DHS/S&T Overview for NAS

DHS/S&T Overview for NASFederal Stewardship in Service to Homeland Security

January 29, 2004

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Home Land

Security

Homeland Security

Emergency Management

Disaster ResponseDrug

Interdiction

Anti-fraudInitiatives

Visas, Immigration,Border Control

Trade Compliance

Search andRescue

Plant andAnimal Health

WMD Operations,Incident Mgmt

Standards

CBRN/HECountermeasures

InformationSharing

CIP and Cyber Security

What is Homeland Security?

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General DHS Organizational Structure

Secretary (Ridge)&

Deputy Secretary (Loy - Nominated)

Management(Hale)

• Coast Guard• Secret Service• Citizenship & Immigration & Ombudsman• Civil Rights and Civil Liberties• Legislative Affairs• General Counsel• Inspector General• State & Local Coordination• Private Sector Coordination• International Affairs• National Capital Region Coordination• Counter-narcotics• Small and Disadvantaged Business• Privacy Officer• Chief of Staff

Information Analysis &

Infrastructure Protection

(Libutti)

Border &Transportation

Security(Hutchinson)

EmergencyPreparedness & Emergency

Response(Brown)

Science &Technology (McQueary)

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Creation of A New S&T Mission

Conduct, stimulate, and enable research, development, test, evaluation and timely transition of homeland security capabilities to federal, state and local operational end-users.

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PreventRespond

Recover Anticipate

PreventRespond

Recover

S&T is the advocate for CBRN countermeasures

6Presenter’s Name June 17, 2003

Role of DHS S&TTo integrate science and technology in fulfillment of national policy objectives to protect the homeland

Considerations:Threats are expansiveConsequences are momentousResources are not unlimitedPrevious efforts driven by discrete agency missions and stakeholders

Implication:First Step: characterize the threat and understand of the impactsWill allow interagency community to marshal USG resources against highest-consequence threatsWill facilitate formation of innovative public-private partnerships


Office of ResearchAnd Development:Federal Stewardship

Homeland Security Advanced Research Projects AgencyEngage Private Sector

SystemsEngineering &Development:Systems Testing and Acquisition

Office of Programs, Plans and Budgets (PPB)

Define NeedsIdentify Gaps

Prioritize Programs

PortfoliosBiological CountermeasuresChemical Countermeasures

Radiological/Nuclear CountermeasuresThreat & Vulnerability Testing & Assessment

Critical Infrastructure ProtectionCyber Security

High Explosives CountermeasuresStandards

Safe Communications (SAFECOM)Borders & Transportation Security

Emergency Preparedness & ResponseU.S. Coast Guard

U.S. Secret ServiceComparative Studies

Safety ActUniversity Programs

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Capability Push/Market Pull

Research, Development, Testing and Evaluation (RDT&E)

Delivering Capabilitiesto Operational End-Users


Office of R&D Vision

We envision … a national RDT&E system that is both distributed, to promote regional leadership and create core competencies, and integrated, in service to operational end-users of homeland security technologies, processes and systems.

We envision … a national S&T base with extensive breadth in newly conceived disciplines and deepened roots in historic capabilities.

We envision … both the seamless integration of science and technology expertise in planning and operational response.

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Meeting National ObjectivesAnticipate, Prevent, Respond to and Recover from Terrorist Attacks through Mission-focused Research, Development, Testing and Evaluation

Transfer Technologies and Capabilities to Operational End Users

Create an Enduring National Capability through Federal Stewardship of the Homeland Security Complex


S&T Research AgendaBio-CountermeasuresChemical CountermeasuresRadiological and Nuclear CountermeasuresStandardsSAFECOMThreat and Vulnerability, Testing and AssessmentCritical Infrastructure ProtectionHomeland Missions


High Consequence Biological Threats

Cutaneous Anthrax

Salmonella Food Poisoning

Increasing Consequence

FMD

Bulk food Contam

Anthrax

Smallpox

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High Consequence Rad/Nuc Threats

Dispersed Radioactive Sources

Radiological Waste Dispersal

Increasing Consequence

Research Reactor Accident

Criticality Incident

Nuclear Power Accidents

Stolen Nukes

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Spent Fuel Dispersal

Improvised Nuclear Devices


Notional Threats to CIP

Potential ConsequenceHighMediumLow

Low

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INDs

Major DestructionOf Key Bridges,

Dams, Public WaterSystems, etc.

Massive Destruction ofElectric Power Grid

Epidemic OverwhelmsPublic Health SystemMajor Destruction of

Oil/Gas Distribution Network

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In Large City

Several AirplanesExplode/Shot Down

Enduring Major Telephone& Internet Disruption

Major Foot & MouthDisease Outbreak

Major Cyber CompromiseOf Finance/Banking


Managing CIP Sector Interdependencies






Role of Partnerships in Executing RDT&E Through strategic partnerships, S&T leverages existing technologies and related research sponsored by other government agencies

S&T is mission-focused; partnerships with end-users allow S&T to impact the entire RDT&E process

Threat &VulnerabilityAssessment

R&D T&E Deployment Assessment

COTs

Standards

S&T relies on an end-to-end systems engineering approach to assess the effectiveness of countermeasures in reducing threats






Federal Stewardship

DHS Scholars And Fellows

NationalLabs

Standards

CIP/CyberInfo Analysis

START Teams

HS Labs

NBACC

CBRN/HECountermeasures

HomelandMissions

Intl. S&T Cooperation

HS Centers ofExcellence

Federal Stewardship Extends to People, Places and Programs


ORD Programs & AssetsPrograms Offices

National Biosecurity Research Program OfficeUniversity ProgramsWMD Operations and Incident ManagementStandards

AssetsNational Biodefense Countermeasures and Analysis CenterPlum Island Animal Disease CenterNational LaboratoriesDHS LaboratoriesUniversity-Based Homeland Security Center(s)


NBACC Hub and Spoke ConceptPhysical and Virtual Structures

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NBACCBKC

BTECBASC

PIADC

NBFAC

FederalPartnerships

Private Sector

UniversityCenters

National and DHS Labs


Plum Island Animal Disease CenterHigh level biocontainment facility for the study of agricultural threat agentsTesting and Evaluation (T&E) facility for assessment of countermeasuresForeign Animal Disease (FAD) diagnosis and confirmation; training for FAD diagnosticians International surveillance of emerging and exotic diseasesCharacterization of agricultural biothreat agents for detection, countermeasure development and attributionEnsuring availability of Foot and Mouth (FMD) vaccine stockpile for North America


National LaboratoriesA Historic Alliance … Positioned for the Future

1940s 1950s 1960s 1970s 1980s 1990s 2000s

NationalDefense

Cold War Mission EnergySecurity

EconomicSecurity

Non-proliferationHomelandSecurity

LANLORNL

ANLBNLINEEL

SNLLLNL PNL

NNSA1999

Hiroshima Space Race

Arms RaceEnergy Crisis Recession

and Recovery 9-11CW EndsUNCED

WTO

EnvironmentalSecurity

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War on TerrorismSoviet Bomb

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USG AEC

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NRC ‘74ERDA ‘75

DOE ‘77

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Academic community is an important partner

Applying cutting-edge science and technology to real-world problems through HSARPA projects

Adding important cross-cutting research component to S&T through university-based Homeland-Security Centers

Encouraging the development of the first and next generation of researchers in areas relevant to homeland security through the DHS Scholars and Fellows program


University-Based Homeland Security Centers

Mission-focused and targeted to research areas that leverage multidisciplinary capabilities

Will fill scientific and knowledge gaps

Complements project-focused research funded by the Homeland Security Advanced Research Projects Agency

Partnerships are strongly encouraged; expected to coordinate efforts locally and regionally

First center announced November 25; solicitation for broad agency announcement in area of agricultural biosecurity announced December 12.


Homeland Security Center for Risk and Economic Analysis of Terrorism Events

Will develop modeling capabilities that cut across general threats and targets, represented by application areas such as electrical power, transportation and telecommunications

Will develop tools for planning responses to emergencies, to save lives and reduce economic impacts

Headed by faculty with USC’s School of Engineering and School ofPolicy, Planning and Development

Team includes experts from across the country, and partnerships with universities including New York University, University of Wisconsin at Madison, and University of California at Berkeley


DHS Scholars and FellowsSupports development and mentoring of the next generation of scientists

Provides scholarships for undergraduate students and fellowships for graduate students pursuing degrees in areas beneficial to the homeland security mission

Students receive professional mentoring and are provided an internship opportunity

Students are encouraged to consider careers in public service that will provide an enduring capability for homeland security

Awards for 03-04 academic year announced earlier this year; Washington orientation held last month

Call for applications for 04-05 academic year will be announced soon


Homeland Security Scholars and Fellows

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Engineering Math and ComputerScience

Social Science andPsychology

Life Sciences Physical Sciences

FellowsScholars

2003 Class50 Scholars and 50 Fellows in engineering, math/computer science, social sciences and psychology, life sciences, and physical sciences

2004 ClassInitiate competition for 2004 ClassEstablish InternshipsLay foundation for alumni network


Partnerships are KeyInteragency andInternational

State and Local

Private Sector

Universities andResearch Institutes

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