Getting Started Lesson (Week 1)

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Readings:

• The Getting Started Lesson (Module) content
• The entire Course Syllabus

Assignments:

• Self-introduction in the Discussion Forum
• Student Questionnaire Form
• Academic Integrity Statement
• Learning Style Discussion Forum
• Request your FEMA Student Identification number.

Lesson 1 - The Statutory Basis for Implementing Homeland Security Measures (Week 2)

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Readings:

Read the following: 

• Lesson (Module) content
• Text book reading: Nemeth (third ed.), Chapter 3 -- Homeland Security Law, Regulations, and Budgeting
• Richard L. Russo: A Comparative Analysis of the USA PATRIOT Act of 2001 to the USA FREEDOM ACT of 2015: Balancing Security with Liberty

Review the Title and Section descriptions, and browse some sample content following your interest, of the following federal statutes:

• The 9/11 Commission Report, Executive Summary
• Uniting and Strengthening America by Providing Appropriate Tools Required to Intercept and Obstruct Terrorism Act of 2001 (USA PATRIOT ACT of 2001) 
• Homeland Security Act of 2002 as amended
• Intelligence Reform and Terrorism Prevention Act of 2004
• Implementing Recommendations of the 9/11 Commission Act of 2007
• In addition, it is recommended to browse the USA FREEDOM Act (Pub.L. 114–23)

Assignments:

• Participate in the Lesson 1 Discussion Forum.
• Submit your Information Paper to the Lesson 1 Dropbox.

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Readings:

Read the following:

• Lesson (Module) content
• Homeland Security Presidential Directive 5, "Management of Domestic Incidents," President Bush
• Homeland Security Presidential Directive 7, "Critical Infrastructure Identification, Prioritization, and Protection, President Bush
• Presidential Policy Directives 1, 8 & 21, President Obama 
• Executive Orders on Protecting the Homeland, Trump Administration
• The 2014 Quadrennial Homeland Secuirty Review (QHSR), Obama Administration -- as soon as the 2018 Quadrennial Homeland Security Review (check here) becomes available, read this document instead of the 2014 QHSR
• Interim National Security Strategic Guidance, March 2021, President Joseph R. Biden, Jr.
• A Governor's Guide to Homeland Security (National Governors Association, 2019)
  • Executive Summary
  • Chapter 1: State Homeland Security Governance
• Memorandum: Planning for Concurrent Emergencies (National Governors Association, June 1, 2020)

Assignments:

• Participate in the Lesson 2 Discussion Forum.
• Submit your assignment to the Lesson 2 Dropbox.

Lesson 3 - Homeland  Defense and Defense Support of Civil Authorities (Week 4)

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Readings:

Read the following:

• Lesson (Module) content
• Text book reading: Nemeth (third ed.), Chapter 6.3 and 6.4 -- DHS Challenges: National vs. State and Local; National Security vs. Homeland Security=
• Homeland Defense, JP 3-27 (browse entrire document, include Appendix A in your focus)
• Tussing/McCreight - Homeland Defense and Defense Support of Civil Authorities (DSCA); Chapter 1 - Homeland Defense and Homeland Security: Distinctions and Difference
  • This reading is available via e-reserve which can be accessed from the Library Resources section on the course navigation menu. 
• Civil–Military Partnership: Homeland Defense Enterprise; Walter Neal Anderson 
  • This reading is available via e-reserve which can be accessed from the Library Resources section on the course navigation menu. 
• Clarke - Armies in Homeland Security - Chapter 1
  • This reading is available via e-reserve which can be accessed from the Library Resources section on the course navigation menu. 
• Defense Response to Chemical, Biological, Radiological, and Nuclear (CBRN) Incidents in the Homeland  
• Joint Publication 3-08, Interorganizational Cooperation, October 2016.
• A Governor's Guide to Homeland Security (National Governors Association, 2019)
  • Chapter 9: National Guard and Military Assistance

Assignments:

• Participate in the Lesson 3 Discussion Forum.
• Submit your graded assignment to the Lesson 3 Dropbox.
• Complete FEMA IS-75 Military Resources in Emergency Management.  
  • This certificate course provides participants with an overview of U.S. military resources potentially available to assist civilian authorities, and procedures for obtaining and integrating military resources into disaster response and recovery operations.  

Lesson 4 - The Homeland Security Grant Program (Week 5)

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Readings:

Read the following:

• Lesson (Module) content
• Homeland Security Act of 2002 as amended by the Implementing Recommendations of the 9/11 Commission Act of 2007
  • Sec. 101.  “Homeland Security Grant Program”
  • Sec. 2001.  “Definitions”
  • Sec. 2002.  “Homeland Security Grant Programs”
  • Sec. 2003.  “Urban Area Security Initiative”
  • Sec. 2004.  “State Homeland Security Grant Program”
  • Sec. 2006. "Terrorism Prevention"
  • Sec. 2007. "Prioritization"
  • Sec. 2008. "Use of Funds"
• FY 2020 Homeland Security Grant Program (HSGP)
  • "State Homeland Security Program"
  • "Urban Areas Security Initiative"
  • "Operation Stonegarden"
• A Governor's Guide to Homeland Security (National Governors Association, 2019)
  • Chapter 2: Federal Funding and Grant Guidance for States

Assignments:

• Participate in the Lesson 4 Discussion Forum.
• Submit your assignment to the Lesson 4 Dropbox.

Lesson 5 - The Challenges of Information & Intelligence-Sharing (Week 6)

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Readings:

Read the following: 

• Lesson (Module) content
• Text book reading: Nemeth (third ed.), Chapter 8 -- Intelligence
• USA PATRIOT Act of 2001 (Title IX—Improved Intelligence)
  • Sec. 903. Sense of Congress on the establishment and maintenance of intelligence relationships to acquire information on terrorists and terrorist organizations.
• National Security Act of 1947 as amended by the Intelligence Reform and Terrorism Prevention Act of 2004.
  • Sec.1001. Short title. Subtitle A - Establishment of Director of National Intelligence
  • Sec. 1016
    • (b)INFORMATION SHARING ENVIRONMENT
    • (1) ESTABLISHMENT - The President shall-
      • (A) create an information sharing environment for the sharing of terrorism information in a manner consistent with national security and with applicable legal standards relating to privacy and civil liberties;
• Homeland Security Act of 2002 as amended by the Implementing Recommendations of the 9/11 Commission Act of 2007
  • Sec. 201. Directorate for Information Analysis and Infrastructure Protection.
    • (a) Under Secretary of Homeland Security for Information Analysis and Infrastructure Protection.— (1) In General (2) Responsibilities
    • (b) Assistant Secretary for Information Analysis; Assistant Secretary for Infrastructure Protection.— (1) Assistant Secretary for Information Analysis (2) Assistant Secretary for Infrastructure Protection (3) Responsibilities
    • (d) Responsibilities of Under Secretary
    • (e) Staff.— (1) In General (2) Private Sector Analysts (3) Security Clearances
    • (f) Detail of Personnel.— (1) In General (2) Covered Agencies
    • (g) Functions Transferred
    • (J) the elements of the Department of Homeland Security concerned with the analysis of foreign intelligence information (a) In General.— (1) Threat and Vulnerability Information (2) Other Information
  • Sec. 212. Definitions.
  • Sec. 891. Short Title; Findings; and Sense of Congress.
    • (a) Short Title.—This subtitle may be cited as the “Homeland Security Information Sharing Act.’’
    • (b) Findings.—Congress finds the following:
    • (c) Sense of Congress
  • Sec. 892 Facilitating Homeland Security Information Sharing Procedures.
    • (a) Procedures for Determining Extent of Sharing of Homeland Security Information.—
    • (b) Procedures for Sharing of Homeland Security Information.—
    • (c) Sharing of Classified Information and Sensitive But Unclassified Information with State and Local Personnel.—
    • (f) Definitions.—As used in this section: (1) Homeland Security Information (2) Intelligence Community (3) State and local personnel (4) State
• Intelligence Reform and Terrorism Prevention Act of 2004
• Implementing Recommendations of the 9/11 Commission Act of 2007
  • Sec. 504. Information sharing. (3) Information Sharing Environment (5) Terrorism Information
  • Sec. 521. Interagency Threat Assessment and Coordination Group.
  • Sec. 531. Office of Intelligence and Analysis and Office of Infrastructure Protection.
• Executive Orders
  • Executive Order 13356 - Strengthening the Sharing of Terrorism Information To Protect Americans
• National Strategies
  • US Intelligence Community Information Sharing Strategy, 22 February 2008 (entire document)
• Homeland Security Information Network (HSIN) 
  • ​Browse website
  • Read latest HSIN Report available on the website   
• A Governor's Guide to Homeland Security (National Governors Association, 2019)
  • Chapter 2: Federal Funding and Grant Guidance for States

Assignments:

• Participate in the Lesson 5 Discussion Forum.
• Submit your graded assignment to the Lesson 5 Dropbox.

Lesson 6 - Immigration and the Border: Enforcement, Administration, Management, and Security (Week 7)

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Readings:

Read the following: 

• Lesson (Module) content
• Text book reading: Nemeth (third ed.), Chapter 9 -- Border Security, U.S. Citizenship, and Immigration Services
• Executive Orders
  • Executive Order: Border Security and Immigration Enforcement Improvements (January 25, 2017)
  • Implementing the President's Border Security and Immigration Enforcement Improvement Policies (Memorandum, DHS Secretary Kelly, February 20, 2017) 
• The 2014 Quadrennial Homeland Secuirty Review (QHSR), Obama Administration: Review included border security information -- as soon as the 2018 Quadrennial Homeland Security Review (check here) becomes available, review this document instead of the 2014 QHSR for border security information
• DHS Memo - Enforcement of the Immigration Laws to Serve the National Interest
• Ming H. Chen, "Trust in Immigration Enforcement: State Noncooperation and Sanctuary Cities After Secure Communities," Chicago-Kent Law Review, vol. 91, issue 1 (2016)

Assignments:

• Participate in the Lesson 6 Discussion Forum
• Submit your assignment to the Lesson 6 Dropbox.

Lesson 7 - Critical Infrastructure Protection (Week 8)

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Readings:

Read the following:

• Lesson (Module) content
• Executive Orders
  • EO 13231, Critical Infrastructure Protection in the Information Age, October 16, 2001
  • EO 13636, Improving Critical Infrastructure Cybersecurity, 19 February 2013
• National Strategies
  • Interim National Security Strategic Guidance, March 2021, President Joseph R. Biden, Jr.
  • The National Intelligence Strategy of the United States of America, 2019, pp. 9-16.
  • United States Intelligence Community Information Sharing Strategy, 22 February 2008, p. 7.
• National Plans
  • National Infrastructure Protection Plan (NIPP), 2013, “Executive Summary”
  • NIPP 2013 Fact Sheet
• USA PATRIOT Act of 2001,  focus on and analyze Congressional intent:
  • Sec. 701. Expansion of regional information sharing system to facilitate Federal-State-local law enforcement response related to terrorist attacks.
  • Sec. 1016. Critical infrastructures protection.
• Homeland Security Act of 2002, as amended Jan 2013 -  focus on:
  • Sec. 2. Definitions
  • Sec. 201. Directorate for Information Analysis and Infrastructure Protection.
  • Sec. 202. Access to information.
  • Sec. 211. Short title.
  • Sec. 212. Definitions.
  • Sec. 213. Designation of critical infrastructure protection program.
  • Sec. 214. Protection of voluntarily shared critical infrastructure information.
• Intelligence Reform and Terrorism Prevention Act of 2004
  • Sec. 1016 (A) (1). Information Sharing.
  • Sec. 7305. Private Sector Preparedness.
  • Sec. 7306. Critical infrastructure and readiness assessments.
• Implementing Recommendations of the 9/11 Commission Act of 2007
  • Sec. 1001. National Asset Database.
  • Sec. 1002. Risk assessments and report.
  • Sec. 1003. Sense of Congress regarding the inclusion of levees in the National Infrastructure Protection Plan. 
    Amendments to the Homeland Security Act of 2002:
  • Sec. 2001 (3). Definitions
  • Sec. 2007 (1). Prioritization.
• Homeland Security Presidential Directive 7: Critical Infrastructure Identification, Prioritization, and Protection
• Presidential Policy Directive 21: Critical Infrastructure Security and Resiliency
• A Governor's Guide to Homeland Security (National Governors Association, 2019)
  • Chapter 7: Critical Infrastructure Protection
  • Chapter 10: Mutual Aid
  • Chapter 12: Major Disasters and Emergency Declarations
  • Chapter 14: Federal Assistance Available to States, Individuals, and Businesses

Assignments:

• Participate in the Lesson 7 Discussion Forum.
• Submit your assignment to the Lesson 7 Dropbox.
• Satisfactorily complete and provide documentation of completion of IS-913.A: Critical Infrastructure Secuity and Resilience: Achieving Results through Partnership and Collaboration by uploading your certificate to the Dropbox.

Lesson 8 - The DHS Risk Assessment Methodology (Week 9)

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Readings:

Read the following: 

• Lesson (Module) content
• Text book reading: Nemeth (third ed.), Chapter 4 -- Risk Management, Threats, and Hazards 
• Risk Management Fundamentals: Homeland Security Risk Management Doctrine
• Threat and Hazard Identification and Risk Assessment Guide. Comprehensive Preparedness Guide (CPG) 201
• Homeland Security Act of 2002 as amended
  • Sec. 201 (d).  Directorate for Information Analysis and Infrastructure Protection.
  • Sec. 503 (b)(1) and (2).  Federal Emergency Management Agency.
  • Sec. 504 (b).  Authority and Responsibilities
• Implementing Recommendations of the 9/11 Commission Act of 2007
  • Sec. 1002.  Risk assessments and report.
  • Sec. 2003.  Urban area security initiative.
  • Sec. 2007.  Prioritization.
  • Sec. 2021 (d).  Administration and coordination.
  • Sec. 2022 (a)(4).  Accountability.
  • Sec. 2022 (c)(2).  Accountability. 
• National Infrastructure Protection Plan -- Supplemental Tool: Executing A Critical Infrastructure Risk Management Approach

Assignments:

• Participate in the Lesson 8 Discussion Forum.
• Submit your graded assignment to the Lesson 8 Dropbox.

Lesson 9 - The Homeland Security Exercise and Evaluation Program (Week 10)

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Readings:

Read the following:

• Lesson (Module) content
• Text book reading: Nemeth (third ed.), Chapter 5 -- Training and Exercises in Homeland Security 
• A Governor's Guide to Homeland Security (National Governors Association, 2019)
  • Chapter 3: Homeland Security Exercises

Browse the following as instructed: 

• Homeland Security Act of 2002 as amended by the Implementing Recommendations of he 9/11 Act of 2007 
  Let’s refine our search process and cut down the amount of research time required in this reading. Search for language related to “exercises” as it relates to training, exercising and evaluating capabilities of first responders, etc. 
   
• Implementing Recommendations of the 9/11 Commission Act of 2007 
  Search for language to “exercises” as it relates to training, exercising and evaluating capabilities of first responders, etc. 
   
• Homeland Security Exercise and Evaluation Program 
  Scan the “What’s New” section, the upper left section of Home Page. If this is your first time to a DHS/FEMA web page, spend a few minutes becoming acquainted with the type of information available on the HSEEP.

Assignments:

• Participate in the Lesson 9 Discussion Forum.
• Satisfactorily complete and provide documentation of completion of IS-120.A: An Introduction to Exercises by uploading your certificate to the Lesson 9 Dropbox.

Lesson 10 - Term Paper (Week 11)

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Readings:

Refresh your reading and review of all previous course materials in preparation for yuor term paper.

Assignments:

• Participate in the Lesson 10 Discussion Forum.

Lesson 10, continued - Term Paper (Week 12)

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Readings:

Read the Lesson (Module) content to include all readings posted on the Lesson Research | Study Guide page.

Assignments:

• Continue to participate in the Lesson 10 Discussion Forum.
• Work on your term paper - it is due next week!

Lesson 11 - Conclusions & Reflections (Week 13)

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Readings:

Read the Lesson (Module) content 

Text book reading: Nemeth (third ed.), Chapter 12 -- The Future of Homeland Security

Assignments:

• Submit your final Term Paper to the Lesson 11 Dropbox.
• Participate in the Lesson 11 Discussion Forum.