homeland security was incepted by the national research council, which proposed the establishment of an institution in order to gain access to the crucial capabilities which will ensure an informed decision making following any incident. The homeland security act of 2002 called for the creation of the department of the homeland security to develop a federally funded research and development centre. The operations of the institute started in June 2004. Since its inception, the institute finished about 300 tasks by providing support to every individual staff function within the framework of DHS. The institute supported the homeland security requirements of the defense, education and interior department (Friedman, ...