Contents

a) Introduction, historical overview of the creation of Department of Homeland Security (DHS), and organizational structure issues of the DHS.

b) Recommendations to the President of the United States (POTUS) to better integrate intelligence and homeland security agencies

-Connecting-the-dots

-Prevention and deterrence of attacks

-Protection and hardening of targets

-Response and recovery of attacks/disasters

-Improved cost efficiencies

Number of words: 6000 (20 pages)