Texas Homeland Security Alliance

About the Texas Homeland Security Alliance

The Alliance is a collaboration of companies and affiliates focused on generating business opportunities, technology solutions, corporate partnerships and an information exchange to address Homeland Security vulnerabilities and needs. Formed in 2002, the Alliance is currently serving 70 plus member companies and affiliate organizations. The active membership base includes companies that have products or services that address the needs of the Homeland Security Industry, Government Agencies and Support Organizations, Universities and Affiliate Associations. The Alliance’s efforts also include working directly with government representatives at the state and national level through an existing organized group of agencies and corporate experts established to identify the solutions needed to protect the infrastructure and citizens of the United States.

Building A Secure Homeland

The creation of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) is the most significant transformation of the U.S. government since 1947, when Harry S. Truman merged the various branches of the U.S. Armed Forces into the Department of Defense to better coordinate the nation's defense against military threats.

DHS represents a similar consolidation, both in style and substance. In the aftermath of the terrorist attacks against America on September 11th, 2001, President George W. Bush decided 22 previously disparate domestic agencies needed to be coordinated into one department to protect the nation against threats to the homeland.

The new department's first priority is to protect the nation against further terrorist attacks. Component agencies will analyze threats and intelligence, guard our borders and airports, protect our critical infrastructure, and coordinate the response of our nation for future emergencies.

Besides providing a better-coordinated defense of the homeland, DHS is also dedicated to protecting the rights of American citizens and enhancing public services, such as natural disaster assistance and citizenship services, by dedicating offices to these important missions.

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Threat Advisory Level - Homeland Security

The Homeland Security Advisory System is a means to disseminate information regarding the risk of terrorist acts to federal, state, and local authorities and to the American people.

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Code of Ethic (Downloadable)

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