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Megan Mahle: So I have
an overview on S&T and how

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to do business with us.

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S&T, in brief, we have
about 1,200 personnel

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between contractors
and federal employees.

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We have five internal
laboratories in New York,

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Maryland, and soon
to be in Kansas.

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And we have, we run two of our
own federally funded research

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and development centers,
and we have access

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to the broader DOE lab network.

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We have a network of 150
university programs as part

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of our Centers of Excellence,
which study research

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across Homeland Security needs.

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We collaborate across
multiple sectors to come

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to Homeland Security objectives.

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And we are also supporting our
DHS component customers as well

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as the broader, what we call
the Homeland Security Enterprise

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which is really relates out
to first responders and others

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who might have the same
interest as our DHS customers.

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And we're hoping to establish
an enduring capability

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in Homeland Security science
and technology by setting things

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up for a future workforce.

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The S&T mission, we
are out to develop

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and implement technology
solutions addressing Homeland

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Security pressing challenges.

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So we align ourselves across the
five broader DHS mission areas,

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which you can see on the slide.

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And we work collaboratively
with both public

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and private sectors
to reach these goals.

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And we're always looking for
new and innovative solutions.

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At the end of the day
that's why we are at S&T

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to address new problems that
our DHS components are having.

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And there are a number
of drivers that we use

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in pursuit of our mission.

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And it's summed up
in this approach

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that our leadership
calls CHAMPS.

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And so it's Component
and Customer Driven.

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We're also looking at being
Homeland Security Enterprise

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focused, agile and
responsive, being able to pivot

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and address new technology
needs as they come up.

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We're making use of
existing technologies,

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being aware of what's
happening in the market,

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seeing prototypes, understanding
where industry is going.

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We also want to make sure that
we're setting up our research

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for transfer and
commercialization.

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So at the end of the day
if we're funding R & D

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and it's not going
anywhere, that, you know,

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we didn't really provide
the ultimate solution.

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We want to make sure
that we get things

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out into the hands
of our end users.

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And then we're also making sure

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that our workforce
has scientific

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and engineering excellence.

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So for those of you who
are not familiar with S&T,

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we went through revitalization
in this past October 2018.

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And it was really focused on
making sure that we're aligned

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to DHS operational
component needs.

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And you can see it
reflected in our org chart.

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Industry partnerships that
I manage is in our Office

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of Innovation and Collaboration
which I would describe as sort

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of the toolbox for
our program managers.

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We have not in addition
to industry partnerships,

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we have our FFRDCs, our
international programs,

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our national laboratories.

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And then our Mission

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and Capability Support
Office is really

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where our component customers,
the program portfolios align.

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And we're partnering
today with the Physical

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and Cyber Security Division
and our CISA customers.

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And you can see that each of our
three divisions, our borders;

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immigration and maritime, and we
have a number of DHS components

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under that; first
responders and detection;

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and then physical
and cybersecurity.

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And then we also have our Office
of Science and Engineering

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which is a lot of the technical
SME work in our tech centers.

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They're looking at
enduring research problems

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that cross the individual
division areas.

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So in terms of the
focus of S&T reaching

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out to industry we have
a number of missions.

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We need to educate DHS's mission
and challenges out to industry.

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There are a lot of
missions within DHS.

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It's a vast organization.

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And we need to help break down
what the needs are at the end

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of the day that we're looking
for to better guide industry.

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We're looking to
expand our network.

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We need to engage new innovators

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who provide their
unique perspectives.

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We don't want just the same
old thing all the time.

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We need to increase our
capabilities and we're doing

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that by going out
and talking to people

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about our open solicitation
so we can bring people in

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and understand what
the technology is.

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And we're also maintaining
an awareness

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of industry capabilities.

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Understanding where the market
is also helps us align better

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for our component needs.

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And then we need to continue

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to strengthen our
existing relationships.

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We have a very strong
partnership network already

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in existence and we
need to make sure

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that we're keeping
people engaged.

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And the Technology and
Innovation Exchanges,

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it's a new program that
we're starting this year

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and this is our first event, but
what we're hoping is a series

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of events throughout the year.

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And it's really focused on
a lot of these mission areas

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but it's taking S&T out of D.C.
to a number of cities nationwide

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on a specific topic with a
component customer to try

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to engage with new people who
haven't heard of us before,

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might be interested
in working with us,

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might need to know a
little bit more about us,

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and really understand what
a specific customer need is.

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So this is the first of the
event and we look forward

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to hearing your feedback,
but we also hope to be able

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to promote additional
events going forward

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and we'll make sure to keep
everyone aware of that.

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So the first piece of what we
do with industry is we're trying

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to incentivize innovation
and we have a number of tools

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that we use to do that.

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And I'll get into most of these.

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We have a Broad Agency
Announcements including a Long

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Range BAA, as well
a targeted BAA.

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We also do prize competitions.

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We have our Small Business
Innovative Research program

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and our Silicon Valley
Innovation Program.

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So Broad Agency Announcements
are solicitations

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that usually contain
multiple topics

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that allow the flexibility
of an offeror's response.

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We use our Long Range
Broad Agency Announcement.

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It's a five-year open
solicitation that has a number

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of topics across S&T and DHS's
mission areas that are accepted

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on a rolling basis and
they're very broad,

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usually one to two
sentence topic areas.

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And we're really trying
to just have people come

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in with their ideas that
fall under these areas.

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And they're used to, the
Long Range is used to look

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at ongoing areas of need

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that address overall
DHS mission areas.

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In contrast to that, we
also do a significant number

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of targeted BAAs
which are more defined

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than a typical Long Range BAA

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and they are only
accepting submissions

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for a short period of time.

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And they're usually more
defined than a topic

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that you'd find on
the Long Range.

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And it's really focused on
meeting a need that's out there

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and there's a requirement to
find and develop a solution

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in a set period of time.

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So a little more about
our Long Range BAA.

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We're looking at basic
and applied research.

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We can provide funding
for one to three years.

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We are looking at prototypes
that might already be

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in existence that we can pivot
towards DHS capabilities,

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and also mature technology
improvements and assessments.

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And the Long Range is open
to everyone, private sector,

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industry, academia, as well
as national laboratories

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and other R & D organizations.

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And we are updating
our topics quarterly

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so if things aren't there that
you might be interested in,

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keep an eye out and new
topics should come up.

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Our Prize Challenge
Program, this is looking

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at a nontraditional
approach to problem solving.

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So each federal agency
has the authority

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to do prize challenges.

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And it's, our prize authority

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from the DHS Secretary has
been delegated down to S&T.

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And we run prizes in support of
our S&T mission areas as well

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as directly with our
component customers.

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So this is really looking at
crowd sourcing innovation,

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looking at challenges
that can be met quickly

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with innovative solutions.

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And this really gets down to
just individuals can apply

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for prizes.

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So this is looking at people
who wouldn't normally propose

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to a large scale
government solicitation.

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And we've had a lot
of success finding new

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and interesting topics
coming out of these.

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We just announced eight
winners in our phase one

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of an Opioid Detection
Challenge, for example.

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And that was an international
challenge.

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So this is a few more details
about prize challenges,

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where you can look to find them.

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We don't have any open at
the moment but we expect

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to have more in the fall.

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And everyone is eligible.

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And we're seeking new
and novel capabilities.

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Our SBIR program, we've had
a program at S&T since 2004,

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and it's really focused on the
commercialization and delivery

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of operational prototypes.

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And this is one of the great
examples of U.S. public

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and private partnerships
across federal agencies.

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It's really focusing on
fostering participation

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from groups that, you know,
small business, and socially,

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and economically
disadvantaged persons.

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And it's increasing the
commercialization and innovation

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of R & D across the government.

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Some unique elements
of the SBIR program,

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it's broken up into
three phases.

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Phase one is a six month
proof of feasibility.

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Phase two is up to 24 months.

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And that usually
results in a prototype.

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And then those are both funded
via SBIR set aside funding.

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And then phase three can be
funded via anyone's program

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dollars across the government.

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So you have to be
a small business

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with no more than 500 employees.

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And these really support
Homeland Security mission areas.

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We do a solicitation annually.

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It usually comes out in
November or December.

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We just, in June, awarded our
one-thousandth SBIR contract

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at DHS so we're very
excited about that

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and it really shows
the commitment we have

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to the program.

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And we've gotten a lot
of successes out of it

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across different program areas.

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Our Silicon Valley
Innovation program was launched

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in late 2015, and we're
leveraging commercial R & D

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ecosystems for government
applications, co-investing

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in ideas, and accelerating
transition.

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And we've been working
with a number of customers

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to develop topic areas, as well

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as our first responder
and finance sectors.

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And then we're also
in discussions

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with a few more components
and hope to have topics

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with them in the future.

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So this is non-FAR-based OT,

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Other Transaction
Authority, efforts.

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And we are looking to keep pace
with the innovation community

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and tackle the hard problems.

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So these are things that
already exist by people

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who wouldn't necessarily
work with us and just need

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to understand a little bit more
about the DHS mission space

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to connect the technology
that they have

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to how we might be able
to use it going forward.

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So we're educating
investors and entrepreneurs.

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We're funding up to 800K
for product development.

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And we're also doing
tests, and evaluation,

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and pilot assessments
of the technologies.

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And so the method right now is
to go from a proof of concept

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to a fielded prototype
in 24 months.

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And when things are going
well, the idea is that you get

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from a call, an application,
a pitch, and a decision,

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and then an award is
made within 45 days.

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So this is really speeding

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up the normal government
solicitation

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and selection process.

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And you can see the various
stages we have right now,

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the phases we have right now,

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which have different funding
levels, periods of performance,

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and different spots in the
product development timeline.

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And just some accomplishments
that we've had.

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We've funded 35 startups across
fourteen different topic areas.

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And we've had four successful
transitions to CBP so far.

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And we expect to have that
number increase going forward

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over the next six
to nine months.

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So the other piece of our
industry engagement, you know,

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if we have all these
tools at the front end,

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and we get the research going,

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and we're providing the best
capabilities we can to get

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that to happen, we
need to make sure

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that something is
happening at the back end.

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We need to get the technology
out into the end users' hands.

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So we focus a lot on the
commercialization of tech,

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coming out of S&T as well

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as other mission
relevant technologies.

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And it really is
commercialization

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of technology is really
tech transfer as well

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as acceleration and
partnerships.

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It really is a cycle.

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And so some of you
may be familiar

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in our Cyber Security Division
we had a program called

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Transition to Practice
and it was focused

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on taking cybersecurity
technologies

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that have been funded at the
national labs, FFRDCs, academia,

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and really taking them and
getting them over the valley

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of death and getting
them to market.

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And we were able to license
20 technologies coming

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out of that program.

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And we've expanded it
now beginning this year

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into our Commercial
Accelerator Program.

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And we are trying to look

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at broader Homeland
Security mission areas

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beyond cybersecurity.

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And we'll be starting
that up shortly.

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And we also support all

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of the department's
Cooperative Research

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and Development Agreements,
CRADAs, which is an opportunity

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for industry to partner
with the government

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and usually it's
involving demonstrations

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or prototype sessions
of technologies

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for short periods of time.

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And we're also able to enter

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into Partnership
Intermediary Agreements

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which are specific
vehicles looking at how

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to broaden our ability
to transfer technologies.

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Finally, the last piece we
have is our SAFETY Act program.

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So this is the Support
Anti-Terrorism

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by Fostering Effective
Technologies Act

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which came out in 2002.

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And it's focused on
ensuring that the threat

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of liabilities doesn't deter
manufacturers and sellers

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of effective anti-terrorism
technologies from developing

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and commercializing
their technology.

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So it really is made,
based on a determination

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by the Secretary whether
something is an act

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of terrorism or not.

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But, to date, there have
been a, we have a range

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of available protections.

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There's a lot of technologies
that could be available,

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qualified for SAFETY
Act protections.

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You can see a wide-range here.

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We look a lot at venue
security and things like that,

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a lot of screening
that comes out of TSA.

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But I would encourage everyone
to think about technologies

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that you may have
that could benefit

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from SAFETY Act designation
or certification.

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So just want to highlight
a couple of events

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that we're going to
be at going forward.

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We'll be at Black Hat
in August in Vegas.

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S&T has a booth along
with other DHS partners.

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We also participate in
the SBA SBIR Road Show.

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The northeast portion of
that tour is in September

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and we'll be participating
in that.

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We'll also be at the,
it's MWC19 in Los Angeles.

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It's the former Mobile World
Congress of America's conference

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and that's in October.

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We'll have an event there
as well with our partners.

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And then we have a SINET
Showcase in November in D.C.

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So we are all over social media.

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Please connect with
us however you prefer.

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