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S&T’s New Virtual Reality

DHS S&T will be participating in the International Wireless Communications Expo (IWCE) Virtual, from August 24 to 27, with CISA.

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Snapshot: SCIRA Smart Cities St. Louis Leading Example

St. Louis was selected as the site for the first Smarty City Interoperability Reference Architecture (SCIRA) exercise. The pilot program brought together first responders, city managers and other stakeholders, and through a series of realistic disaster scenarios, demonstrated how smart city technology can transform municipal emergency response.

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S&T Observes Great Outdoors Month—Safely

June is Great Outdoors Month, a time in which people are encouraged to explore all that nature has to offer, including our nation’s wildlife refuges or parks.

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ST-TAK

TAK is a cloud-native server application that facilitates exchange of situational awareness data.

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Protect and Serve: DHS S&T Supports Police

DHS S&T shows its support through the research and development of knowledge products and devices that make law enforcement jobs safer, easier, or more effective.

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Snapshot: Growing Impact of TAK

The Team Awareness Kit (TAK) is the emerging DHS-wide solution for situational awareness. Its exceptional tactical value has been proven time and again.

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Snapshot: U.S.-Israel Empower Bomb Squad Robots with Second Arm

The robot accessory arm is part of S&T’s ongoing work with MOPS to facilitate research, development, testing and evaluation activities and deliver enhanced capabilities to law enforcement and public safety personnel in both countries.

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DHS Office of Intelligence and Analysis Under Secretary Glawe Provides Remarks at the National Sheriffs’ Association and the Major County Sheriffs of America

Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Under Secretary of Intelligence and Analysis (I&A) and Chief Intelligence Officer, David J. Glawe, provided remarks for both the National Sheriffs’ Association (NSA) and the Major County Sheriffs of America (MCSA) in Washington, D.C. on February 10th and 11th, 2020. The events included sheriffs from across the nation and sheriffs elected to represent major counties across America.

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Snapshot: Expanded Version of the Information Sharing Assessment Tool Now Available

Newly updated with optional scenarios and expanded question sets, the ISAT is a web-based self-assessment tool that helps public safety agencies understand their current information sharing capabilities and gaps.

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News Release: S&T Selects Georgia Tech Group to Improve Info Sharing & Safeguarding for Public Safety Comms

DHS S&T awarded a $704,000 research-and-development (R&D) contract to Atlanta-based Georgia Tech Applied Research Center (GTARC) to address a crucial gap in the trustmark framework for the public safety community’s information sharing and safeguarding (IS&S) capabilities.