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Secretary's Action Directives

Secretary Janet Napolitano has issued a series of Action Directives, each centered on one of the Department's primary missions.

  1. Protection
  2. Preparedness
  3. Response & Recovery
  4. Immigration
  5. Efficiency

These action directives instruct specific offices and agencies to gather information, review existing strategies and programs, and to provide oral and written reports back to the Secretary within a defined time frame. Among the Secretary's top priorities are unifying the Department and creating a common culture throughout. These action directives are designed to begin a review, evaluation and dialogue between the various functions of this Department and the Secretary.

This page was last reviewed/modified on February 25, 2009.