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Managing Emergencies Today While Planning for Tomorrow
New S&T landscape assessment report explores the current state of emergency management, identifies areas of opportunity, and drives proposals for future R&D investment.
Feature Article: The Question of Who You Are
S&T is helping to facilitate the creation of secure, self-generated digital IDs to give people more control over their personal information.
Homeland Security Awards Contracts to Six Startups to Identify, Develop, and Implement Privacy-Enhancing Digital Wallets Technologies
DHS S&T announced that Credence ID, Hushmesh, Netis d.o.o., Procivis, SpruceID, and Ubiqu have each won a government contract to develop technologies that protect the privacy of individuals using digital versions of credentials issued for immigration and travel.
S&T Makes Innovative Fire Safety Technology available for Real World Testing
DHS S&T announced that interested fire departments across the country can now apply to test an innovative new fire safety tool: a helmet-mounted, indoor visualization and navigation device that allows first responders to see through dark smoke.
70 Years of Protecting the Nation’s Agriculture
This month marks 7 decades of S&T’s Plum Island Animal Disease Center protecting U.S. livestock from transboundary animal diseases.
S&T Builds National Bio and Agro-Defense Facility Under Budget
S&T announced that it completed and commissioned the National Bio and Agro-Defense Facility (NBAF) in Manhattan, Kansas under budge.
The View from Above Is Critical
S&T Helps Unified Command Manage Airspace During Key Bridge Recovery and Repair Operations.
Feature Article: FloodAdapt Will Help Protect Flood-prone Communities
The new impact assessment tool will help at-risk communities better prepare for and respond to severe weather events.
IRD Strategic Plan Prepares DHS for Future Homeland Security Challenges
DHS released the first-ever department-wide Innovation, Research and Development (IRD) Strategic Plan, articulating key investment goals over the next seven fiscal years.
A Blockbuster Trilogy for First Responders
The Science and Technology Directorate (S&T) is premiering a trio of new resource guides for our partners in law enforcement, the fire and emergency medical services, and emergency management.