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Executive Orders
"(EO-11051) Prescribing Responsibilities of the Office of Emergency Planning in the Executive Office of the President " 09/27/1962
"(EO-12333) United States Intelligence Activities" 08/27/2004
"(EO-12472) Assignment of National Security and Emergency Preparedness Telecommunications Functions" 03/27/1978
"(EO-12656) Assignment of Emergency Preparedness Responsibilities " 11/18/1988
"(EO-12829) National Industrial Security Program" 01/06/1993
"(EO-12864) United States Advisory Council on the National Information" 09/15/1993
"(EO-12893) Principles for Federal Infrastructure Investments" 01/26/1994
"(EO-12902) Energy Efficiency and Water Conservation at Federal Facilities" 03/18/1994
"(EO-12919) National Defense Industrial Resources Preparedness" 06/03/1994
"(EO-12947) Prohibiting Transactions With Terrorists Who Threaten To Disrupt the Middle East Process" 01/23/1995
"(EO-12977) Security of Federal Facilities " 10/19/1995
"(EO-13010) Critical Infrastructure Protection " 07/15/1996
"(EO-13025) Amendment to Executive Order 13010, the President's Commission on Critical Infrastructure Protection" 11/13/1996
"(EO-13041) Further Amendment to Executive Order 13010, as Amended" 04/03/1997
"(EO-13064) Further Amendment to Executive Order 13010, as Amended, Critical Infrastructure Protection" 10/11/1997
"(EO-13074) Amendment to Executive Order 12656" 02/09/1998
"(EO-13077) Further Amendment to Executive Order 13010, Critical Infrastructure Protection " 03/10/1998
"(EO-13099) Prohibiting Transactions With Terrorists Who Threaten To Disrupt the Middle East Process: Annex to Executive Order 12947" 08/20/1998
"(EO-13128) Implementation of the Chemical Weapons Convention and the Chemical Weapons Convention Implementation Act " 06/25/1999
"(EO-13130) National Infrastructure Assurance Council " 07/14/1999
"(EO-13151) Global Disaster Information Network " 04/27/2000
"(EO-13228) Establishing the Office of Homeland Security and the Homeland Security Council " 10/10/2001
"(EO-13231) Critical Infrastructure Protection in the Information Age " 10/16/2001
"(EO-13234) Presidential Task Force on Citizen Preparedness in the War on Terrorism " 11/09/2001
"(EO-13260) Establishing the President's Homeland Security Advisory Council and Senior Advisory Committees for Homeland Security " 03/19/2002
"(EO-13273) Further Amending Executive Order 10173, as Amended, Prescribing Regulations Relating to the Safeguarding of Vessels, Harbors, Ports, and Waterfront Facilities of the United States " 08/21/2002
"(EO-13284) Amendment of Executive Orders, and Other Actions, in Connection With the Establishment of the Department of Homeland Security " 01/23/2003
"(EO-13286) Amendment of Executive Orders, and Other Actions, in Connection With the Transfer of Certain Functions to the Secretary of Homeland Security " 02/28/2003
"(EO-13287) Preserve America" 03/03/2003
"(EO-13302) Amending Executive Order 13212, Actions to Expedite Energy-Related Projects " 05/15/2003
"Executive Order National Counterterrorism Center" 08/27/2004
"Executive Order: Blocking Property of Certain Persons Who Threaten Stabilization Efforts in Iraq" 07/17/2007
"Executive Order: Blocking Property of Persons Undermining the Sovereignty of Lebanon or Its Democratic Processes and Institutions " 08/02/2007
"Executive Order: Blocking Property of Weapons of Mass Destruction Proliferators and Their Supporters" 06/29/2005
"Executive Order: Improving Agency Disclosure of Information" 12/14/2005
"Executive Order: Interpretation of the Geneva Conventions Common Article 3 as Applied to a Program of Detention and Interrogation Operated by the Central Intelligence Agency" 07/20/2007
"Executive Order: Strengthening Processes Relating to Determining Eligibility for Access to Classified National Security Information" 06/28/2005
"Guidelines and Requirements in Support of the Information Sharing Environment" 12/16/2005
Homeland Security Presidential Directives
"Department Of Homeland Security Releases Interim National Preparedness Goal" 03/31/2005
"Department of Homeland Security June 2002" 2003
"Fact Sheet: HSPD 14: Domestic Nuclear Detection Office (DNDO)" 04/2005
"Homeland Security Presidential Directive 1 (HSPD-1)" 10/29/2001
"Homeland Security Presidential Directive 10 (HSPD-10)" 04/27/2004
"Homeland Security Presidential Directive 11 (HSPD-11)" 08/27/2004
"Homeland Security Presidential Directive 12 (HSPD-12)" 08/27/2004
"Homeland Security Presidential Directive 13 (HSPD-13)" 12/21/2004
"Homeland Security Presidential Directive 14 (HSPD-14)" 04/15/2005
"Homeland Security Presidential Directive 18 (HSPD-18)" 01/31/2007
"Homeland Security Presidential Directive 19 (HSPD-19)" 02/12/2007
"Homeland Security Presidential Directive 2 (HSPD-2)" 10/29/2001
"Homeland Security Presidential Directive 20 (HSPD-20)" 05/09/2007
"Homeland Security Presidential Directive 21 (HSPD-21)" 10/18/2007
"Homeland Security Presidential Directive 3 (HSPD-3)" 03/12/2002
"Homeland Security Presidential Directive 4 (HDPD-4) (unclassified)" 12/11/2002
"Homeland Security Presidential Directive 5 (HSPD-5)" 02/28/2003
"Homeland Security Presidential Directive 6 (HSPD-6)" 09/16/2003
"Homeland Security Presidential Directive 7 (HSPD-7)" 12/17/2003
"Homeland Security Presidential Directive 8 (HSPD-8)" 12/17/2003
"Homeland Security Presidential Directive 9 (HSPD-9)" 01/30/2004
"National Response Plan (NRP)" 12/01/2004
"National Response Plan (NRP) Notice of Change" 05/26/2006
"National Response Plan (NRP) Quick Reference Guide" 05/26/2006
"President Signs Legislation to Aid Terrorism Victims" 2001
"Summary of Homeland Security Presidential Directives (HSPD)" 04/2005
"The Department of Homeland Security" 06/2002
Presidential Decision Directives
"Critical Infrastructure Protection (PDD/NSC-63) " 05/22/1998
"National Preparedness Guidance" 05/03/2005
"Protection Against Unconventional Threats to the Homeland and Americans Overseas (PDD-62 Classified)" 05/22/1998
Public Law - US Code
"Fact Sheet: The Protect America Act of 2007" 08/06/2007
"Homeland Security Education Act" 12/11/2001
"Homeland Security: Regulations Implementing the Support Anti-Terrorism by Fostering Effective Technologies Act of 2002 (SAFETY Act); Interim Rule" 10/16/2003
"National Maritime Security Initiatives" 10/22/2003
"National Security Agency Act of 1959" 1959
"Procedures for Handling Critical Infrastructure Information" 09/01/2006
"Public Health Security and Bioterrorism Preparedness and Response Act of 2002" 01/23/2002
"Registration of Food Facilities Under the Public Health Security and Bioterrorism Preparedness and Response Act of 2002 " 10/10/2003
"Safe Port Act (H.R. 4954" 09/28/2006
"USA PATRIOT Improvement and Reauthorization Act of 2005" 03/09/2006
"USA Patriot Act" 10/24/2001
"Unified Agenda of Federal Regulatory and Deregulatory Actions" 03/07/2007
Strategies
" Real Security: The Democratic Plan to Protect America and Restore Our Leadership in the World" 03/29/2006
"Fact Sheet: Combating Terrorism Worldwide" 08/06/2007
"Fact Sheet: Implementation of the National Strategy for Pandemic Influenza: Six-Month Status Report" 12/17/2006
"Fact Sheet: National Strategy for Homeland Security (2007)" 10/09/2007
"Fact Sheet: National Strategy for Information Sharing" 10/31/2007
"Fact Sheet: The President's National Security Strategy " 03/16/2006
"Fact Sheet: The President's National Strategy for Combating Terrorism " 09/05/2006
"Fact Sheet: The Terrorist Threat to the U.S. Homeland" 07/17/2007
"Guidelines for Homeland Security: Prevention and Deterrence" 06/2003
"In Focus: Homeland Security" 10/2006
"In Focus: Hurricane Katrina - Rebuilding the Gulf Coast Region" 08/29/2007
"In Focus: Immigration" 06/01/2007
"Integrated Power: A National Security Strategy For The 21st Century" 06/08/2005
"Interim National Infrastructure Protection Plan (NIPP)" 02/2005
"Joint Field Office (JFO) Field Operations Guide (FOG)" 06/2006
"Legal Authorities Supporting The Activities Of The National Security Agency Described By The President" 01/19/2006
"NSPD 41/HSPD 13 National Strategy for Maritime Security Supporting Plans" 04/28/2006
"National Defense Strategy of the United States of America" 03/18/2005
"National Infrastructure Protection Plan (NIPP)" 06/30/2006
"National Infrastructure Protection Plan (NIPP) Executive Summary" 06/30/2006
"National Infrastructure Protection Plan (NIPP) Sector Overiview" 06/30/2006
"National Infrastructure Protection Plan (NIPP) [V 1.0 draft]" 11/07/2005
"National Infrastructure Protection Plan (NIPP) [V 2.0 Revised draft]" 01/23/2006
"National Security Strategy of the United States of America (2002)" 09/17/2002
"National Security Strategy of the United States of America (2006)" 03/16/2006
"National Strategy for Combating Terrorism (2003)" 02/2003
"National Strategy for Combating Terrorism (2006)" 09/05/2006
"National Strategy for Homeland Security (2002)" 07/2002
"National Strategy for Homeland Security (2007)" 10/09/2007
"National Strategy for Maritime Security" 09/20/2005
"National Strategy for the Physical Protection of Critical Infrastructures and Key Assets" 02/2003
"National Strategy to Combat Weapons of Mass Destruction" 12/2002
"National Strategy to Secure Cyberspace" 02/2003
"Policies In Focus: Homeland Security" 2007
"Policies in Focus: Revitalizing National Defense" 08/03/2007
"Procedures for Handling Critical Infrastructure Information; Proposed Rule" 04/15/2003
"Securing Our Homeland: The DHS Strategic Plan" 02/24/2004
"Statewide Template Initiative - Homeland Security Advisory Council" 03/2003
"Strategic Budgeting: Risk Management Principles Can Help DHS Allocate Resources to Highest Priorities" 06/29/2005
"U.S. National Space Policy" 10/06/2006
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