Department of Defense The Department of Defense is an executive branch department of the federal government of the United States that works with coordinating and supervising all agencies and functions of the government that deal with national security and the US Armed Forces. The DoD is the largest employer in the world with more than two million employees involved in various careers. Throughout this paper I will discuss what exactly is the Department of Defense and why it was created. The Department
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The Secretary of Transportation is the head of the Department of Transportation (DOT)‚ an agency of the federal government that is responsible for overseeing the national interests‚ development‚ and infrastructure needs regarding transportation throughout the entire country. The department was created in 1966 under the leadership of President Lyndon Johnson after conflict arose between the Defense Department and the Federal Aviation Agency over regulations on supersonic aircraft. With this new
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The U.S. Department of Education is an agency set up by the federal government to establish policies and regulations for administrators‚ and coordinates many federal aids to education. It assists the president in executing his educational policies. The Department of Education purpose is to assist America’s student’s‚ and to make sure everyone has equal access to education. When congress passed the public law in 1979 creating the Department of Education it also declared these purposes; to strengthen
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13 Domestic Cabinet Departments 1.) U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) – responsibilities include farming‚ agricultural products‚ food stamps‚ and anti-poverty programs‚ and conservation and natural resource protection. The inspectors of this department are responsible for the safety of the nation’s food supply. 2.) U.S. Department of Commerce- responsible for everything we buy and sell‚ they regulate everything from foreign trade to fishing to the granting of patents‚ they oversee programs
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The specific agency operating under The Department of Homeland Security I choose to research was the United States Secret Service. The USSS is a federal law enforcement agency that was operated under the US Department of Treasury before it was adopted by the department of Homeland Security. Many people‚ including myself up until now‚ just think that the Secret Service is the US Presidents personal guard. They have much more responsibility then that. Other then the President‚ they also provide security
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against America‚ the U.S. Department of Homeland Security mission involved defending against terrorism‚ safeguarding the borders‚ imposing immigration rulings‚ developing readiness for reaction to and resurgence from tragedies within the U.S. territories. The Homeland Security Act of 2002 was ratified to assist the Department of Homeland Security in assimilating several agencies which integrates twenty-two government bureaus into a single organization. The burdens of the Department of Homeland Security
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The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) was established by this act of parliament: Homeland security Act of 2002. It was created to consolidate the US executive branch agencies linked to the security of the homeland‚ into a one cabinet department. It resulted into partnership of 22 agencies into one new and autonomous department. After the investigations of 9/11‚ the republican government under the presidency of George W. Bush came up with measures to solve the shortcomings of national security
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Jackson March 16‚ 2015 After the attacks of September 11‚ 2001‚ the United States system went through a change in reforming government agencies to protect the American borders against any threats. The government established the Department of Homeland Security‚ which mission is to protect America borders against external or internal threats that could potential cause harm in our nation. Since the Department of Homeland Security continues improving the national security protection of this nation
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One of the major responsibilities the President is known to have would be that of protecting the people. The Department of Homeland Security was established in response to the biggest terrorist attack on U.S. soil on September 11‚ 2001. This attack sparked the nation and caused fear among citizens as well as opening eyes of the government to how much stronger the security level had to be in the country. U.S. officials began to reconstruct the Office of Homeland Security once they recognized their
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References: • Healthcare Information Management Systems: Cases‚ Strategies and Solutions 3rd Edition - Marion J. Ball‚ Charlotte A. Weaver and Joan M. Kiel • http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/9790339 The Department of Veterans Affairs ’ NSQIP: the first national‚ validated‚ outcome-based‚ risk-adjusted‚ and peer-controlled program for the measurement and enhancement of the quality of surgical care. National VA Surgical Quality Improvement Program. Khuri SF
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