Department of Homeland Security
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The United States Department of Homeland Security (DHS) is a Cabinet department of the Federal Government of the United States with the responsibility of protecting the territory of the United States from terrorist attack and responding to natural disasters. The department was created from 22 existing federal agencies in response to the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001.
DHS is the third largest cabinet department in the US federal government after the Department of Defense and Department of Veterans Affairs. It has approximately 180,000 employees. Homeland Security is coordinated at the White House by the Homeland Security Council.
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External links
- United States Department of Homeland Security
- U.S. House Committee on Homeland Security homepage
- The White House - Homeland Security
- ANSI Homeland Security Standards Panel (ANSI-HSSP)
- DHS website to promote readiness to defend against attack
- Federal Air Marshal Association
- HSToday
- 'DHS plots maritime awareness roadmap', April 2006
