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Departments (16)
Administration for Strategic Preparedness and Response Reorganizing
The HHS agency that prepares for pandemics, bioterrorism, and disasters and manages the Strategic National Stockpile
Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service
The USDA agency that guards American livestock and crops against pests and diseases and enforces the Animal Welfare Act
Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement
The Interior Department agency that inspects offshore oil and gas operations and enforces safety and spill prevention rules
Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency
The DHS agency that defends federal civilian networks and helps protect the nation's critical infrastructure from cyber and physical threats
DHS Science and Technology Directorate
The Homeland Security research arm that develops and tests technology for border, transportation, cyber, and biodefense missions
National Weather Service
The NOAA agency that issues the nation's official weather forecasts, watches, and warnings
Office of Community Planning and Development
The HUD office that runs Community Development Block Grants, HOME, disaster recovery grants, and homelessness programs
Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration
The Transportation Department agency that regulates oil and gas pipeline safety and the shipment of hazardous materials
Strategic Petroleum Reserve
The government's emergency stockpile of crude oil, stored in salt caverns on the Gulf Coast
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Reorganizing
The national public health agency: outbreak detection, immunization, disease surveillance, and the data behind them
The Federal Emergency Management Agency Reorganizing
The agency that coordinates the federal response to disasters and pays for much of the recovery
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
The weather forecast, the hurricane center, the fisheries, the nautical charts, and the satellites that watch the planet
The U.S. Forest Service
The agency that manages 193 million acres of national forests and fights most of the nation's wildfires
The United States Coast Guard
A military service, a law enforcement agency, and a maritime regulator at once, housed in Homeland Security
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
The Army command that builds military facilities and runs the nation's navigation channels, flood control works, and dams
U.S. Geological Survey
The Interior Department's science agency for maps, water, earthquakes, volcanoes, minerals, and the land itself
Agencies (2)
National Transportation Safety Board
The independent agency that investigates aviation, rail, highway, marine, and pipeline accidents and recommends safety improvements
U.S. Chemical Safety and Hazard Investigation Board
The small independent agency that investigates industrial chemical accidents and recommends ways to prevent them
Processes (3)
Continuity of Government
The plans, laws, and secret facilities designed to keep the federal government functioning if a catastrophe kills or incapacitates its leaders
Disaster Declarations
How a governor's request and a President's signature release federal aid after hurricanes, floods, fires, and other disasters
Supplemental Appropriations
Additional spending bills passed during the fiscal year for needs not covered by regular appropriations, such as disasters, wars, and economic emergencies
Documents & Cases (1)
Homeland Security Act of 2002
The law that created the Department of Homeland Security by merging 22 agencies, the largest reorganization of the federal government since 1947
States & Local (2)
Governors
The elected chief executives of the fifty states, who propose budgets, sign or veto laws, command the National Guard, and lead in emergencies
The National Guard
The state-based reserve military forces that answer to governors in peacetime but can be called into federal service by the President
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