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S&T Announces Award to Pacific Northwest National Laboratory for Counter-Fentanyl Efforts
DHS S&T is further strengthening its counter-fentanyl partnership with the U.S. Department of Energy’s Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL) with a three-year, $2.8 million contract award.
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Bringing the Brightest Minds Together to Disrupt Fentanyl
Updates on how S&T’s cross-sector collaborations are working to end the opioid epidemic.
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They're All Chemicals
S&T Senior Science Advisor Dr. Laura Parker joins Technologically Speaking’s Brittany Greco for an insightful interview on the science behind explosives detection, the way the technology is used at the airport, and potential advancements for the future that will make the screening process easier.
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Fentanyl
DHS is on the frontlines fighting against cartels and Transnational Criminal Organizations (TCOs) that are flooding our communities with illicit synthetic drugs, like fentanyl.
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S&T Seeks Innovations to Target Illegal Cargo in the Fight Against Illicit Fentanyl
DHS S&T issued an RFI seeking innovative approaches to effectively target illegal cargo while expediting the delivery of legitimate cargo.
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S&T Partners with PNNL to Improve Capabilities of Portable Drug Detection Systems
DHS S&T is working with vendors and manufacturers of portable drug detectors to improve their ability to identify different narcotics, like fentanyl.
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Opioid Trafficking Intelligence and Investigation
The DHS Science and Technology Directorate's (S&T) Opioid Trafficking Intelligence and Investigation Project provides research and development (R&D) support for improved investigative capabilities to aid in the confident discovery, identification, and disruption of illicit drug networks responsible for opioid smuggling. The project will include training on investigative processes for law enforcement partners and advanced analytic approaches to facilitate analysis of evidence, data fusion, and information sharing that enables automated discovery of high value targets and criminal associations. Project outputs will be integrated into HSI's existing suite of investigative capabilities, to support
prosecution as well as collaboration efforts in furtherance of interdiction and disruption of the opioid supply chain.
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Field-Portable Fentanyl Detection Instruments and Assays
The DHS Science and Technology Directorate’s (S&T) Opioid/Fentanyl Detection Program, in collaboration with the S&T Office of Standards, is funding the Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL) to build spectral reference libraries of approximately 50 Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) restricted substances. including fentanyl, fentanyl analogues, and other emerging illicit drugs. Through Cooperative Research and Development Agreements (CRADAs) with industry partners, PNNL will collect reference spectra on 20 different field portable detectors currently deployed for operational use.
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Advanced Opioid Trafficking Analytics to Aid Investigations
DHS S&T's Opioid Program is working with HSI and the Department of Energy National Laboratory to develop novel software applications that can be integrated with HSI’s Repository for Analytics in a Virtualized Environment (RAVEN) platform. This cloud-based platform enables users to perform analytics across datasets using a suite of search, analytical, and reporting tools.