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Understanding the Department of Homeland Security discusses why the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) --the largest and the newest department of government--was established and then takes a detailed look at the role of the 22 different federal departments and agencies that were incorporated into it. DHS has more than 240,000 employees in jobs that range from aviation and border security to emergency response, from cybersecurity analyst to chemical facility inspector. Its duties are wide-ranging, but the goal is clear--keeping America safe.Features:An analytical look at the Department of Homeland Security and all its component agencies.A list of all the major homeland security incidents over the last 100 years.About the Series:The Cabinet Series looks at the major departments in the Federal Government explaining why they were created and the responsibilities of each agency and how they conduct their daily business at home and abroad.
About the Author
Don Philpott is the former editor of International Homeland Security Journal and has been writing, reporting, and broadcasting on international events, trouble spots, and major news stories for over forty years. For twenty years he was a senior correspondent with Press Association--Reuters, the wire service, and traveled the world on assignments, including Northern Ireland, Lebanon, Israel, South Africa, and Asia.
Formerly editor of Homeland Defense Journal, he writes for magazines and newspapers in the United States and Europe and is a regular contributor to radio and television programs on security and other issues. He is the author of more than 200 books on a wide range of subjects and has had more than five thousand articles printed in publications around the world. His most recent books are Integrated Physical Security Handbook,Securing Our Schools, and Is America Safe? He is also a coauthor of The Wounded Warrior Handbook and Workplace Violence Mitigation. He has also written more than 60 books on food, drink and travel.
Born in the United Kingdom, he is now an American citizen working out of Orlando, Florida.
He is President of the Wekiva Wilderness Trust, an instructor with the University of Florida's Florida Master Naturalist program, a Florida Master Gardener and a certified interpretive guide.
