The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) today launched the DHS YouTube Channel and announced the redesign of DHS.govsteps to enhance the Department’s web presence, increase transparency and provide accurate, up-to-date information to the public.
“Social media plays an increasingly large role in our engagement with the public, especially in the event of an incident or disaster,” said DHS Secretary Janet Napolitano. “These new tools will facilitate an open dialogue about the Department’s security efforts across the nation and around the world.”
The YouTube Channel, will allow DHS to use video to highlight events, speeches, public service announcements and other related content. DHS’s emphasis on web 2.0 tools such as YouTube allows the Department to provide greater transparency and access to the public and our state, local, territorial, tribal, private sector, and international partners.
DHS.gov was reorganized around Secretary Napolitano’s five major responsibilities counterterrorism, border security, enforcement of immigration laws, disaster preparedness and response and Department unification and redesigned based on user input and search analysis to help visitors find relevant and timely information.
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This comment is written to express my opinion regarding amnesty for Illegal Aliens. I am totally against giving amnesty to people who enter our country illegally, many of whom criminally use bogus social security numbers, steal American citizen identities and take advantage of our social services even though they are undeserving. It is unconscionable when they demand benefits and citizenship!
America and its citizens are the most generous in the world, but we are struggling ourselves and illegals should not expect us to absorb the cost for them and/or their children. Providing amnesty to the millions of illegals who are here would be disastrous to our economy, our children and our families.
NO TO AMNESTY. I can’t believe we are fighting this issue again. The people of America have already spoken. We do not want amnesty!