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The homeland security bureaucracy. Eli Lehrer.
Public Interest Summer 2004 i156 p71(15)

Instructions: Locate this article by visiting http://www.infotrac-college.com and entering "homeland security bureaucracy" as Keyword search terms, and then answer the following questions.

1. What three functions are the "essentials" of homeland security?



2. What are the four main directorates of the Department of Homeland Security, and what are the basic functions of each?



3. How does the example of FEMA illustrate changes and multiple tasks of agencies under the DHS?



4. How has DHS and the Bush administration failed to adequately fund state and local police efforts?



5. What have been the Department of Homeland Security’s successes and failures so far?




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