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Recommendation 2 The Transportation Security Administration, in collaboration with other appropriate entities within the Department of Homeland Security,3 should create a high-level task force to perform the following functions ... 

The government agency charged with responsibility for the implementation of technology for countering such threats is the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) in the Department of Homeland Security. The TSA, and the Federal Aviation Administration before it, have invested exten-... 

The Department of Homeland Security has funded preliminary studies to elaborate specific chemical/biological threat vectors and to increase understanding of airflows in several terminals and boarding areas of San Francisco International Airport and Albuquerque Airport. It has also conducted an exercise in which the many airport decision makers (e.g., in areas of operations, security, fire control and prevention, public health and safety, and environmental is-... 

Center for Domestic Preparedness (DVD). U.S. Department of Homeland Security, http //www. cptraining.com Anniston, Alabama. December 8, 2004. 

Nuclear Materials. The United States has deployed sensors both nationwide and overseas for the detection of nuclear materials. Although the presence of highly enriched uranium (an indication of a functional or potential nuclear weapon) would present the greatest threat, currently deployed sensors are unable to detect this material because of its low radioactivity. The Department of Homeland Security alone spent more... 

Recognizing that nuclear materials are widely available and the terrorists interests in radiological and nuclear devices, the United States Congress appropriated 300 million to the Department of Homeland Security to install radiation detectors at U.S. borders. Through 2005, DHS had installed 470 radiation portal monitors throughout the country including mail facilities and land and sea entries into the United States. The U.S. has also supported the installation of detectors at the borders of the states of the former Soviet Union through its Departments of State,... 

Department of Homeland Security, FY 2004 Budget Fact Sheet, October 1, 2003, available at www.dhs.gov/dhspublic/display content=1817. 

In an effort to protect the American public from future large-scale terrorist activities on U.S. soil, President George W. Bush proposed the most extensive reorganization of the federal government since the 1940s by creating a new Department of Homeland Security. The primary mission of this new department is to ... 

The Department of Homeland Security is designed to be comprised of four main divisions Border and Transportation Security Emergency Preparedness and Response Chemical, Biological, Radiological and Nuclear Countermeasures and Information Analysis and Infrastructure Protection. In addition to the responsibilities described above, the new department is intended to ... 

In regard to listed hazardous chemicals/materials only, to prevent accidental releases and acts of terrorism (homegrown or otherwise) with these chemicals/materials tenets of PSM/RMP and recommendations provided by the Department of Homeland Security, many such incidents have a chance of being avoided or properly mitigated upon their initiation or actual occurrence. The obvious question is Why and how ... 

In regard to various definitions, to clearly understand the purview of this text requires the precise definition of some words that might be used more loosely in common conversation. The words presented here may differ from those used in the U.S. Department of Homeland Security National Infrastructure Protection Plan ... 

For the United States of America, 9/11 was a slap in the face, a punch in the gut (actually, the ultimate sucker punch), and a most serious wake-up call. The 9/11 wake-up call generated several reactions on our part—obviously, protecting ourselves from further attack became (and hopefully still is) priority number one. In light of this important need (i.e., the survival of our way of life), the Department of Homeland Security was created. According to Barack Obama (2007), the Department of Homeland Security does the work that ensures no other family members have to lose a loved one to a terrorist who turns a plane into a missile, a terrorist who straps a bomb around her waist and climbs aboard a bus, a terrorist who figures out how to set off a dirty bomb in one of our cities. ... 

Department of Homeland Security (2008). Homeland Security Presidential Directives, www. dhs.gov/xabout/laws/editorial 0607.shtm (accessed February 6, 2009). 

Along with direction provided by the Homeland Security Presidential Directives listed in sidebar 4.1, statutory authority to the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to regulate chemical facilities for security is provided by the Homeland Security Appropriations Act, 2007 (P.L. 109-295), Section 550. This law directed the Secretary of... 

Explosives Detection Trace Portal Deployed to Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport, 12 April 2005, U. S. Department of Homeland Security, Transportation Security Administration... 

J. E. Hawk, T. Ghel, D. Ye, and L. Senesac. This work was supported by the Department of Homeland Security, and Alcohol Tobacco, and Firearms (ATF), and Federal Aviation Administration, TSA, and ORNL. Oak Ridge National Laboratory is managed by UT-Battelle, LLC, for the U.S. Department of Energy under contract DE-AC05-00OR22725. 

The authors gratefully acknowledge funding support from the Office of Naval Research (ONR) and the Memorial Institute for the Prevention of Terrorism (MIPT). Points of view in this document are those of the authors and do not necessarily represent the official position of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security or MIPT. 

Department of Homeland Security S T-HSARPA Washington, DC, 20528 Ph 202.254.6132 (Keith Ward/Angela Ervin) www.dhs.gov R D, sensors, counter-mine warfare, improvised explosives, airborne surveillance, bio-aerosol detection, container security, and vehicle IED protection. 

This research will interest DoD policymakers involved in research and development, acquisition, and medical use policy related to defense against CBW agents producers of drugs and vaccines for military use, especially for CBW defense FDA officials whose responsibilities have been reordered by the events of September 11, 2001 officials in the Department of Health and Human Services and in the Department of Homeland Security and the interested public. 

There are a number of other federal agencies that play a supporting role in the antidrug effort. (Note that several of the following agencies such as the Border Patrol and Coast Guard are now part of the Department of Homeland Security.)... 

U.S. Government, Department of Homeland Security, 2003, The National Strategy to Secure Cyberspace, http //www.dhs.gov/interweb/assetlibrary/ National Cyberspace Strategy.pdf... 

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