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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Airport Security I chose airport security for my social change project. Lately airports are having many problems dealing with their security. I chose this social issue because I think that it is a very big problem right now. People need to be informed about facts and statistics and we need to do something about this issue. Before I started doing research I knew that September 11‚ 2001 played a big role in the change of airport security. Statistics prove that 9/11 caused a major change. Recently
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important function of all airline carriers within the United States and throughout the world. Therefore‚ the Transportation Security Administration is an agency of the United States department of Homeland Security that has the authority over the security of the traveling public in the United States. The purpose of the Transportation Security Administration is to ensure that airline carriers meet and operate at a safe level. The Transportation Security Administration is a very importation part of the aerospace
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2012 The terrorist attacks in the United States of America on September 11‚ 2001‚ have catapult national security as the top priority issue for the United States government at all levels. Since then‚ numerous legislatives and government regulations have been developed to ensure security is implemented to protect the American public and businesses. Amongst the newly introduced legislatives‚ several regulations have been introduced with a special emphasis on the security of containerized port operation
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Tougher Airport Security Is Necessary Hundreds of millions of people enter the United States each year—including 87 million by air. That’s a big customer-service challenge. Meanwhile‚ there exists a big amount of unsafe factors to threaten the security of this nation. Therefore‚ an airport security officer’s job is not only to move passengers quickly and smoothly through immigration and customer‚ but also to keep threats out of the country. In my opinion‚ the strict airport security is necessary and
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The Issue police departments are facing major issues‚ in today’s society. Police departments are greatly understaffed‚ and sadly they fail to meet there recruitment quota. Money is the main sources of issues we face in America. If money is scarce in certain regions‚ then some police officers are willing to pack up and move to areas where they may pay more. Quite frankly I see this issue as being something good. For example‚ the job of a police officer is very risky. They stand the chance of losing
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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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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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Evolution of Airline Security in the United States Mike Matthews Survey of Criminal Justice 1010 Mark Sundermeir Written Assignment #2 3 / 13 / 12 Abstract The purpose of this paper is to track the evolution of the system of airline security in the United States. A major turning point in Americas system of airline security was the terrorist attack on September 11‚ 2001. It is important to understand the history of airline security before 9/11 to then see how terrorists
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UNITED STATES AND CANADA AND MEXICO BORDER Border Patrol focus has been detection‚ apprehension and/or deterrence of terrorists and terrorist weapons (Securing America’s Borders). 2011). The duties and responsibilities of the Border Patrol is one of the most important jobs and it is to detect and prevent the entry of illegal immigrants‚ terrorists‚ and smugglers into the United States. The amount of travellers that come through the United States‚ the trade that the United States engage in‚ and
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