Individual Project

Weekly tasks or assignments (Individual or Group Projects) will be due by Monday and late submissions will be assigned a late penalty in accordance with the late penalty policy found in the syllabus. NOTE: All submission posting times are based on midnight Central Time.

Research or Information Paper

For this assignment, you will write an information paper to the director. You must address the following elements:

• Identify at least 3 primary U.S. laws that established the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), and direct the department in its operations.
• Provide a brief description of these laws as they apply to the DHS.
• Identify at least 3 HSPDs that are related to the identified laws, and define the nature of this relationship.
• Provide an analysis of how these laws guided the development of the National Homeland Security Strategy (NHSS).

Please submit your assignment.

For assistance with your assignment, please use your text, Web resources, and all course materials.

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