Homeland Security

February 5, 2008, WASHINGTON, D.C. -- The Department of Homeland Security’'s (DHS) Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) today released the on-line IS-800.B National Response Framework (NRF), An Introduction training course. The NRF, which focuses on response and short-term recovery, articulates the doctrine, principles and architecture by which our nation prepares for and responds to all-hazard disasters across all levels of government and all sectors of communities.

Course Information: The course introduces participants to the concepts and principles of the NRF.    » read more »

February 4, 2008 -- President Bush’s fiscal year 2009 budget request for the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) represents $50.5 billion in funding, which is an increase of 6.8 percent over the 2008 fiscal year level – excluding funds provided in emergency supplemental funding. The request targets five areas that are essential to preserving freedom and privacy, meeting future challenges, and fulfilling our mission of securing America.

Continue to Protect Our Nation from Dangerous People    » read more »

February 4, 2008, Washington, D.C. -- Remarks by Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff at a Press Conference Regarding President Bush’s FY 2009 Budget for the Department of Homeland Security:

Secretary Chertoff: Well, good afternoon, everybody. Welcome. You know, we’re getting into the fourth and final year of the administration, but as those of us who remember last night recall, sometimes the most interesting stuff happens in the fourth quarter.    » read more »

January 22, 2008, WASHINGTON, D.C. -- The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) today released the National Response Framework (NRF), successor to the National Response Plan. The NRF, which focuses on response and short-term recovery, articulates the doctrine, principles and architecture by which our nation prepares for and responds to all-hazard disasters across all levels of government and all sectors of communities. The NRF is responsive to repeated Federal, State, local and private sector requests for a streamlined document that is less bureaucratic and more user-friendly.    » read more »

October 26, 2007, DENVER, Colo. -- The U.S. Department of Homeland Security's Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) has sent personnel and equipment from Denver to assist with wildfire response and recovery efforts in California.    » read more »

5-Sep-2007 -- "A hard rain's gonna fall..." So the Bob Dylan song went... but when rain and storm surges fall on lands protected by weak levees, this means trouble…big trouble. Hurricanes Katrina and Rita were devastating reminders of this frightening fact. How then can we limit trouble when a levee breaches or, better yet, prevent such a break from ever happening again"    » read more »

August 13, 2007 -- By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, including the Federal Vacancies Reform Act of 1998, 5 U.S.C. 3345, et seq., it is hereby ordered as follows:

Section 1. Section 88 of Executive Order 13286 of February 28, 2003 ("Amendment of Executive Orders, and Other Actions, in Connection With the Transfer of Certain Functions to the Secretary of Homeland Security"), is amended by striking the text of such section in its entirety and inserting the following in lieu thereof:

"Sec. 88. Order of Succession.    » read more »