<P> Advisory groups: </P> <Ul> <Li> Homeland Security Advisory Council: State and local government, first responders, private sector, and academics </Li> <Li> National Infrastructure Advisory Council: Advises on security of public and private information systems </Li> <Li> Homeland Security Science and Technology Advisory Committee: Advise the Under Secretary for Science and Technology . </Li> <Li> Critical Infrastructure Partnership Advisory Council: Coordinate infrastructure protection with private sector and other levels of government </Li> <Li> Interagency Coordinating Council on Emergency Preparedness and Individuals with Disabilities </Li> <Li> Task Force on New Americans: "An inter-agency effort to help immigrants learn English, embrace the common core of American civic culture, and become fully American ." </Li> </Ul> <Li> Homeland Security Advisory Council: State and local government, first responders, private sector, and academics </Li> <Li> National Infrastructure Advisory Council: Advises on security of public and private information systems </Li>

Before being transferred to the department of homeland security in 2003