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DHS S&T Awards Funds to PNNL to Research the Future of Emergency Management

The Department of Homeland Security (DHS)Science and Technology Directorate(S&T) awarded $1.67 million to the Department of Energy (DOE) Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL) to conduct research on strengthening and reimagining the future emergency response structure.

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DHS SBIR Success Story “Protecting Emergency Systems from Cybersecurity Attacks”

DHS SBIR Program is committed to identifying promising small businesses and innovative approaches to help address homeland security needs. This success story highlights the DHS SBIR company SecureLogix., of San Antonio Texas, which developed Call Secure, a managed service that provides security protection to mitigate TDoS attacks by authenticating calls and helping to defeat fraudulent call spoofing, shifting the advantage from TDoS attackers to network administrators.

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Feature Article: Channeling NEXTGEN TV so Responders Can Answer the Call

New ATSC 3.0 digital paging system will leverage public broadcasting to improve state and local emergency communications capabilities.

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DHS S&T Awards Funds to Brooklyn Startup Developing Flood Analytics Tech

DHS S&T announced a Phase 1 Other Transaction award to Cloud to Street (commercially conducting business as Floodbase), a Brooklyn, New York-based startup to develop flood analytics technology that will help FEMA improve preparedness and response efforts.

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DHS S&T Awards Funds to Australian Startup Developing Flood Analytics Tech

DHS S&T announced a Phase 1 Other Transaction award to FloodMapp, an Australia-based company with a location in Norfolk, Virginia, who will develop flood analysis technology that would help FEMA improve preparedness and response efforts after flooding occurs.

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Feature Article: Ensuring Next Generation 911 Interoperability

New testing and certification program, laboratory will improve the functionality of our national 911 system.

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DHS Releases Recommendations to Protect National Public Warning System from EMPs

DHS released a report of operational approaches to protect the National Public Warning System from an electromagnetic pulse (EMP).

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DHS Statement on Safety and Enforcement Following Recent Wildfires in California and the Water Crisis in Mississippi

September 2, 2022: DHS Statement on Safety and Enforcement Following Recent Wildfires in California and Water Crisis in Mississippi translations.

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Getting Creative About How to Get the Message Through

Host Dee Saini chats with Office of Science and Engineering program manager Sridhar Kowdley about testing technology in the New Mexico desert at JamX 2022, a field exercise where S&T evaluated tactics and technologies that help responders better deal with electronic jamming.

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DHS Concludes Innovative Technology OpEx

The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Science and Technology Directorate (S&T) and its National Urban Security Technology Laboratory (NUSTL) hosted Urban OpEx 2022, an Operational Experimentation (OpEx) where first responders evaluated new and emerging technology solutions in realistic, urban settings throughout the New York Metropolitan area during the week of July 18 - 22.