Research and Development in the Department of Homeland Security

By Morgan, Daniel

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Title:	Research and Development in the Department of Homeland Security
Author:	Morgan, Daniel
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Language:	English
Subject:	Government publications, Legislation., Government Printing Office (U.S.)
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Excerpt
Excerpt: The Homeland Security Act of 2002 (P.L. 107-296), which established the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), provided for it to include certain research and development activities. Research and development can contribute to many aspects of homeland security, including tasks such as detection of potential threats, protection of people and infrastructure, and effective response following an incident. For example, even before the terrorist attacks in 2001, researchers were developing explosives-detection equipment for airports, improving vaccines against potential biological terror agents, and seeking better ways to protect emergency personnel against chemical threats. Although some of these R&D activities take place in the private sector, most of them of them are conducted or funded by federal agencies. TheDepartment of Homeland Security is responsible formany of these federal R&D programs, although by no means all of them.

Table of Contents
Contents Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Programs and Program-Specific Issues . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 R&D in the Directorate of Science and Technology . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 Biological Countermeasures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 Radiological and Nuclear Countermeasures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 Threat and Vulnerability Testing and Assessments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 Chemical and High Explosives Countermeasures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 University Programs, Emerging Threats, and Rapid Prototyping . . . . . 8 Conventional Missions Program . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 Standards Program . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 Homeland SecurityAdvanced Research Projects Agency . . . . . . . . . . . 9 Administrative and Advisory Structures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 R&D Programs in Other Directorates . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 Transportation SecurityAdministration R&D . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 Coast Guard R&D . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 National Infrastructure Simulation and Analysis Center . . . . . . . . . . . 11 R&D in Other Transferred Agencies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 Related R&D Programs in Other Departments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12