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Homeland Security Briefing ®

Details

What this service is:

Homeland Security Briefing provides essential details on significant federal and state actions related to security and antiterrorist policies, focusing on developments at the new Department of Homeland Security, congressional oversight and funding of the agency, and the effects of nationwide implementation of the federal PATRIOT Act.

What it helps you do:

Understand all aspects of the new Department of Homeland Security: how it is organized, how it will operate, what its responsibilities are, and how it interacts with other federal agencies and with state and local governments.

Follow the actions of Congress in dealing with the new agency, in its congressional oversight, budget, and appropriations roles.

Keep up with rules and decisions issued by federal courts and administrative agencies relating to security and antiterrorism issues.

Track the myriad efforts of state and local governments to determine their responsibilities in relation to the new agency, and to implement and finance federal security and antiterrorism laws and policies.

Review the provisions of the federal PATRIOT Act, enacted after September 11th, which imposes new reporting requirements on the financial, transportation, hazardous materials, and import-export industries.

Have the information you need to comply with new laws and policies, in certain affected industries: defense contractors and high-tech firms (procurement rules to obtain Department of Homeland Security contracts for new security systems); importers (reporting requirements, inspection demands); banks, brokerage houses, and other financial institutions (reporting requirements); transportation firms (reporting requirements relating to new hires and trainees, inspection requirements); and others, as required.

Advise clients of your law firm or members of your association as to how homeland security developments will affect their interests, especially regarding business, corporate law, the environment, and government relations.

Product Structure

Notification: current reports providing news and developments

Formats and Frequency

Web notification is available daily and is archived to 1/22/2003. E-mail summaries, providing the highlights and table of contents for each report, with URLs to full text articles and documents are also available.