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Science and Technology

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S&T IMPACT Fact Sheet

IMPACT supports cyber security by developing empirical data and coordinating information-sharing between and among the R&D community in academia, industry and government.

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Grants & Trainings

The Science and Technology Directorate (S&T) curates the following information on grants resources and training opportunities offered by government agencies to support the first responder community.

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Commercialized Technologies

S&T works hand-in-hand with first responders across disciplines to identify their technology needs and capability gaps, and then partners with research and development organizations, academia, industry, and the innovation community to develop solutions. The following technologies were envisioned and field-tested by first responders and are now available for agencies to procure.

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S&T NYC Subway Tracer Studies Fact Sheet

This study is part of a five-year (2012-2017) program to develop and promote technologies and methods to help urban transit systems restore service rapidly in the event of a biological agent attack.

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S&T FRG Prepaid Card Reader

Helping law enforcement stop the flow of illicit funds across the border.

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S&T Insider Threat Fact Sheet

S&T Insider Threat project develops solutions that compliment and expand capabilities of existing commercial insider threat tools and furthers insider threat research.

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Office of SAFETY Act Implementation (OSAI) Fact Sheet

The SAFETY Act provides legal and liability protections for sellers of qualified anti-terrorism technologies (QATTs) to incentivize the development and deployment of technologies that may save lives in the event of a terrorist attack. The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary has the discretionary authority to declare that an act is an Act of Terrorism.

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S&T 2015 Strategic Plan Brochure

S&T’s mission is to deliver effective and innovative insight, methods, and solutions for the critical needs of the Homeland Security Enterprise.

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Written testimony of S&T Under Secretary for a Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Homeland Security hearing titled “FY17 Research & Development Efforts at the U.S. Dept. of Homeland Security”

U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Science and Technology Directorate (S&T) Under Secretary Reginald Brothers addresses S&T’s fiscal year 2017 budget request and how research and development improves the operational capabilities of DHS Components and the first responder community.

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Apex Screening at Speed

The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Science and Technology Directorate’s (S&T) Screening at Speed Program invests in technologies and techniques that will bring that vision closer to reality.