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Homeland security : selected congressional issues and appropriations / Malcolm Leonard Moreno, editor.

Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextSeries: Defense, security and strategy seriesPublisher: New York : Nova Publishers, [2016]Copyright date: �2016Description: 1 online resourceContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9781634847551
  • 1634847555
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: No titleDDC classification:
  • 353.3/24973 23
LOC classification:
  • HV6432.4
Online resources:
Contents:
HOMELAND SECURITY SELECTED CONGRESSIONAL ISSUES AND APPROPRIATIONS ; HOMELAND SECURITY SELECTED CONGRESSIONAL ISSUES AND APPROPRIATIONS ; Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data; CONTENTS ; PREFACE ; Chapter 1 SELECTED ISSUES IN HOMELAND SECURITY POLICY FOR THE 114TH CONGRESS* ; Summary; What Is Homeland Security?; Homeland Security: Missions and Strategy; Presentation of Homeland Security Priorities; Presentation of the Homeland Security Strategy; Considerations for Congress; The Budget and Security; DHS Appropriations; Homeland Security and the U.S. Intelligence Community
Selected IC Issues with Homeland Security ImplicationsDomestic Surveillance; Information-Sharing and Collaboration; Counterterrorism and Security Management; The Transnational Trend of Terrorism; Al Qaeda; The Islamic State37; Considerations; The Homegrown Violent Jihadist Threat: Four Key Themes; Preempting and Monitoring Potential Terrorists; Cybersecurity; Cyber Threats; Legislative Branch Efforts to Address Cyber Threats69; Executive Branch Actions to Address Cyber Threats70; Continuity of Government Operations
Medical Countermeasures to Chemical, Biological, Radiological, and Nuclear TerrorismBioWatch: Detection of Aerosol Release of Biological Agents; Food Defense; Electric Grid Physical Security; Security of Chemical Facilities; Transit Security; Border Security and Trade; Southwest Border Issues; Drug Trafficking and the Southwest Border; Illicit Proceeds and the Southwest Border; Cross-Border Smuggling Tunnels; Cargo Security; Customs-Trade Partnership against Terrorism (C-TPAT); 100% Scanning Requirement; Port of Entry (POE) Infrastructure and Personnel
Immigration Inspections at Ports of EntryVisa Waiver Program; Entry-Exit System; Enforcement between Ports of Entry; Domestic Nuclear Detection; Transportation Worker Identification Credential (TWIC); Aviation Security; Explosives Screening Strategy for the Aviation Domain; Risk-Based Passenger Screening; The Use of Terrorist Watchlists in the Aviation Domain; Security Issues Regarding the Operation of Unmanned Aircraft; Security Response to Incidents at Screening Checkpoints; Mitigating the Threat of Shoulder-Fired Missiles to Civilian Aircraft; Disaster Preparedness, Response, and Recovery
Disaster Assistance FundingFirefighter Assistance Programs; Emergency Communications; Development of the National Preparedness System; Hurricane Sandy Recovery; Implementation of the Sandy Recovery Improvement Act; Public Health and Medical Services; DHS Management Issues; The Management Budget; Unity of Effort; DHS Financial Management Reforms; Headquarters Consolidation; Department of Homeland Security Personnel Issues; Succession Management; Morale of DHS Employees; Loaned Executive Program; Digital Technology for Training, Recruitment, and Retention; Employment of Veterans
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Includes index.

Online resource; title from PDF title page (EBSCO, viewed May 5, 2016).

HOMELAND SECURITY SELECTED CONGRESSIONAL ISSUES AND APPROPRIATIONS ; HOMELAND SECURITY SELECTED CONGRESSIONAL ISSUES AND APPROPRIATIONS ; Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data; CONTENTS ; PREFACE ; Chapter 1 SELECTED ISSUES IN HOMELAND SECURITY POLICY FOR THE 114TH CONGRESS* ; Summary; What Is Homeland Security?; Homeland Security: Missions and Strategy; Presentation of Homeland Security Priorities; Presentation of the Homeland Security Strategy; Considerations for Congress; The Budget and Security; DHS Appropriations; Homeland Security and the U.S. Intelligence Community

Selected IC Issues with Homeland Security ImplicationsDomestic Surveillance; Information-Sharing and Collaboration; Counterterrorism and Security Management; The Transnational Trend of Terrorism; Al Qaeda; The Islamic State37; Considerations; The Homegrown Violent Jihadist Threat: Four Key Themes; Preempting and Monitoring Potential Terrorists; Cybersecurity; Cyber Threats; Legislative Branch Efforts to Address Cyber Threats69; Executive Branch Actions to Address Cyber Threats70; Continuity of Government Operations

Medical Countermeasures to Chemical, Biological, Radiological, and Nuclear TerrorismBioWatch: Detection of Aerosol Release of Biological Agents; Food Defense; Electric Grid Physical Security; Security of Chemical Facilities; Transit Security; Border Security and Trade; Southwest Border Issues; Drug Trafficking and the Southwest Border; Illicit Proceeds and the Southwest Border; Cross-Border Smuggling Tunnels; Cargo Security; Customs-Trade Partnership against Terrorism (C-TPAT); 100% Scanning Requirement; Port of Entry (POE) Infrastructure and Personnel

Immigration Inspections at Ports of EntryVisa Waiver Program; Entry-Exit System; Enforcement between Ports of Entry; Domestic Nuclear Detection; Transportation Worker Identification Credential (TWIC); Aviation Security; Explosives Screening Strategy for the Aviation Domain; Risk-Based Passenger Screening; The Use of Terrorist Watchlists in the Aviation Domain; Security Issues Regarding the Operation of Unmanned Aircraft; Security Response to Incidents at Screening Checkpoints; Mitigating the Threat of Shoulder-Fired Missiles to Civilian Aircraft; Disaster Preparedness, Response, and Recovery

Disaster Assistance FundingFirefighter Assistance Programs; Emergency Communications; Development of the National Preparedness System; Hurricane Sandy Recovery; Implementation of the Sandy Recovery Improvement Act; Public Health and Medical Services; DHS Management Issues; The Management Budget; Unity of Effort; DHS Financial Management Reforms; Headquarters Consolidation; Department of Homeland Security Personnel Issues; Succession Management; Morale of DHS Employees; Loaned Executive Program; Digital Technology for Training, Recruitment, and Retention; Employment of Veterans

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