Federal Agencies in Homeland Security

Running head : HOMELAND SECURITY

U .S . Department of Homeland Security : Overview and Recommendations

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U .S . Department of Homeland Security : Overview and Recommendations

It is a widely known fact that even though there were federal agencies that were supposed to protect the United States , the September 11 terrorist attack was known to have been generally successful in accomplishing its goal . A possible reason for this is that even though there were many federal agencies during that time that should have responded or even prevented

the disaster , the efforts were crippled as the coordination between agencies were rather limited (Borja , 2008 Given this , the formation of a department that would interconnect and group relevant federal agencies together in to increase national security was made apparent . On this note , then U .S . President George W Bush initiated the formation of the Office of Homeland Security which later became a part of the U .S . Department of Homeland Security (USDHS after the merger was mandated by the Homeland Security Act of 2002 (Borja , 2008

As expected , the concept of being prepared for events of terrorism which may not only be in the form orchestrated plane crashes into key points in the country as exhibited in the September 11 disaster but also possibly through chemical , biological , and computer-based forms as well is not a simple matter (McCullagh , 2002 . In addition , other events or occurrences such as natural disasters and the spread of diseases are taken into consideration as well...