The Science and Technology Directorate (S&T) is a component within the
United States Department of Homeland Security. DHS-S&T serves as the
research and development
Research and development (R&D or R+D), known in Europe as research and technological development (RTD), is the set of innovative activities undertaken by corporations or governments in developing new services or products, and improving existi ...
arm of the Department as it fulfills its
national security
National security, or national defence, is the security and defence of a sovereign state, including its citizens, economy, and institutions, which is regarded as a duty of government. Originally conceived as protection against military atta ...
mission.
The Science and Technology Directorate is led by the
Under Secretary of Homeland Security for Science and Technology, who is appointed by the
President of the United States with confirmation by the
United States Senate.
Dimitri Kusnezov is the Under Secretary.
Initiatives and programs
The Under Secretary for Homeland Security Science and Technology currently administers a number of publicly available programs to promote independent development of homeland security technologies.
SAFECOM is the Federal umbrella program designed to foster interoperability among the Nation's public safety practitioners, so that they may communicate across disciplines and jurisdictions during an emergency.
SAFETY Act provides liability protections that make it feasible for sellers of qualified antiterrorism technologies to introduce homeland security solutions to the marketplace.
Homeland Open Security Technology (HOST) is a five-year, $10 million program to promote the creation and use of
open security and
open-source software in the United States government and military. In October 2011, the directorate won the
Open Source for America 2011 Government Deployment Open Source Award for the program.
Notable previous Under Secretaries include Dr. Tara O'Toole and Dr. Reginald Brothers.
The directorate's Office of National Laboratories operates six facilities:
* Chemical Security Analysis Center at the
Aberdeen Proving Ground in Maryland
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National Biodefense Analysis and Countermeasures Center at
Fort Detrick in Maryland
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National Urban Security Technology Laboratory in
Manhattan, New York
* Transportation Security Laboratory in
Atlantic City, New Jersey
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Plum Island Animal Disease Center near
Orient, New York
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National Bio and Agro-Defense Facility in
Manhattan, Kansas
Budget
See also
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Virtual USA
Virtual USA (vUSA), is a joint federal and state collaboration on a project that would allow state and local on-line tools and technologies, such as caches of geospatial data, to be interoperable and more useful with the goal of creating a "Virt ...
References
External links
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S&T organizational chart (May 16, 2022)S&T 2021 Strategic Plan
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