Government Executive5d
What does the head of Homeland Security do?
The office was headed by former Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Ridge, who went on to become the first secretary of homeland security when Congress formally established the department by law in 2002.
Job of homeland security secretary is to adapt almost continuously to pressures from the department, the public and the world at large
The Department of Homeland Security’s massive bureaucracy has many critical national security functions and spends billions ...