ABSTRACT
DHS, such as the REAL ID program, Office of Biometric Identity Management, the SAFETY Act, and the like
6. To explain the reasoning behind budgeting priorities in DHS and why the priorities fluctuate from year to year
7. To compare the changes in allotments and priorities in DHS budgets from the agency’s inception to the present
8. To predict where future allotments in DHS budgets may change and why
3.1 Introduction Exactly how the affairs of DHS are managed is an ongoing and very vibrant topic. The power of DHS emanates from the legal authority that initiated its existence. Laws, regulations, and executive orders enable the agency to carry out its aim and purpose. Many laws touch on the
functions of homeland defense, such as in matters of privacy, arrest, search, and wiretap, while other laws establish centers of research, operational funds for new initiatives, or primers for a new directive. Funding for DHS is just as important. Without money, the agency would have no life whatsoever. How Congress and the president eventually agree to fund DHS is an annual responsibility. From another management perspective, DHS needs to evaluate how it interacts with other governmental authorities-namely, state and local entities; this is a perpetual policy concern and consideration for DHS. If anything is certain, it is that DHS needs to collaborate at every governmental level. Just as importantly, DHS will need to work closely and cooperatively with private-sector justice as well, since privatesector justice is the country’s fastest-growing arm in the criminal justice body. Privatization is a reality that must be factored in as DHS manages its affairs.
