Author: Yvonne D. Jones
Publisher: DIANE Publishing
Keywords: eeo, barriers, workplace, congressional, testimony, address, identify, employment, opportunity, dhs, opportunities, equal
Number of Pages: 12
Published: 2010-10
ISBN-10: 1437924298
ISBN-13: 9781437924299

Discusses the Dept. of Homeland Security's (DHS) efforts to identify and address barriers to equal employment opportunity (EEO) in its workforce. Since its inception in March 2003, DHS has faced a number of challenges, one of which is effectively and strategically managing its large workforce (about 216,000 employees) to respond to current and emerging 21st century issues. This testimony discusses: (1) the extent to which DHS has taken steps to identify barriers to EEO in the workplace; (2) efforts DHS has taken to address identified barriers and what progress has been reported; and (3) how DH

Author: Thomas W. Essig
Publisher: DIANE Publishing
Keywords: workforce, acquisition, meet, mission, needs, ensure, needed, homeland, security, strategic, approach, department
Number of Pages: 46
Published: 2009-05-01
ISBN-10: 143791182X
ISBN-13: 9781437911824

The Dept. of Homeland Security (DHS) is one of the largest procurement spending agencies in the federal govżt. In FY 2007, DHS obligated $12 billion for a wide range of goods and services to meet mission needs. Like other fed. agencies, DHS has faced challenges in building and sustaining a capable workforce to support its acquisitions. This report: identifies and assesses DHS's efforts to build and sustain an effective acquisition workforce, and determines the extent to which DHS has planned strategically for the acquisition workforce. To conduct the work, the author collected and reviewed da

Author: Stephen L. Caldwell (au)
Publisher: DIANE Publishing
Keywords: infrastructure, overlaps, gaps, activities, address, security, designed, protection, dhs, action, critical, identify
Number of Pages: 29
Published: 2011-08
ISBN-10: 1437987907
ISBN-13: 9781437987904

This report reviews the Department of Homeland Security's (DHS) framework for securing critical infrastructure and key resources (CIKR), and subsequent agency comments. The report provides information on: (1) how DHS coordinates with CIKR stakeholders to identify overlaps and gaps in CIKR security activities across all sectors; (2) how DHS addresses these potential overlaps in CIKR security activities; and (3) how DHS addresses CIKR security gaps. Charts and tables. This is a print on demand edition of an important, hard-to-find publication.

Author: Robert N. Goldenkoff
Publisher: DIANE Publishing
Keywords: background, check, investigations, redundant, eliminate, security, dhs, efforts, transportation
Number of Pages: 52
Published: 2007-08
ISBN-10: 1422317102
ISBN-13: 9781422317105

Since 9/11, the fed. govżt. has taken steps to ensure that transportation workers are screened to ensure that they do not pose a security risk. However, the number of Dept. of Homeland Security (DHS) background check programs has raised concerns that such workers may be subject to redundant background check programs. The Security & Accountability for Every Port Act required a study of those DHS background check programs similar to the one required of truck drivers to obtain a hazardous material endorsement. For this study, the author examined DHS background check programs to identify: potenti

Author: Stephen L. Caldwell
Publisher: DIANE Publishing
Keywords: protection, infrastructure, emphasis, risk, resilience, increased, management, plan, update, national, critical, includes
Number of Pages: 48
Published: 2011-02
ISBN-10: 1437931839
ISBN-13: 9781437931839

According to the Dept. of Homeland Security (DHS), there are thousands of facilities in the U.S. that if destroyed by a disaster could cause casualties, econ. losses, or disruptions to national security. DHS issued the Nat. Infrastructure Protection Plan (NIPP) in June 2006 to provide the approach for integrating the nation's critical infrastructure and key resources. This report studied DHS's Jan. 2009 revisions to the NIPP in light of a debate over whether DHS has emphasized protection rather than resilience. The report discusses: (1) how the 2009 NIPP changed compared to the 2006 NIPP; and

Author: David A. Powner
Publisher: DIANE Publishing
Keywords: disruptions, response, converged, voice, networks, data, planning, integrate, protection, infrastructure, further, efforts, needed, critical
Number of Pages: 27
Published: 2009-02
ISBN-10: 143790713X
ISBN-13: 9781437907131

Technological advances have led to an increasing convergence of previously separate networks used to transmit voice and data commun. Such interconnectivity poses significant challenges to our nation¿s ability to respond to major disruptions. Two oper. centers -- managed by the Dept. of Homeland Security (DHS) -- plan for and monitor disruptions on voice and data networks. In Sept. 2007, a DHS task force made 3 recommendations toward establishing an integrated operations center that DHS agreed to adopt. To determine the status of efforts to establish this center, this report reviewed documenta

Author: David A. Powner
Publisher: DIANE Publishing
Keywords: first, learned, cyber, storm, exercise, lessons, address, protection, infrastructure, dhs, needs, fully, critical
Number of Pages: 39
Published: 2009-03-01
ISBN-10: 1437909884
ISBN-13: 9781437909883

The Dept. of Homeland Security (DHS) is the focal point for the security of cyberspace. DHS is required to coordinate cyber attack exercises to strengthen public and private incident response capabilities. One major exercise program, called Cyber Storm, is a large-scale simulation of multiple concurrent cyber attacks involving the fed. govżt., states, foreign govżts., and private industry. DHS has conducted Cyber Storm exercises in 2006 and 2008. This report: (1) identifies the lessons that DHS learned from the first Cyber Storm exercise; (2) assesses DHSżs efforts to address the lessons le