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>> Megan Mahle: So, as I
said earlier, Megan Mahle,

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Director of Industry
Partnerships within S&T.

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So, Jay talked about
the S&T mission,

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but we are essentially trying
to enable the operations

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of our homeland security
agencies

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and providing them the research
and development that they need

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to get their missions completed.

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In the overview, Jay
mentioned we have people

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across the country, we have
laboratory capabilities,

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centers of excellence, we have
two FFRDCs, and we are trying

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to engage with industry,
the academic community,

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other government agencies
and state and local

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to really make sure that we
are getting the widest variety

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of R&D to get to our end users.

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This is just a-- CHAMPS is the
outline of how we do business

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by our Undersecretary
Bill Bryan.

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We are making sure that we
are driven by the requirements

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that are coming in
from our customers.

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We're focused on the broad
homeland security enterprise,

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which reaches beyond our
end users within DHS.

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We want to be making sure that
we're flexible to R&D needs.

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We understand that
things change.

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Capabilities are necessary.

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We want to make use of
existing technologies.

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Not everything needs to
be a basic research effort

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and so we want to make sure
that we're aware of what's

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in the market so that we
can address emerging needs.

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We want to make sure that we're
planning for the transfer,

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the commercialization,
and the transition

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of technology up front.

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We're not doing research
for research sakes.

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We have a very important
end user.

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We want to make sure that
our technologies are getting

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out into their hands at the
end of our research efforts

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and we want to make sure that
S&T is the place that people go

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to for science and
engineering expertise.

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We want to be looked at across
the community as that resource.

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Jay mentioned the
strategic program areas.

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This is the list of those--
the current list of those--

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right now in the focus areas

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that Jay highlighted
several of them on that list.

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We also have our technology
centers, which is more

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of our cross-cutting
enduring research,

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looking a little further out for
the underlying research areas

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that are of importance to inform
our strategic program areas.

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So, things such as AI,
machine learning, modeling

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and simulation, sensors, and the
platforms associated with those.

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So, these are run out of
our technology centers.

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So, my group, industry
partnerships,

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is focused on engaging
externally with our--

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the community of innovators
that we want to bring in to work

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with S&T going forward.

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So, we're looking to
leverage the work that's do--

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being done by industry,
making sure we work together

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and provide the tools to
develop the technology,

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and then make sure that
we're moving the technologies

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to the marketplace.

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So, the mission of
Industry Partnerships

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and what we're focusing
on to make sure

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that we're providing the
capabilities that Don

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and the other strategic
program areas require

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to get their work
done is we want

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to make sure we're educating
industry on DHS's missions.

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And I mentioned this at the
beginning and Jay mentioned this

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as well, as we have a
very complex mission.

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There's a lot of different
mission areas within DHS,

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so being able to break that down

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and help industry
understand what we're focused

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on is very important to us.

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We also want to expand
our network.

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We don't want to have the
same performers all the time.

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We want to reach out,
find new innovators

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who have new interesting
ideas who can help us think

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about new ways of doing the
work that we've been doing,

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things we haven't
considered before.

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And hopefully that's
why you're here today.

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We want to increase the
capabilities that we have.

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So, we have the tools
and solicitations

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that allow industry
to work with us.

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What new things do we
need to be considering

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to bring new audiences to us
and new ways of partnering?

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We need to maintain awareness
of industry capabilities.

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We want to make sure we're
engaging in the right spots

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and we do this in coordinating--

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in coordination with
our tech scouting group,

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but we want to make sure we know
what's going on with industry

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and we're keeping
connected there.

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And we also need to make
sure we're strengthening our

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existing relationships.

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S&T has a lot of people

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that we've been working
with over the years.

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We need to keep people engaged,
continue to work with us,

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continue to attend events,

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and now that you've
attended this event,

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if this is your first time
working at a meeting with S&T,

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you know, hopefully we'll
see you in the future

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as we make you aware of
new events coming up.

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So, doing business with S&T.

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So, we have two sides
of our house

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within industry partnership.

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We have the tools and
technology programs to make sure

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that we do the R&D and
then we have the ways

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of delivering solutions--

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and I'll run through all
of these very quickly just

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to make sure you're aware.

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So, again, our four
main programs

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for how we do business
are our Long Range BAA,

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Prize Competitions, our Silicon
Valley Innovation Program

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and our SBIR program.

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We do broad agency
announcements,

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which if you aren't
familiar with them,

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they are solicitations
that have multiple topics

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on a broadly-defined
list of interest areas

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and they offer a
lot of flexibility

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for industry to respond to.

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And we use BAAs in
two different ways.

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We have our Long Range BAA,

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which is a standing open
invitation to industry.

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It's open for five years.

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We have very broad topic areas
that align to our current areas

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of interest and we
want to hear your idea,

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how you fit our listed topic.

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So, submissions are accepted
anytime during a five-year

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period and we try to
update the topics quarterly

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to match our current
organization requirements.

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We also have more targeted
BAAs, which you'll see come

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out from us not on
any regular basis,

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but as we develop
specific needs.

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Those are time-sensitive.

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They're more defined, whereas
our Long Range BAA has a topic

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area and you tell us how you
can accomplish that work.

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A targeted BAA will say we want
this on this this time period

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and we want it to
look like this.

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So, we'll give a lot
of more specifics.

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So, you'll see those
every so often.

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We have a URL at the
bottom of this slide

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and we'll also provide
these slides after the event

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or you can get more information

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as we roll those
solicitations out.

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We have prize authority for DHS.

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S&T holds that for
the entire department,

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so we work with our
component customers

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to develop Prize Competitions

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and these really are
very broad topics.

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So, we work to really
reach just innovators,

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these can be students,
people in their garage,

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these are really very broad ways
of us trying to find a topic

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to a solution we haven't figured
out any other way to get to.

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Maybe it's something that the
industry that we normally work

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with in a particular
space just isn't thinking

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about it a certain way or
we haven't reached a goal,

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so we'll really throw this out
as broadly as possible to try

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to get someone else to take
a new look at this idea.

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So, we run those
via challenge.gov

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and we post those regularly.

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We have several ongoing
challenges.

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We're about to announce
a finalist this week

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in our Opioid Detection
Challenge, actually,

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but any new challenges that
we have will be posted there

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as they come up.

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Our SBIR program.

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SBIR is probably one

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of the programs people
are most familiar

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with because it's
long-established

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across the government.

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S&T and our CWMD group post
topics together annually.

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Those are-- it's a
three-phase program,

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so the first six-month period
is up to 150K proof of concept.

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Then there is a phase two
period, 24-- up to 24 months,

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750K, and that's really full
R&D resulting in a prototype.

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And then a phase three
SBIR is non-SBIR funds,

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no dollar amount,
no set time period,

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and that really is
focused on how

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to commercialize the technology
that's been developed to date

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as part of the SBIR program.

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SBIR focused on small
business, U.S. companies.

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We do one solicitation annually

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and I'll come back later
towards the end of the program.

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We actually have a
pre-solicitation period open

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right now for another week,

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so I'll provide some
information about that later.

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And finally our Silicon
Valley Innovation Program.

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We are very aware of the
work that's being done

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by the startup community

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that hasn't traditionally
been interested

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in working with the government.

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So, we are focused
on educating--

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we're trying to educate our
startup community on the needs

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of DHS and provide them funding.

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We don't take any
intellectual property as part

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of our SVIP program and we
are also connecting startups

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who have commercially
viable solutions

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that tweaked a little bit
can fit government needs.

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We're connecting them with our
component customer end users

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to make sure that those
technologies are then brought

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out into the field, tested,
and really get into operations

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and can show the startups
how their solutions can work

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with government, something
they hadn't considered before.

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So, on the other side of the
house, we want to make sure

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that we are focused on
delivering solutions.

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We are planning for
this up front.

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This isn't something we can
wait for at the end of 24 months

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and assume that something
will get out into the field.

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So, we have several
ways of doing this.

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We have a Commercialization
Accelerator program,

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which is an expansion of
a previous program we ran

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out of our cybersecurity
division,

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Transition to Practice, which is
looking at previously-funded--

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previously federally-funded
technologies

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out of the national labs
and FFRDCs and looking

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at how we can dust
technologies off,

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do some new use case
development, do some testing

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and evaluation, maybe some
demonstrations, pilots,

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and really get things out into
the field that hadn't been able

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to make it over the
valley-of-death before.

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S&T also has the authority

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for Partnership Intermediary
Agreements,

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which are non-FAR-based ways

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of extending our tech transfer
programs with state and local

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and academic institutions.

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And then S&T also runs
Cooperative Research

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and Development Agreements for
DHS, our components as well

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as S&T in our labs, and those
are another way of allowing us

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to do collaborative research
with non-federal partners.

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One more plug I should give is
part of industry partnerships

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and you can meet

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with a representative later
today is the SAFETY Act.

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So, we have designations and
certifications for SAFETY Act

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for qualified anti-terrorism
technologies,

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including a block designation
for canine programs with TSA

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and so if you're aren't aware
of the SAFETY Act program,

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please connect with them later.

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It's a great resource
that S&T has that--

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especially in this area.

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So, we have a number
of resources.

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We have them out at-- near
our registration desk.

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We have an industry guide, which
explains the areas of interest

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across S&T and what
we are focused on.

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We also have our innovation
programs and tools,

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which really runs through
the programs that I talked

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about earlier, our Long Range
BAA, our Prize Competition,

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and they explain who's eligible
for which tool based on number

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of employees, where you're
located, things like that.

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Please stay connected to us.

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This is-- we have
a presence online.

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We are on social media.

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We have an S&T innovation
inbox, which is a general inbox

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for questions across S&T
that we are able to vet.

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We also have a TIES
email address,

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which we'll provide
later as well.

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That is my contact information
and that is all I have.

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