Missing Pieces in Homeland Security: Interagency Education, Assignments, and Professional Accreditation

Publication Date: October 2006

Publisher: Heritage Foundation (Washington, D.C.)

Author(s): James Jay Carafano

Research Area: Government

Keywords: Homeland defense; Homeland security; Education

Type: Brief

Coverage: United States

Abstract:

Congress created the Department of Homeland Security partly to lead a national effort of federal, state, and local governments, nongovernmental organizations, and the private sector, but building a core of homeland security professionals has hardly begun. Education, assignment, and accreditation are tools that can be applied to developing professionals for homeland security and other critical interagency national security activities.