Homeland Security: Budget-in-Brief FY 2006

Abstract

The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has undergone two full budget cycles since it was established in March 2003. The Fiscal Year 2006 President's Budget includes critical programs and activities that build on the Department's many accomplishments. The Department has significantly improved security measures at every entry point into the United States. Whether by land, sea, or air, it is substantially more difficult for terrorists to enter our country now than ever before. We have created a new communications network to make sure that those who most need threat-related and operational security information get it on a real-time basis. Prior to September 11, 2001, there were few formal channels in place to push timely, threat-related information down to state and local governments or the private sector - the people who actually have the responsibility for implementing much of the nation's security measures. Within the federal government, there was also a need for additional information sharing among federal partners. The Department has made it harder to attack the physical and cyber systems that support key business, government, and community activities, facilities, and networks. The Department identified and prioritized the nation's critical infrastructures and then took immediate action by implementing new security measures. From banks to bridges, nuclear plants to the water supplies, key assets are better protected now than they ever were before. DHS has provided unprecedented levels of funding and resources to state, local and private sector partners to protect and prepare America's communities and individual citizens. We continue to improve ways for first responders across the nation to be better equipped, better trained and more capable of communicating across the public safety community.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jan 11, 2005
Accession Number
ADA477740

Entities

Organizations

  • United States Department of Homeland Security

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Biomedical
  • Cyber
  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Engineered Resilient Systems
  • Ground and Sea Platforms
  • Human Systems

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Business Administration
  • Congress
  • Counterterrorism
  • Department Of Homeland Security
  • Detection
  • Detectors
  • Emergency Response
  • Employment
  • Homeland Security
  • Information Systems
  • Management Personnel
  • National Security
  • Organizational Structure
  • Personnel Management
  • Test And Evaluation
  • Undocumented Noncitizens
  • Warning Systems

Readers

  • Cybersecurity.
  • Economics
  • Strategic Security Studies

Technology Areas

  • Cyber