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S&T develops DHS-wide test and evaluation policies and procedures, acts as the principal advisor to the Office of the Secretary and the component heads, and manages a T&E Center of Excellence to support DHS.
Technology Scouting is the process of identifying, locating, and evaluating existing or developing technologies, products, services, and emerging trends. This approach allows faster development and increases partnership opportunities and resources to assist with the development of current or future Homeland Security Enterprise (HSE) systems and needs.
Centers of Excellence are multidisciplinary academic consortia that engage leading experts to conduct groundbreaking research on threats facing the Homeland.
The DHS Science and Technology Directorate's Systems Engineering and Standards offers a technical framework to enable sound decision making relative to trade studies, system performance, risk, cost and schedule, and also works with first responders and law enforcement communities to answer the basic question, “What equipment will do the job?”
The DHS S&T Office of University Programs (OUP) streamlines access to the expertise of the nation's colleges and universities to address pressing homeland security needs.