Defining Homeland Security: Analysis and Congressional Considerations Analyst in Emergency Management and Homeland Security Policy

Citation
Shawn Reese, Defining Homeland Security: Analysis and Congressional Considerations Analyst in Emergency Management and Homeland Security Policy (CRS Report R42462) (Apr. 3, 2012) (full-text).

Overview
This report discusses the evolution of national and DHS-specific homeland security strategic documents and their homeland security definitions and missions, and analyzes the policy question of how varied homeland security definitions and missions may affect the development of national homeland security strategy. This report, however, does not examine DHS implementation of strategy.