"department of homeland security" | Definition and Related Words

Noun

is a type of: executive department - a federal department in the executive branch of the government of the United States
has:
- federal emergency management agency, fema - an independent agency of the United States government that provides a single point of accountability for all federal emergency preparedness and mitigation and response activities
- immigration and naturalization service, ins - an agency in the Department of Justice that enforces laws and regulations for the admission of foreign-born persons to the United States
- federal law enforcement training center, fletc - a center in the Department of Homeland Security that trains law enforcement professionals for more than seventy federal agencies
- secret service, ss, united states secret service, us secret service, usss - the United States intelligence agency that protects current and former presidents and vice presidents and their immediate families and protects distinguished foreign visitors; detects and apprehends counterfeiters; suppresses forgery of government securities and documents
same as: homeland security