Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- abbreviation Department of Homeland Security
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- initialism US Department of Homeland Security
- initialism US Department of Human Services
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Examples
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$46. 5B [dhs. gov] per year for 2 wars and DHS, but they can't even scrub an old flash drive?
Slashdot 2009
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In wake of Flight 253 jihad attempt, yet another Muslim group condemns attacks on "innocents" without defining the term DHS chief loses all touch with reality, says Flight 253 jihad episode shows that the security system worked Flight 253 jihadist defended Taliban, "showed signs of inflexibility"
FrontPage Magazine 2009
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In wake of Flight 253 jihad attempt, yet another Muslim group condemns attacks on "innocents" without defining the term DHS chief loses all touch with reality, says Flight 253 jihad episode shows that the security system worked Flight 253 jihadist defended Taliban, "showed signs of inflexibility"
FrontPage Magazine 2009
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You know, the DHS is a multi-billion dollar department.
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Inadvertently, the DHS is achieving the same thing.
Boing Boing: August 22, 2004 - August 28, 2004 Archives 2004
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Napolitano, as the head of DHS, is someone that civil libertarians may want to keep an eye on.
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If we compare like with like, the proportion of people in the Victorian community registered with DHS is 21,000 out of 6 ∏ million, or about 0.3% – that is, DHS names are represented in prison at about six times their presence in the community.
Matthew Yglesias » Prisons and Mental Institutions Revisited 2009
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DHS is a young agency with a broad set of responsibilities but limited experience in cybersecurity, looking to learn its new beat on the job.
Leslie Harris: DHS-NSA in Cybersecurity Swap: Success to Be Named Later Leslie Harris 2010
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Meanwhile, DHS is an agency with the right set of attitudes, but one that has yet to be tested in a surveillance context.
Leslie Harris: DHS-NSA in Cybersecurity Swap: Success to Be Named Later Leslie Harris 2010
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DHS is a young agency with a broad set of responsibilities but limited experience in cybersecurity, looking to learn its new beat on the job.
Leslie Harris: DHS-NSA in Cybersecurity Swap: Success to Be Named Later Leslie Harris 2010
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