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SAVER Saves Responders Time and Money
We have published more than 1,000 SAVER reports for first responders, providing impartial, practitioner relevant, operationally oriented assessments and validations of emergency response equipment.
Partners in Securing Our Borders
At S&T, our 10 Centers of Excellence (COEs) often help us in solving important homeland security issues—from explosives detection to food supply chain defense.
Securing Critical Infrastructure in the 21st Century
At the Department of Homeland Security Science and Technology Directorate (S&T), we recognize the security landscape is changing.
Honoring Women’s History Month
S&T is particularly thankful to female pioneers in the science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) fields, whose efforts laid the groundwork for the work we do today.
Partner with S&T to Help Those Who Protect and Serve our Communities
As DHS’s research and development arm, S&T oversees a variety of programs designed to improve safety and operational effectiveness of first responders and other members of the Homeland Security Enterprise from the federal level all the way down to the tribal and regional levels.
Achieving Success Together
The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Science and Technology Directorate (S&T) is instrumental in developing programs for multiple DHS components and first responders through collaborative technology.
Honoring African American History Month
This relationship with schools such as Howard University, Tuskegee University, and Bowie State University is an important piece of the homeland security puzzle that enables students to participate in building capabilities for homeland security research, and allows us to prepare young, gifted minds to enter the workforce.
Tackling Global Sec Issues Through International Cooperation
Recently, I had the pleasure sitting down with my counterpart from the United Kingdom Home Office, Chief Scientific Advisor Professor Bernard Silverman.
Dr. Robert Griffin is Honored to Serve as the DHS Acting Under Secretary for Science and Technology
I’m honored to have the opportunity to serve as the DHS Acting Under Secretary for Science and Technology, and I’d like to affirm my commitment to ensuring the organization continues pushing the boundaries of what’s possible.
S&T's POINTER pinpoints firefighter locations in emergencies
POINTER system can pinpoint locations to within one meter, determine what direction the user is facing and even if they are standing or motionless on the ground.