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Department of Homeland Security Science and Technology Directorate : mission and issues / Gilles Cuvelier, editor.
- Format:
- Book
- Series:
- Defense, security and strategy series.
- Defense, security and strategies
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- United States. Department of Homeland Security. Science and Technology Directorate.
- United States.
- National security--United States.
- National security.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (131 p.)
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Nova Publishers, 2013.
- [Washington, D.C.] : U.S. Department of Homeland Security, Science and Technology, 2025.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Policy-makers generally believe that science and technology can and will play significant roles in improving homeland security. When Congress established the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), through the Homeland Security Act of 2002, it included the Directorate of Science and Technology (S&T) to ensure that the new department had access to science and technology advice and capabilities for research and development (R&D). The S&T Directorate is the primary organisation for R&D in the DHS. It conducts R&D in several DHS laboratories and funds R&D conducted by other government agencies, the Department of Energy national laboratories, academia, and the private sector. Additionally, the directorate supports the development of operational requirements and oversees the operational testing and evaluation of homeland security systems for the DHS. This book provides a brief overview of the S&T Directorate's mission, organisation, and budgetary structure; a discussion of selected critiques of the S&T Directorate; and an analysis of selected issues facing congressional policy-makers.
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on print version record and CIP data provided by publisher.
- ISBN:
- 1-62808-356-5
- OCLC:
- 1534291094
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