Homeland Security

"Homeland Security" is a broad term that refers to the national security of the United States, particularly in regards to protection against international terrorist activity. The term became widely used after the events of September 11, 2001, when the U.S. government integrated several agencies to establish the Department of Homeland Security.

In the United States, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) accounts for 51% of total homeland security spending (estimated at $70 billion in 2010). According to the OMB, homeland security budget requests for the other 49% came from the following departments: 5.9% Justice; 3.1% State; 6.2% Health & Human Services; 2.8% Energy; 26.3% Defense.

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Related SourceWatch Resources on Homeland Security

• ANSER Institute for Homeland Security (ANSER, Inc.; Mitretek Systems)
• Brookings Institution Project on Homeland Security
• Ralston Research and Consulting
• Bush administration: Homeland Defense 2001
• Bush administration homeland security
• Center for Civil Force Protection
• Center for Civilian Biodefense Strategies at Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health
• Center for State Homeland Security (redirects to Mitretek Systems)
• Center for Strategic and International Studies - Homeland Defense
• The Century Foundation Homeland Security Project
• Clinton administration: Homeland Defense Before 2001
• Commission on Critical Infrastructure Protection, President's
• Council on Foreign Relations - Homeland Security
• Critical Infrastructure Surety at Sandia National Laboratories
• Dark Winter Exercise
• Defense Production Act of 1950
• Defense Threat Reduction Agency
• Defenselink.net
• Dennis Hastert
• Department of Homeland Security appointments
• Dirty Bomb Scenario
• due process
• Emergency powers legislation: health
• Emerging Infectious Disease
• forced quarantine
• Gordon R. England
• Final Report of the White House Commission on Aviation Safety and Security
• Gilmore Commission
• Hart-Rudman Task Force on Homeland Security
• The Heritage Foundation Homeland Defense Project
• Homeland Defense file will redirect to Homeland Defense Before 2001
• Homeland Defense / Homeland Security Documents (U.S. agencies, etc.)
• Homeland Security: The Origins of the Term
• Homeland Security Act of 2002
• Homeland Security Advisory Council
• Homeland Security Company
• Homeland Security contractors
• Homeland Security Corporation
• Homeland Security drills and exercises
• Homeland Security government agencies and programs
• Homeland Security Industries Association
• Homeland Security Institute
• Homeland Security omits "right-wing" threats
• Homeland Security Schools, Training Courses, and Research
• Homeland Security Strategy Act of 2001
• Homeland Security Ventures
• House Committee on Homeland Security
• House Subcommittee on Emerging Threats, Cybersecurity, and Science and Technology
• Israel, homeland defense
• Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory Homeland Security Organization
  
• McLarty: Link to Homeland (Un)-Security
• Mitretek Systems
• National Security Programs at Idaho National Engineering and Environmental Labratory (INEEL)
• National Security State
• Nuclear Threat Initiative
• Office of Homeland Security (see U.S. Department of Homeland Security)
• Oklahoma City National Memorial Institute for the Prevention of Terrorism
• Operation Liberty Shield (see Department of Homeland Security)
  
• Patriot Act I
• Patriot Act II DRAFT
• Patterns of Global Terrorism 2001
• Potomac Institute for Policy Studies
• Project Exile
• The SourceWatch propaganda glossary contains many terms related to Homeland Security
• Raytheon Company
• Report of the National Commission on Terrorism
• Senator Pat Roberts
• Senate Emerging Threats and Capabilities Subcommittee/Armed Services Committee
• Roger Macklin
• S.22: Justice Enhancement and Domestic Security Act of 2003
• Senate Committee on Homeland Security & Governmental Affairs
• Silent Vector Exercise
• Southern Research Institute, Homeland Security Research Department
• State of national emergency
• Tom Ridge, Director of the Department of Homeland Security
• Trading With the Enemy Act
• The Task Force on Security in the Information Age / Markle Foundation
• USA PATRIOT Improvement and Reauthorization Act of 2005
• U.S. Central Command USCENTCOM
• U.S. Commission on National Security/21st Century / Hart-Rudman Commission
• U.S. Department of Homeland Security (formerly Office of Homeland Security)
• U.S. Department of Homeland Security/July 2005 Revamp
• U.S. House of Representatives Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence / Subcommittee on Terrorism and Homeland Security (THS)
• U.S. Northern Command USNORTHCOM
• use of force
• Vincent Sollitto
• The Virginia Institute for Defense and Homeland Security
• War Powers Act
• Weapons of mass deception

External Links: News & Reports

• Reports on Homeland Security by the Congressional Research Service (2002-current).
• Congressional Oversight, Hearings and Legislation Introduced after the PATRIOT Act, Center for Democracy & Technology.
• Homeland Security News Links, GlobalSecurity.org.
• The Heritage Foundation Homeland Defense Project
• Terrorism Research Center contains numerous governmental and non-governmental links.
• National Homeland Security Knowledgebase contains numerous state and federal government agency and information links and updated Homeland / Terrorism News Center.
• Air War College Gateway to Homeland Security contains numerous governmental and non-governmental links.

Government Links

• Comprehensive Homeland Security Act of 2003.
• Bills Concerning U.S. Homeland Security, Introduced in the 108th Congress.
• Executive Order Establishing Office of Homeland Security and the Homeland Security Council.
• Governor Tom Ridge Sworn-In to Lead Homeland Security.
• Executive Order: Amendment of Executive Orders, and Other Actions, in Connection with the Establishment of the Department of Homeland Security.
• Tom Ridge Sworn as Secretary of Homeland Security.
• "Are You Ready? A Guide to Citizen Preparedness" from the FEMA OR
• Citizen Corps web sites.