Visit
here for the
official
website of the U.S Department of Homeland Security (DHS).
The Department of Homeland Security offers the DHS
Daily Open Source
Infrastructure Report, which is collected each business day
as a summary of
open-source published information concerning significant critical
infrastructure issues.
The
White House's efforts to promote Homeland
Security are listed here including
fact sheets, blog
posts, strategies to combat terrorism, and relevant reports.
The
full Homeland Security Act can be referenced here.
A summary
can of the Homeland Security Act can be found here
along with summaries of other acts that were passed following September
11,
2001.
ANSER operates a
federally
funded research and development center on behalf of the DHS.
The Heritage
Foundation provides
insight and analysis into current homeland security
strategy and practices.
The Homeland
Security Policy Institute at
George Washington University provides expertise, analysis, and
testimony on key homeland security issues, including numerous
publications.
Many
major news outlets have dedicated pages for homeland security
reporting and analysis including the New
York Times, ABC
News,
and NPR.
Some sites are dedicated to homeland security news, such as Homeland Security
Network and Homeland
Security News Wire
The Select
Committee on Homeland Security provides
Congressional oversight for the U.S. Department of Homeland Security.
It has
six subcommittees dedicated to subsets in the Committee's jurisdiction.
Quadrennial
Homeland Security Review (QHSR) outlines
the strategic framework to guide the activities of participants in
homeland
security toward a common end. The most recent report was released in
2014.
National
Infrastructure Protection Plan provides a framework, which
integrates
efforts to secure and enhance the safety of critical American
infrastructure.
The most recent report was released in 2013.
The Federation
of American Scientists keeps an updated archive of Congressional
Research Service Reports on Homeland Security.
The Homeland Security Digital
Library (HSDL) is a collection
of documents related to homeland security policy, strategy, and
organizational
management. The HSDL is sponsored by the U.S. Department of Homeland
Security.
The U.S.
Government Accountability Office (GAO)
releases reports and testimonies about homeland security issues.
Preparing Your Home, Family, and Business for Terrorist Attacks, by US Representative Robert Pittenger is a beginner's handbook to preparing for terrorism.
Terrorism and other criminal activity in the homeland is often thwarted when suspicious activity is reported.US-CERT offers a complete list of tips for non-technical computer users to handle common security issues.
The US Customs and Border Protection website offers a few handbooks and reports here.
The Homeland Security Advisory Council released the Interim Report of the CBP Integrity Advisory Panel in 2015, which assesses the US Custom and Border Protection's transparency, use of force, and efforts to combat corruption. Border Security: Immigration Enforcement Between Ports of Entry is a report that analyzes trends in illegal border flows and the state of border security. See here for President Obama's plan to handle immigration and border security.