MIS Case Study: Ch. 7 Database Woes Plague Homeland Security and Law Enforcement 1. It is important to connect as much of the data in many of the federal‚ state‚ and local information systems because it will help stop future attacks and events to happen to the United States. After September 11‚ the federal government created a new cabinet called the homeland security. The cabinet has a database of thousands of federal‚ state and local organizations. They collect as much of the information
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Dennis Viera Environmental Science Frey Aftermath of Hurricane Katrina On August 23rd the United States National Hurricane Center broadcasted a report saying that Tropical Depression 12’ had formed over the south eastern Bahamas. The next day it was upgraded to Tropical Storm Katrina’‚ and unfortunately following that‚ upgraded to the fourth hurricane for the year 2005. Hurricane Katrina was overall classified as a Category 5 with wind speeds up to 175mph; devastating effects followed
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During the Hurricane Katrina in 2005‚ it is believed that leaders decided to blow up the levees to save the cities and places that brought in the most money and instead try to direct the water towards the wetlands and marshlands. There are different ideas regarding this topic. It is said that leaders promised restitution to the people who would lose their homes. Many people heard explosions and reported it. Officials said they were transformers blowing up. There is more evidence that the levees were
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communities have lost faith in the police department due to the community feeling as though they use excessive force‚ without assessing the situation before exerting lethal force. The fact that there has not been justice
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How did homeland security R&D funding change immediately after the September 11th‚ 2001 terrorist attacks occurred‚ and how has it changed in the years since? To what do you attribute these changes? Research and development (R&D) has been one of the leading industries for all sectors because companies and organizations like the Department of Homeland Security realize investing in the development and research of new technologies and other improvements ultimately can help achieve the mission and drive
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Hot. Humid. In other words‚ the usual New Orleans summertime day. Now all the local media were buzzing with the new Katrina tracking information. Many people were going about their usual Saturday routines. Some were still oblivious to what was happening. Greg had the kids. I got up‚ cleaned the house‚ and washed all the clothes‚ so if we left (I hadn’t decided for sure yet)‚ I wouldn’t have to do it when we returned. I filled up at a nearby gas station and went shopping. There was an eerie feeling
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Federalism in Action Part One: The Storm 1. According to Frontline‚ what problems were caused by the following groups: The Local and state officials? was unprepared‚ uncoordinated and overwhelmed in dealing with the Hurricane Katrina disaster The U.S. military? The U.S Military was not used to working with civilians on a daily close bases and lacked proper guidance from Washington. FEMA? FEME was not prepared to handle such a large number of people-lacked assets and lacked
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Since Hurricane Katrina‚ the recovery work faced many challenges. After the storm with few days and because of the flooding which prevents the access to many parts of New Orleans it was very difficult to start the rescue missions. Financial‚ emotional and health elements made each Katrina survivor’s recuperation story diverse and every component made remarkable issues for those people and their families. Protection tricks and temporary worker extortion made numerous individuals watchful and wary
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The Department of Homeland Security’s mission statement‚ as noted on their website‚ is to protect our borders from the illegal movement of weapons‚ drugs‚ contraband‚ and people‚ while promoting lawful entry and exit‚ because it is essential to homeland security‚ economic prosperity‚ and national sovereignty. To enhance our nations’ border control and prevent the illegal entry of potential terrorist into our country‚ title V of the Intelligence Reform and Terrorism Prevention Act of 2004‚ IRTPA‚
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(Institutional Affiliation) Criticism to the Hurricane Katrina Response Framework Following the Hurricane Katrina landfall of August 2005; the greatest natural disaster in the history of the United States that claimed and destroyed myriads of lives there is a debate for criticism of roles of different stakeholders’ response. Federal Government Response President Bush allocated 10.5 billion US dollars of relief kitty four days within the hurricane‚ and assigned 7000 active troops to help with
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