Homeland Security
Following the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001, the public was alarmed and demanded urgent action to provide homeland security. A wide array of existing government agencies we...
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Homeland Security: Guarding Against Terrorism
The Conflict
Days after the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001, President George W. Bush announced the formation of an Office of Homeland Security. U...
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Since the events of September 11th, our country has been stricter and has given us more protection than ever before. Some people believe that the government of the United States of America is going j...
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Are we safe yet? After the unexpected tragedy of September 11th, the United States and the entire world experienced a rude and prodigious awakening. It made Americans realize that their safety was i...
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The state economic development agency and the private developers behind Moynihan Station have targeted an unlikely pot of money to help build the proposed $3 billion transit center in midtown west:...
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A top homeland security lawmaker has called for an investigation into possible cyber attacks on computer systems at the Homeland Security Department.Rep. Bennie Thompson, D-Miss., said he believes ...
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A comparison of provisions in the homeland security bills passed by the House and Senate and the Bush's administration position on them:HOUSE BILL_Grants collective bargaining rights and whistleblo...
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Republican presidential contender Mitt Romney on Wednesday complained that the Bush administration had established an inefficient Homeland Security Department and had presided over a bungled respon...
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Congressional auditors gave a stinging assessment of the Homeland Security Department's progress and said the department could not take credit for the absence of a terrorist attack on American soil...
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The Senate approved broad legislation Tuesday to give state and local governments new weapons to stop terrorists intent on destruction within U.S. borders.But more than five years after the Sept. 1...
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Government lawyers have hampered investigations into waste and fraud at the Homeland Security Department, officials told Congress on Tuesday.The head of the Government Accountability Office, the no...
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Government lawyers have hampered investigations into waste and fraud at the Homeland Security Department, officials told Congress on Tuesday.The head of the Government Accountability Office, the no...
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More people seeking asylum in the U.S. could be detained and then jailed longer under a new Homeland Security Department policy for people wanting safe harbor.The new policy applies to people place...
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