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Updated September 24, 2024 Introduction Report Organization Programs with an Explicit School Safety or Security Purpose Grant Programs Student Support and Academic Enrichment (SSAE) Grants National Activities for School Safety [...]

Updated February 13, 2023 Paper money has officially been part of United States currency since the Continental Congress authorized a $2 note in June 1776. These first notes were designed [...]

Updated June 15, 2022 Contents Introduction Report Organization Programs with an Explicit School Safety or Security Purpose Grant Programs Student Support and Academic Enrichment (SSAE) Grants Project Advancing Wellness and [...]

Updated May 27, 2022 Introduction Report Organization Programs with an Explicit School Safety or Security Purpose Grant Programs Student Support and Academic Enrichment (SSAE) Grants Project Advancing Wellness and Resilience [...]

August 10, 2021 In the United States, more than 70 million students are enrolled in public elementary and secondary (K-12) schools or degree-granting postsecondary institutions. School and campus safety and [...]

January 23, 2020 Paper money has officially been part of United States currency since the Continental Congress authorized a $2 note in June 1776. These first notes were designed as [...]

Updated November 26, 2019 In 2001, in the wake of the terrorist attacks of September 11, 'homeland security' went from being a concept discussed among a relatively small cadre of [...]

Updated September 6, 2019 Introduction On September 6, Hurricane Dorian made landfall as a category 1 storm at Cape Hatteras, North Carolina. This Insight provides a brief overview of emergency [...]

Updated November 19, 2018 Introduction This Insight provides a brief overview of the major disaster declaration issued for the ongoing wildfires in California. It also provides links to selected CRS [...]

May 9, 2018 Introduction Congressional interest in K-12 public school security has increased following a number of recent school shootings. Even though public school security is primarily a state and [...]

Updated June 2, 2015 Contents Major Legislative Actions March 4-11, 2014--President's FY2015 Budget Request Submitted June 11, 2014--House Appropriations Committee Approves H.R. 4903 June 26, 2014--Senate Appropriations Committee Approves S. [...]

Updated May 19, 2015 Contents What Is Homeland Security? Homeland Security: Missions and Strategy The Budget and Security DHS Appropriations Homeland Security and the U.S. Intelligence Community Selected IC Issues [...]

Contents What Is Homeland Security? Homeland Security: Missions and Strategy The Budget and Security DHS Appropriations Homeland Security and the U.S. Intelligence Community Selected IC Issues with Homeland Security Implications [...]

In June 2014, The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) reported the second iteration of the Quadrennial Homeland Security Review (QHSR) to Congress. The QHSR is a 'comprehensive examination of the [...]

June 18, 2014 Summary The U.S. Secret Service has two missions--criminal investigations and protection. Criminal investigation activities have expanded since the inception of the Service from a small anticounterfeiting operation [...]

January 8, 2013 Summary Ten years after the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks, the U.S. government does not have a single definition for 'homeland security.' Currently, different strategic documents and [...]

Every four years, in January, the President-elect is sworn in as President of the United States. Presidential inauguration ceremonies are unique public events in the District of Columbia. The inauguration [...]

Contents Introduction U.S. Secret Service Missions Investigations Protection Historical Overview of USSS Statutes Investigation Mission Protection Mission Policy Questions Missions Organization Department of the Treasury's Mission Department of Homeland Security's [...]

Contents Introduction and Issue Evolution of the Homeland Security Concept Evolution of Homeland Security Strategic Documents Effects on Congressional Responsibilities Definitions and Missions as Part of Strategy Development Evolution of [...]