" Candidates have to undergo personal interviews, medical examinations, "counterintelligence-scope polygraph examination," urinalysis test to screen for possible illegal drug use, and other procedures that the agency finds necessary to meet suitability, security and other educational, technical and work qualifications. (Carland; Faber, 2008); (Richfield, 2007)

Amongst all civilian federal agencies, one of the most recent ones is the Department of Homeland Security -- DHS which deals with Homeland Defense. This agency was created in 2003 by President George Bush as a response to the 9/11 attacks in 2001 and was meant to deal with security programs and domestic policing. According to the former President, this department was meant to carry out four main tasks: emergency and disaster preparedness, transportation and border security, centralized storage and analysis of potential threat information supplied by other federal agencies, and development of countermeasures for biological, nuclear and chemical warfare. This department was supposed to...
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