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www.fema.gov. The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) is an agency of the United States Department of Homeland Security (DHS), initially created under President Jimmy Carter by Presidential Reorganization Plan No. 3 of 1978 and implemented by two Executive Orders on April 1, 1979. [1] The agency's primary purpose is to coordinate the ...
The Northern Mariana Islands, officially the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands [b] (CNMI; Chamorro: Sankattan Siha Na Islas Mariånas; Carolinian: Commonwealth Téél Falúw kka Efáng llól Marianas), is an unincorporated territory and commonwealth of the United States consisting of 14 islands in the northwestern Pacific Ocean. [11]
The United States Department of Homeland Security (DHS) is the U.S. federal executive department responsible for public security, roughly comparable to the interior or home ministries of other countries. Its stated missions involve anti-terrorism, border security, immigration and customs, cyber security, and disaster prevention and management.
Saipan[2] (/ saɪˈpæn /) is the largest island and capital of the Northern Mariana Islands, a Territory of the United States in the western Pacific Ocean. According to 2020 estimates by the United States Census Bureau, the population of Saipan was 43,385. [3] Its people have been United States citizens since the 1980s.
Nancy L. Ward is the Director of the California Governor's Office of Emergency Services (Cal OES) and Homeland Security Adviser to the Governor of California. [2] [3] Previously, Ward served in the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) as the Regional Administrator for Region IX (which serves AZ, CA, Guam, HI, NV, CNMI, RMI, FSM and American Samoa) from 2006 until 2014. [4]
The Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands Department of Public Safety (DPS; Chamorro: Dipåttamentun Sinåfu' Pupbliku; Carolinian: Bwulasiyol Alillisil Toulap) is a law enforcement agency and firefighting agency of the Northern Mariana Islands. It is one of the CNMI executive agencies, and as of 2015 its commissioner is Robert A. Guerrero.
The United States secretary of homeland security is the head of the United States Department of Homeland Security, the federal department tasked with ensuring public safety in the United States. The secretary is a member of the Cabinet of the United States. The position was created by the Homeland Security Act following the attacks of September ...
Homeland security is an American national security term for "the national effort to ensure a homeland that is safe, secure, and resilient against terrorism and other hazards where American interests, aspirations, and ways of life can thrive" [1] to the "national effort to prevent terrorist attacks within the United States, reduce the vulnerability of the U.S. to terrorism, and minimize the ...