I'm Here

[bfishn]

So the best I can figure, it's the Missouri Office of Homeland Security , only related to the federal DHS in the sense that it was borne of 9/11, and intended to fill a needed gap in inter-agency information sharing. The state-level department soon ran out of things to do, so they maintained their necessity by branching out. In the meantime, federal IT consolidation is catching up, obviating the need for external help that could confuse more than assist. In the big picture, it's nice to know that you know someone that knows someone that has some very important phone numbers in their contacts list.