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Resilience

DHS works with all levels of government, the private and nonprofit sectors, and individual citizens to make our nation more resilient to acts of terrorism, cyber attacks, pandemics, and catastrophic natural disasters.

  • DHS Adoption of Environmental Impact Statements for St. Elizabeths Campus

    In compliance with the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA), DHS has adopted two Environmental Impact Statements (EISs) prepared by the General Services Administration (GSA)  for activities at the St. Elizabeth’s campus.  Dr. Teresa R. Pohlman, Executive Director of Sustainability and Environmental Programs, approved the adoption of the EISs on March 30, 2016.  The complete EISs are available on the project website.

  • DHS Grant Review Task Force Membership List

    In November 2014, Secretary of Homeland Security Jeh Johnson directed his Homeland Security Advisory Council to form the DHS Grant Review Task Force in order to assess preparedness grant program effectiveness. The Task Force will be shifting the focus from how much funding needs to be provided in different areas, to a focus on what that funding should be used for. The Task Force will consider the National Preparedness Goal to address the outcomes that the grants process is intended to achieve, the mechanisms that are best suited to achieving the desired outcomes, as well as levels of approach.

  • Plan to Develop a Tribal Consultation and Coordination Policy

    DHS Plan to Develop a Tribal Consultation and Coordination Policy Implementing Executive Order 13175

  • DRAFT Revised NEPA Implementing Procedures - Instruction Manual 023-01-001-01, Rev.01 (June 2014)

    DRAFT Revised NEPA Implementing Procedures - Instruction Manual 023-01-001-01, Rev.01 (June 2014)

  • Homeland Security Advisory Council Meeting, October 17, 2011

    Homeland Security Advisory Council Meeting, October 17, 2011 Executive Summary

  • Homeland Security Advisory Council Public Meeting, December 1 2016 Notes

    The meeting of the Homeland Security Advisory Council (HSAC) was convened from 1:30 p.m. to 3:18 p.m. in the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars, Washington, D.C. The meeting was open to members of the public under the provisions of the Federal Advisory Committee Act (FACA), P.L. 92-463 and 5 U.S.C. § 552b.

  • HSAC Meeting Notes, December 01, 2016

    The meeting of the Homeland Security Advisory Council (HSAC) was convened from 1:30 p.m. to 3:18 p.m. in the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars, Washington, D.C.  The meeting was open to members of the public under the provisions of the Federal Advisory Committee Act (FACA), P.L. 92-463 and 5 U.S.C. § 552b.

  • Directive 023-01, Rev 01 and Instruction Manual 023-01-001-01, Rev 01 and CATEX Administrative Record

    Implementing the National Environmental Policy Act

  • Loaned Executive Program Assignment Announcement for Senior Advisor, Disaster Resilience, S&T

    The U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) seeks to bring in one or more loaned executive(s) to advise the Science and Technology Directorate (S&T) Support to the Homeland Security Enterprise and First Responders Group on disaster resilience for flood causes and mitigation. The loaned executive(s) will report directly to the Director of the First Responders Group and will advise on industry best practices, current DHS internal processes, and improved stakeholder engagement to include international natural disaster resilience issues.

  • National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA)

    National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA)