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Department of Homeland Security Jobs
The official mission of the relatively young Department of Homeland Security is: "We will lead the unified national effort to secure America.
Within the umbrella of DHS, there are positions within the Department itself, and also within other related organizations. Below are the departments within DHS itself:
- Office of the Secretary: supports the overall DHS mission
- Directorate for National Protection and Programs: the risk-reduction specialists
- Directorate for Management: Human Resources, IT, budgeting and procurement-these are the people who make sure everything is in place so that DHS can be effective
- Directorate for Science and Technology (S&T): research and development of the tools protection officials need
- Office of Intelligence and Analysis: compiling and analyzing information
- Office of Inspector General: detection and prevention of fraud, waste and abuse
Agencies within DHS
- Citizenship and Immigration Services
- Customs and Border Protection - Border Patrol
- FEMA
- Transportation Security Administration
- Secret Service
