Organizing for Homeland Security

Abstract

In response to the September 11 terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon, President George W. Bush put in place a new organizational structure for ensuring the security of the American homeland. By executive order, he created within the White House an Office of Homeland Security, to be headed by the Assistant to the President for Homeland Security. The President also established a new interagency coordinating body, the Homeland Security Council. The importance the President accords this new organization is evident in his placing it in the Executive Office of the President and in his giving cabinet rank to its director. He also chose a personal friend, Pennsylvania s Governor Tom Ridge, to head the office. Governor Ridge will have a deputy and some 120 staff members, drawn primarily from the agencies currently involved in homeland security.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Mar 11, 2002
Accession Number
ADA401381

Entities

Organizations

  • RAND Corporation

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Biomedical
  • Cyber
  • Materials and Manufacturing Processes

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Antiterrorism
  • Border Security
  • Counterterrorism
  • Department Of Defense
  • Department Of Homeland Security
  • Drug Trafficking
  • Homeland Defense
  • Homeland Security
  • Law
  • Local Governments
  • National Security
  • Organizational Structure
  • Security
  • Terrorism
  • Terrorists
  • United States
  • United States Government

Fields of Study

  • Political science

Readers

  • Defense Acquisition Program Management
  • Strategic Security Studies