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Science and Technology Collection

The DHS Science and Technology Directorate (S&T) is the Department’s primary research and development arm and manages science and technology research, from development through transition, for the Department's operational components and first responders.

  • Maturing DHS Institutional Risk Analysis Capabilities Fact Sheet

    The Department of Homeland Security Science and Technology Directorate identified three goals to advance institutional risk analysis capabilities to support the Department's resilience and readiness programs. This effort is expected to provide DHS with research and analysis intended to inform risk analysis qualifications and training guidelines to enable a stronger, better-informed futures cadre at DHS.  

  • Open Geospatial Consortium Strategic Partnership Fact Sheet

    The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Science and Technology Directorate (S&T) will, as a member, build a strategic partnership with the Open Geospatial Consortium, allowing DHS to gain insight into innovative global climate change adaption and resilience research. This knowledge helps better inform DHS climate research and development initiatives.

  • Social Equity Data Needs and Its Access and Availability to Support the Disaster Resilience of Marginalized Communities Fact Sheet

    One of the most enduring findings in disaster and climate change research is that socially marginalized communities are disproportionally more at risk from environmental hazards, and thus, less likely to recover fully and quickly. A community plan aimed at resilience could allow the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and other agencies to pro-actively identify support for mitigation based on community needs, with equity as its foundation.

  • Emergency Management of Tomorrow Research Fact Sheet

    The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Science and Technology Directorate (S&T) is coordinating with Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL) to develop an effective research agenda that supports emergency managers with effective information sharing technologies and to identify, develop and transition the use of these advanced technologies in support of EOC activities. These technologies include emerging artificial intelligence, machine learning, data analytics, and decision aids.

  • Maturing DHS Institutional Risk Capabilities Fact Sheet

    The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Science and Technology Directorate (S&T), in coordination with the RAND Corporation’s Homeland Security Operational Analysis Center (HSOAC) aims to advance institutional risk analysis capabilities to support the Department’s resilience and readiness programs.

  • First Responders Technologies Fact Sheet

    First responders at federal, state, local, and tribal levels are crucial in managing a variety of emergencies, ranging from pandemics and natural disasters to civil disturbances, terror attacks, and routine criminal activities. They need a wide array of capabilities to effectively respond to these challenges, which are constantly evolving due to new threats and environmental changes.

  • Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza (HPAI) in Livestock Supplemental Reference

    The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Science and Technology Directorate (S&T) developed the following Supplemental Reference for Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza (HPAI) in Livestock, which provides supplemental technical information and an update to the Master Question List for Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza (HPAI).

  • Exploiting Mesonets for Emergency Preparedness and Response to Weather Extremes

    The DHS Science and Technology Directorate (S&T) is partnering with State University of New York at Albany (SUNY-Albany) on the development of a pioneering, regional pilot program to support federal, state and local emergency responders to weather-related disasters for the development and deployment of real-time stakeholder-driven decision support solutions, referred to as EMPOWER (Exploiting Mesonets for Emergency Preparedness and Response to Weather Extremes).

  • Ready Armor Protection for Instant Deployment

    The Science and Technology Directorate (S&T) is evaluating the Ready Armor Protection for Instant Deployment (RAPID) barrier in realistic environments to identify operational recommendations and hardware adjustments to optimize use for DHS components. 

  • Stability Analysis of Chemicals in Food Matrices Technical Notes

    The Science and Technology Directorate’s (S&T) Chemical Security Analysis Center's Chemical Security Lab is measuring chemical and physical properties for compounds that are in the S&T Risk Assessments. This data is being used in a study designed to understand the effect of the pasteurization process on hazardous chemicals.