The Consequences to National Security of Jurisdictional Gray Areas Between Emergency Management and Homeland Security

The September 11, 2001, terrorist attack on United States (U.S.) soil memorialized as 9/11 served as the catalyst for major reforms in the federal government. Twenty-two agencies combined to form the Department of HomelandSecurity with a mission of preventing homeland attacks and reducing U.S. vulnerability to terrorism. Accomplishing this amalgamation has led Federal Emergency Management Agency supported emergency management disciplineprinciples and homeland security supported discipline p...