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Science and Technology

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S&T Organizational Chart

S&T’s mission is to enable effective, efficient, and secure operations across all homeland security missions by applying scientific, engineering, analytic, and innovative approaches to deliver timely solutions and support departmental acquisitions.

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S&T HSSTAC Meeting Agenda

Homeland Security Science and Technology Advisory Committee Meeting Agenda

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SAFETY Act

The SAFETY Act provides incentives for the development and deployment of anti-terrorism technologies by creating systems of risk and litigation management.

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National Strategy for Chemical, Biological, Radiological, Nuclear, and Explosives (CBRNE) Standards

The National Strategy for Chemical, Biological, Radiological, Nuclear, and Explosives (CBRNE) Standards lays out the federal vision and goals to achieve a comprehensive structure for coordination, establishment, and implementation of CBRNE equipment standards by 2020.

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PIV-I/FRAC Technology Transition Working Group

The CSD within S&T, the FEMA Office of NCRC, the FEMA OCSO, and the FEMA OCIO have partnered to form the PIV-I/FRAC Technology Transition Working Group (TTWG).

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S&T LRBAA

S&T's Long Range Broad Agency Announcement provides a standing invitation for technological proposals to solve homeland security problems.

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T2C

The Technology Transfer and Commercialization Program serves as the focal point for transition activities at DHS.

 

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SBIR

The Small Business Innovation Research Program helps U.S. small businesses to develop innovative solutions to homeland security needs.

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Centers of Excellence

Centers of Excellence are multidisciplinary academic consortia that engage leading experts to conduct groundbreaking research on threats facing the Homeland.

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National Laboratories

The S&T Office of National Laboratories (ONL) oversees a coordinated network of five Department of Homeland Security (DHS) laboratories.