SAFETY Act
The SAFETY Act provides incentives for the development and deployment of anti-terrorism technologies by creating systems of risk and litigation management.
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The SAFETY Act provides incentives for the development and deployment of anti-terrorism technologies by creating systems of risk and litigation management.
The National Strategy for Chemical, Biological, Radiological, Nuclear, and Explosives (CBRNE) Standards lays out the federal vision and goals to achieve a comprehensive structure for coordination, establishment, and implementation of CBRNE equipment standards by 2020.
The CSD within S&T, the FEMA Office of NCRC, the FEMA OCSO, and the FEMA OCIO have partnered to form the PIV-I/FRAC Technology Transition Working Group (TTWG).
S&T's Long Range Broad Agency Announcement provides a standing invitation for technological proposals to solve homeland security problems.
The Technology Transfer and Commercialization Program serves as the focal point for transition activities at DHS.
The Small Business Innovation Research Program helps U.S. small businesses to develop innovative solutions to homeland security needs.
Centers of Excellence are multidisciplinary academic consortia that engage leading experts to conduct groundbreaking research on threats facing the Homeland.
The S&T Office of National Laboratories (ONL) oversees a coordinated network of five Department of Homeland Security (DHS) laboratories.
In 2006, by Presidential Directive, DHS established the Chemical Security Analysis Center (CSAC) to identify and assess chemical threats and vulnerabilities in the United States and develop the best responses to potential chemical hazards.
The NBACC is a one-of-a-kind facility dedicated to defending the nation against biological threats. Its work supports intelligence assessments, preparedness planning, response, emerging threat characterization and bioforensic analyses. It is the first national laboratory created by DHS and the capabilities within the facility did not exist prior to the Amerithrax attacks of 2001.