Crs Report for Congress: The U.S. Secret Service: An Examination and Analysis of Its Evolving Missions

The U.S. Secret Service has two missions-criminal investigations and protection. Criminal investigation activities, have expanded since the inception of the Service from a small anticounterfeiting operation at the end of the Civil War, to now encompassing financial crimes, identity theft, counterfeiting, computer fraud, and computer-based attacks on the nation's financial, banking, and telecommunications infrastructure, among other areas. Protection activities, which have expanded and evolved since the 1890s, include ensuring the safety and security of the President, Vice President, their families, and other identified individuals and locations. In March 2003, the U.S. Secret Service was transferred from the Department of the Treasury to the Department of Homeland Security as a distinct entity. Prior to enactment of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 (P.L. 107-296), the U.S. Secret Service had been part of the Treasury Department for over 100 years.

Author: Shawn Reese
Publisher: Bibliogov
Published: 11/11/2013
Pages: 28
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.15lbs
Size: 9.69h x 7.44w x 0.06d
ISBN: 9781295274062

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