Five Things About Homeland Security That Nobody Is Discussing: #5

Jena McNeill / September 21, 2009

#5: Interagency Cooperation, The Missing Piece of the Puzzle

Eight years after the September 11 attacks, Congress has enacted legislation in order to keep America safe. They created the Department of Homeland Security not just to integrate the activities of over two dozen agencies and programs, but also to lead a national effort of federal, state, and local government as well as nongovernmental organizations and the private sector.

Yet building a core of homeland security professionals— an important homeland security task has been left unaddressed.

Heritage expert Jim Carafano explains:

Homeland security is a new core competence of government. The professionals that lead the effort must have three essential skills: (more…)