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Last Updated: April 25, 2019 | Press Releases

News Release: S&T Awards $1.6M to Improve X-ray Scanning Capabilities

DHS S&T has awarded $1,656,206.00 to Halo X-ray Technologies Ltd (HXT) in Nottingham, UK, to develop and implement an automatic threat resolution system for use with X-ray imaging of carry-on and checked baggage.

Last Updated: August 24, 2018 | Publication

S&T Terrorism Prevention Literature Dashboard BIB File

DHS S&T developed a comprehensive and publicly available literature review and ontology dashboard to organize TVTP literature. This new capability streamlines the ability for end users and practitioners to access peer-reviewed and methodologically sound research products to develop an evidence base in the field of terrorism prevention for what works, what doesn't, and why.

Last Updated: February 10, 2016 | Testimony

Written testimony of CBP Commissioner for a House Oversight and Government Reform Subcommittee on National Security, and Subcommittee on Government Operations hearing titled “The President’s Waiver of Restrictions on the Visa Waiver Program”

U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) Commissioner R. Gil Kerlikowske addresses the Visa Waiver Program and the implementation of the Visa Waiver Program Improvement and Terrorist Travel Prevention Act of 2015 enacted as part of the Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2016.

Last Updated: June 3, 2015 | Testimony

Written testimony of I&A Under Secretary for a House Committee on Homeland Security hearing titled “Terrorism Gone Viral: The Attack in Garland, Texas and Beyond”

U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Office of Intelligence and Analysis (I&A) Under Secretary Francis Taylor addresses the foreign fighter threat and current efforts to disrupt terrorist travel.