The Department of Homeland Security : assessment, recommendations, and appropriations / Roberta Zimmerman, editor.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Zimmerman, Roberta, editor.

Series:

Defense, security and strategy series.

Defense, Security and Strategies

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

United States. Department of Homeland Security--Appropriations and expenditures.

United States.

United States. Department of Homeland Security--Rules and practice.

National security--United States.

National security.

Terrorism--United States--Prevention.

Terrorism.

National security--United States--Finance.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (229 p.)

Place of Publication:

New York : Nova Publishers, 2015.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This book is a comprehensive overview of oversight conducted over the past decade to measure how well DHS is achieving its mission, operating its programs, spending taxpayer funds, complying with the law, and respecting the boundaries established to limit the federal government and protect the rights of law abiding U.S. citizens. This book describes and analyzes the discretionary appropriations for the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) for fiscal year 2015 (FY2015). It compares the President's request for FY2015 funding for the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), the enacted FY2014 appr

Contents:

THE DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY: ASSESSMENT, RECOMMENDATIONS, AND APPROPRIATIONS; THE DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY: ASSESSMENT, RECOMMENDATIONS, AND APPROPRIATIONS; Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data; CONTENTS; PREFACE; Chapter 1: A REVIEW OF THE DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY'S MISSIONS AND PERFORMANCE; EXECUTIVE SUMMARY; KEY FINDINGS; RECOMMENDATIONS; PART I: REVIEWING THE DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY'S FIVE TOP MISSIONS AND OTHER MAIN PROGRAM AREAS; PART II: RECOMMENDATIONS; CONCLUSION; Chapter 2: DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY: FY2015 APPROPRIATIONS; SUMMARY

MOST RECENT DEVELOPMENTSBACKGROUND; APPROPRIATIONS FOR THE DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY; DHS APPROPRIATIONS: COMPARING THE COMPONENTS; TITLE I: DEPARTMENTAL MANAGEMENT AND OPERATIONS; TITLE II: SECURITY, ENFORCEMENT, AND INVESTIGATIONS; TITLE III: PROTECTION, PREPAREDNESS, RESPONSE, AND RECOVERY; TITLE IV: RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT, TRAINING, AND SERVICES; TITLE V: GENERAL PROVISIONS; APPENDIX A. APPROPRIATIONS TERMS AND CONCEPTS; APPENDIX B. DHS APPROPRIATIONS IN CONTEXT; INDEX

Notes:

Includes index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed May 27, 2015).

ISBN:

1-63482-438-5