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DHS S&T Component Liaison Program (Fiscal Year 2015 Report to Congress)
"This report details the DHS Science and Technology Directorate (S&T) Partnering for Innovation and Operational Needs through Embedding for Effective Relationships (PIONEER) program. [...] PIONEER, as designed and outlined in the S&T Strategic Plan, will help S&T to identify and prioritize operational requirements and capability gaps through direct, on-the-ground collaboration and partnership with Components. Through PIONEER exchanges, S&T program staff will gain firsthand experience of Components' operational environments and grow their personal networks of operational end users. Concurrently, in addition to gaining insight into and influence over S&T's priorities, engagement by the Components will give them a better sense of state-of-the-art technology and how operations can be improved through collaboration with S&T. PIONEER aligns to the Secretary's vision for joint duty within the Department and represents a major step toward an established cross-departmental R&D culture. S&T's investment in richer awareness and understanding of operational needs through PIONEER will also allow more effective identification of crosscutting requirements, better prioritization of projects, and more strategic investment in force-multiplying solutions."
United States. Department of Homeland Security; United States. Department of Homeland Security. Science and Technology Directorate
2015-06-05
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S&T Reforms: Integrated Product Teams and Technical Assessments (Fiscal Year 2015 Report to Congress)
"DHS requires a mechanism for capturing and understanding the research and development (R&D) that occurs across the Department. Additionally, DHS faces the challenge of how R&D is coordinated to reflect the Department's priorities. As part of the Unity of Effort initiative and to address the above concerns, DHS is establishing integrated product teams (IPT) to assist the Science and Technology Directorate (S&T) with requirements gathering, validation, and aligning of budgetary resources. S&T will also play a critical role in helping DHS-wide major acquisition programs by conducting independent technical assessments of acquisitions to ensure that DHS acquisitions meet the capability gap that they were designed to fulfill. S&T currently is reviewing and updating the applicable DHS directives to reflect the changes outlined in this report."
United States. Department of Homeland Security; United States. Department of Homeland Security. Science and Technology Directorate
2015-11-06
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Department of Homeland Security: Results of Fiscal Year 2015 Research and Development (Fiscal Year 2016 Report to Congress)
"I am pleased to submit the following report, 'Results of Fiscal Year 2015 Research and Development,' which has been prepared by the Science and Technology Directorate (S&T). The report has been compiled pursuant to language in Senate Report 114-68 accompanying the Fiscal Year (FY) 2016 Department of Homeland Security (P.L. 114-113). We are beginning to see results from our new Apex programs. In FY 2015, the Next-Generation First Responder Apex executed S&T's first prize competition and launched S&T's first accelerator program to take advantage of start-ups and small businesses. In FY 2015, our Data Analytics Engine operationalized big data tools with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement that are already creating new leads for investigators. They also continued support for data projects across DHS such as the Transportation Security Administration's (TSA) ongoing rollout and expansion of the TSA Pre™ program. This reflects how valuable S&T's new engine programs, which are crosscutting by design and reach across S&T's and Department's full range of missions, will be moving forward."
United States. Department of Homeland Security; United States. Department of Homeland Security. Science and Technology Directorate
2016-03-22
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Department of Homeland Security: National Bio- and Agro-Defense Facility Construction Plan Update (Fiscal Year 2016 Report to Congress)
"The National Bio- and Agro-Defense Facility (NBAF) will be a state-of-the-art biocontainment facility for the study of foreign animal, emerging, and zoonotic (transmitted from animals to humans) diseases that threaten U.S. animal agriculture and public health. NBAF will provide our Nation with critical capabilities to conduct research, develop vaccines and other countermeasures, and train veterinarians to protect and strengthen our Nation's farmers, food supply, public health, and rural economy. For 60 years, the Plum Island Animal Disease Center (PIADC) has served our Nation as the primary facility to conduct this work. However, PIADC is at the end of its lifecycle, is too small, and needs to be replaced to meet national research requirements and to ensure the timely development of countermeasures in the event of an outbreak. Strategically, NBAF will provide new and expanded capabilities, specifically large animal biosafety level-4 laboratories, which will allow for the study of high-consequence zoonotic diseases affecting large livestock. Currently, no laboratory in the United States has this capability. S&T [Science and Technology Directorate] established an NBAF acquisition cost baseline of $1.25 billion in August 2014. The acquisition cost includes all costs from site selection to constructing and commissioning the facility. The acquisition cost does not include transitioning operations from PIADC to NBAF or decommissioning and closing all PIADC facilities."
United States. Department of Homeland Security; United States. Department of Homeland Security. Science and Technology Directorate
2016-04-11
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Applying Behavior Economics to Improve Cyber Security Behaviors
"Current systems are vulnerable due to poor cyber security behaviors. The existing quantitative models of cyber risk management and cyber insurance are still based on the assumption and behave according to classical decision theories. The approach includes three major activities: 1) quantitative capturing of heuristics and biases in cyber security. 2) quantifying cyber risks, premiums, and selecting control measures to reduce premiums. 3) Transition to practice, will test, evaluate and demonstrate the efficacy of proposed models and transition results to operational environments using 'real world databases' and working with 'live' partners who eventually will be adopting the models produced."
Rome Laboratory (Griffiss Air Force Base, N.Y.); United States. Department of Homeland Security. Science and Technology Directorate
Farahmand, Fariborz
2018-08
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Portable Ambulance Decontamination Systems Market Survey Report
From the Document: "Portable ambulance decontamination systems are used by emergency medical services (EMS), fire departments, and private ambulance providers to disinfect ambulance cabins. To provide emergency responders with information on portable ambulance decontamination systems, the System Assessment and Validation for Emergency Responders (SAVER) Program conducted a market survey. [...] The use of portable ambulance decontamination systems may be most helpful following the transport of a patient with a virus or bacteria that is highly contagious and/or life threatening, as well as resistant to antimicrobial products. Common microorganisms of concern include Clostridium difficile bacteria, methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA), Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV), tuberculosis (TB), and Hepatitis B and C, among others."
United States. Department of Homeland Security. Science and Technology Directorate; System Assessment and Validation for Emergency Responders (SAVER)
2015-09
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SMART: Social Media Analytics and Reporting Toolkit: Data Collection Report
From the Foreword: "The National Urban Security Technology Laboratory (NUSTL) is a federal laboratory organized within the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Science and Technology Directorate (S&T). Located in New York City, NUSTL is the only national laboratory focused exclusively on supporting the capabilities of state and local first responders to address the homeland security mission. The laboratory provides first responders with the necessary services, products, and tools to prevent, protect against, mitigate, respond to, and recover from homeland security threats and events. DHS S&T works closely with the nation's emergency response community to identify and prioritize mission capability gaps, and to facilitate the rapid development of critical solutions to address responders' everyday technology needs. DHS S&T gathers input from local, tribal, territorial, state, and federal first responders, and engages them in all stages of research and development--from building prototypes to operational testing, to transitioning tools that enhance safety and performance in the field. The goal is to advance technologies that address mission capability gaps in a rapid timeframe, and then promote a quick transition of the technologies to the commercial marketplace for use by the nation's first responder community."
United States. Department of Homeland Security. Science and Technology Directorate; National Urban Security Technology Laboratory (U.S.)
2020-05
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National Urban Security Technology Laboratory, Annual Report (Fiscal Year 2016)
From the Document: "In FY2016, the National Urban Security Technology Laboratory (NUSTL) celebrated 70 years in service though science. With locations in downtown New York City and the Chicago metropolitan area, NUSTL serves as an urban test bed that brings together the interests and initiatives of the federal community with the first responder community. The laboratory's mission activities in test and evaluation (T&E) and research and development (R&D) aim to help first responders prepare, protect and respond to homeland security threats. Technological innovation is necessary to address challenges for the first responder community as well as homeland security threats. To answer to these challenges, NUSTL performs tests, evaluations and assessments of existing and emerging technologies through a full spectrum of laboratory and field testing services. NUSTL's scientists, engineers and program leads planned and executed T&E activities to inform acquisitions and operations, develop more effective technology deployments and integrate first responder operations. [...] As a federal laboratory organized within the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Science and Technology Directorate (S&T) First Responders Group (FRG), NUSTL is dedicated to advancing the research, development, test and evaluation of homeland security technologies and tools that prepare and protect our nation. This Fiscal Year (FY) 2016 Annual Report contains a summary of NUSTL's completed program and project milestones, collaboration and outreach, mission and services, laboratory operations, and organizational successes."
United States. Department of Homeland Security. Science and Technology Directorate; National Urban Security Technology Laboratory (U.S.)
2017-10-12?
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Exploring the Effect of the Diffusion of Geo-Targeted Emergency Alerts: The Application of Agent-Based Modeling to Understanding the Spread of Messages from the Wireless Emergency Alerts Systems
"Emergency alerts and warnings are an element of emergency plans designed to provide information that members of the public can use to protect themselves. Whatever the event, the general goal of emergency alerting is similar: successfully transmit information to the potentially affected population, have that message spread or diffuse to the people who need it, and do so far enough before the incident occurs that they can act accordingly. Changes in technology and the way people consume media raised concerns that legacy alert systems were no longer sufficient to achieve the goals of alerting. Mobile devices are the entry point for much of current media consumption and they have moved people away from traditional channels that could be used to transmit emergency alerts. Because these mobile devices are always at least somewhat location aware, they can provide a way to transmit alert information relevant to the position where a person is at the time the emergency is occurring, rather than to a home address or other less precise location. To take advantage of this potential, the Wireless Emergency Alerts (WEA) system was implemented in 2012 to deliver short (up to 90 text characters) emergency messages to individual mobile devices in a designated warning area. WEA is designed to be a new addition to the toolbox for emergency alerting in the United States -- not to replace other channels for transmitting information to the public. […]This project took on the fundamental question of how important diffusion behavior was for understanding the value of geo-targeting WEA messages."
United States. Department of Homeland Security; United States. Department of Homeland Security. Science and Technology Directorate
Parker, Andrew M.; Jackson, Brian A., 1972-
2015-07
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Enhanced Rescue Hoist Glove: Operational Field Assessment Report
From the Executive Summary: "Rescue hoist gloves protect emergency responders' hands during specialized helicopter hoist rescue operations. To improve the durability and performance of these gloves, the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Science and Technology Directorate (S&T) First Responders and Detection, Office of Mission Capability and Support sponsored the research and development of abrasion-resistant glove materials and alternative glove designs. This effort resulted in two prototype fingerless glove designs. [...] DHS S&T's National Urban Security Technology Laboratory (NUSTL) conducted an operational field assessment (OFA) where five responders from the fire services and members of the uniformed services evaluated the gloves at the U.S. Coast Guard's Aviation Technical Training Center located in Elizabeth City, North Carolina. To replicate manual tasks typically associated with rescue missions, the evaluators used hoist platforms equipped with safety harnesses, rescue gurneys holding weighted mannequins, stationary helicopters, carabiner and various other gear. Equipment at the training center was able to mechanically generated wind and rain to simulate conditions encountered during hoist rescue operations. The evaluators found that the SuperFabric material used in the enhanced gloves had different properties than the leather in their current gloves, which effected operational activities."
United States. Department of Homeland Security. Science and Technology Directorate; National Urban Security Technology Laboratory (U.S.)
Dooley, Kris; Klemic, Gladys; Mackanin, Tyler . . .
2020-09
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Wireless Physiological and Environmental Monitoring: Operational Field Assessment Report
From the Executive Summary: "The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Science and Technology Directorate (S&T) National Urban Security Technology Laboratory (NUSTL) conducted an operational field assessment (OFA) of the Wireless Physiological and Environmental Monitoring (WiPEM) system on July 28, 2017, at Torrance Fire Station #2 in Torrance, California. Six firefighters from the Torrance Fire Department served as evaluators to assess the current prototype of the WiPEM system. WiPEM is a wireless system developed by Physical Optics Corporation to address a technology gap for wireless physiological, environmental and equipment monitoring sensors in extreme environments."
United States. Department of Homeland Security. Science and Technology Directorate; National Urban Security Technology Laboratory (U.S.)
Warner, Brian; Vargas, Stephen
2017-10
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TSM™ Tactical Radios for Urban and Subterranean Environments: Experimentation Report
From the Executive Summary: "The TW-400 CUB TSM™ tactical radio, developed by TrellisWare Technologies Inc., underwent Urban Operational Experimentation (OpEx) on January 26, 2017, by the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Science and Technology Directorate (S&T) National Urban Security Technology Laboratory (NUSTL). NUSTL hosts Urban OpEx to introduce new technologies to first responders corresponding to their identified needs, and to provide feedback to technology developers--while sharing results with the national first responder community. The TW-400 CUB TSM is a handheld radio that forms an ad-hoc network with nearby radios such that each can collaboratively receive and transmit voice, data or video, allowing communications to 'hop' from radio to radio to extend communication coverage and range. This provides a potential solution to a responder-identified need for technologies that enhance the ability to communicate information from the scene of an incident that is Global Positioning System (GPS)-denied and impedes radio frequency (RF) signals (such as tunnels and underground subway systems) to colleagues and incident commanders who may or may not also be in such environments."
United States. Department of Homeland Security. Science and Technology Directorate; National Urban Security Technology Laboratory (U.S.)
Murtagh, Cecilia
2018-03
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SAVER TechNote: Less Lethal Technologies for Law Enforcement
From the Document: "'Less lethal technologies are devices designed to be less likely to cause death when deployed than conventional weapons like firearms. Less lethal technologies are used by law enforcement in two primary situations: crowd control and one-on-one suspect apprehension. For each of these situations, technology subcategories exist based on the modalities of the technology, such as chemical, kinetic and conducted energy.'"
United States. Department of Homeland Security. Science and Technology Directorate; National Urban Security Technology Laboratory (U.S.)
2019-06
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Respiratory Protection for Firefighters During Overhaul Operations: Operational Field Assessment Report
From the Executive Summary: "After extinguishing structural fires, firefighters carry out fire overhaul operations to locate and extinguish smoldering hot spots. Early on in the overhaul operations, firefighters wear self-contained breathing apparatus (SCBA); although, it is common practice to remove the SCBA when the carbon monoxide (CO) concentration drops to a safe level. Studies have shown, however, that after CO dissipates, particulate matter and harmful chemicals are still present during overhaul environments. As a result, firefighters must continue to wear heavy SCBA equipment throughout overhaul operations or risk breathing in the hazardous material present in the overhaul environment. To address this hazard, the Respiratory Protection for Firefighters during Overhaul Operations project developed a filter module that is designed to be used in passive air-purifying respirators (APRs) and powered APRs (PAPRs) to protect firefighters from particulate and chemical hazards while being lighter and more comfortable than the traditional SCBA."
United States. Department of Homeland Security. Science and Technology Directorate; National Urban Security Technology Laboratory (U.S.)
Albert, Brian
2019-02
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Mobile Device Attribute Validation: Technology Demonstration Report
From the Executive Summary: "Lockstep Technologies is developing the Mobile Device Attribute Validation (MDAV) application for the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS), Science and Technology Directorate (S&T). MDAV is a mobile application that digitally authenticates first responders' credentials. Using X.509 public key cryptography on smartphones, the MDAV app aims to enable first responders to verify one another's credentials, permits and certifications quickly, securely and privately during field operations, even when there is no network connectivity. MDAV has two main mobile components: a wallet that contains the responder's credentials in a cryptographically secure form, and a reader that scans and validates those credentials. Credentials are relayed between phones via several methods (such as Quick Response Codes, Near Field Communication and Bluetooth), and verified electronically. Additionally, there is a web application used by administrators (attribute authorities) to issue the credentials."
United States. Department of Homeland Security. Science and Technology Directorate; National Urban Security Technology Laboratory (U.S.)
Linn, Blaise; Mackanin, Tyler
2019-06
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Burn Saver: Operational Field Assessment Report
From the Executive Summary: "Firefighters are exposed to dangerous thermal conditions, including elevated temperatures, convective heat flux, and radiant heat flux when entering burning buildings during a fire. The self-contained breathing apparatus (SCBA) facepiece lens is often the first component of a firefighter's personal protective equipment (PPE) to fail when exposed to dangerous thermal conditions, a contributing factor in many firefighter injuries and fatalities. To address this issue, the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Science and Technology Directorate (S&T) funded TDA Research Inc. (TDA) to develop Burn Saver, a sensor and alarm system that can be mounted on an SCBA shoulder strap, and measures the temperature and heat flux of the environment and calculates the length of time until those conditions will damage the SCBA facepiece lens. Specifically, Burn Saver will activate an alarm when it calculates that a firefighter has 45 seconds remaining before the environment begins to damage their SCBA facepiece."
United States. Department of Homeland Security. Science and Technology Directorate; National Urban Security Technology Laboratory (U.S.)
Polacco, Christopher
2019-03
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Activation of Body-Worn Cameras Without Responder Manipulation: Operational Field Assessment Report
From the Executive Summary: "Most commercial off-the-shelf (COTS) body-worn cameras currently in use by law enforcement personnel must either be manually activated when needed or they are set to continuously record while worn. In the former case, responders may fail to activate their cameras in rapidly developing emergency situations, while in the latter case, large amounts of irrelevant video and audio data are obtained that may nevertheless need to be digitally archived. Hitron Technologies Inc. (Hitron) developed the body-worn camera prototypes that were assessed during this operational field assessment (OFA) to address these limitations for U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Science and Technology Directorate's (S&T) First Responder Technologies Division (R-Tech). The prototypes were designed to automatically activate based on trigger signals transmitted wirelessly from any of four critical event sensors: a holster sensor that detects the unlatching of a holster weapon retaining strap, an occupancy sensor that detects responders exiting their vehicles, an audio sensor that detects elevated sound levels and a hemodynamic sensor that detects an increase in the wearer's pulse rate."
United States. Department of Homeland Security. Science and Technology Directorate; National Urban Security Technology Laboratory (U.S.)
2018-07
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Constellation-Incident Management System: Experimentation Report
From the Executive Summary: "Constellation for Incident Management (Constellation), an emergency data exchange language (EDXL)-compliant mobile command and control software developed by Haystax Technology, was evaluated during the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Science and Technology Directorate (S&T) Urban Operational Experimentation (OpEx) event hosted by the National Urban Security Technology Laboratory (NUSTL) on January 25, 2017. Constellation is an incident management system that runs on desktop computers and mobile devices. The software creates a configurable common operating picture that provides secure communications, situational awareness and information sharing between various types of organizations and levels of command. Nine first responder and emergency management personnel participated in this event. The participants were given a presentation on Constellation's features and capabilities of by the technology developer, and they then experimented with it on desktop computers and mobile devices. The experimentation allowed participants to use Constellation in an operationally relevant way so they could provide feedback on its features and suitability for use in first responder and emergency management organizations. The participants were provided with a list of tasks to accomplish while using Constellation, but they were also encouraged to consider and attempt other actions they might take when responding to a real event or incident."
United States. Department of Homeland Security. Science and Technology Directorate; National Urban Security Technology Laboratory (U.S.)
Patel, Bhargav
2018-04
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Wildland Urban Interface Fire Operational Requirements and Capability Analysis: Report of Findings
From the Executive Summary: "In December of 2017, the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) Administrator requested the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Science and Technology (S&T) research new and emerging technology that could be applied to wildland fire incident response, given the loss of life that occurred in California during the fall of 2017 in Santa Rosa and Ventura. [...] As a result, S&T formed an Integrated Project Team (IPT) and initiated the WUI [wildland urban interface] Fire Operational Requirements and Technology Capability Analysis Project. Over the course of the project, the IPT identified areas of innovation in wildland fire incident relating to wildland fire preparedness and mitigation and enhanced wildland fire suppression practices, including resistant infrastructure planning, building materials, and building codes."
United States. Department of Homeland Security. Science and Technology Directorate; United States Fire Administration; United States. Federal Emergency Management Agency
2019-05-31
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Test Results for String Search Tool: EnCase Version 8.09.00.192
From the Introduction: "The Computer Forensics Tool Testing (CFTT) program is a joint project of the Department of Homeland Security, Science and Technology Directorate (DHS S&T), the National Institute of Justice (NIJ), and the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) Special Programs Office and Information Technology Laboratory (ITL). CFTT is supported by other organizations, including the Federal Bureau of Investigation, the U.S. Department of Defense Cyber Crime Center, U.S. Internal Revenue Service Criminal Investigation Division Electronic Crimes Program, and the U.S. Department of Homeland Security's Bureau of Immigration and Customs Enforcement, U.S. Customs and Border Protection and U.S. Secret Service. The objective of the CFTT program is to provide measurable assurance to practitioners, researchers, and other applicable users that the tools used in computer forensics investigations provide accurate results. Accomplishing this requires the development of specifications and test methods for computer forensics tools and subsequent testing of specific tools against those specifications."
National Institute of Standards and Technology (U.S.). Office of Law Enforcement Standards; United States. Department of Homeland Security. Science and Technology Directorate
2020-06
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Building and Infrastructure Protection Series [HSDL Holdings]
This Homeland Security Digital Library (HSDL) list contains documents of the Department of Homeland Security's "Building and Infrastructure Protection Series: Designing Buildings to Withstand Almost Anything." From the Department of Homeland Security website: "A new publication series, aimed at engineers, architects, building owners, city planners, and emergency managers, makes available years of government, industry, and academic research on designs and materials to make buildings and tunnels terror-'resistant' and terror-'resilient.' The Building and Infrastructure Protection Series (BIPS) provides architects and engineers a set of aids for designing critical infrastructure to withstand all kinds of hazards…at a cost that won't break the budget. 'This series lays the foundation for designing a new generation of resilient buildings,' says Mila Kennett, who oversees the series in S&T's [Science and Technology Directorate] Infrastructure Protection and Disaster Management Division, where she leads the Structural Resilience Branch. An architect by training, Kennett came from the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), where she edited a similar publication series after 9/11. Several of the BIPS guides expand upon and update her highly regarded FEMA guides."
Naval Postgraduate School (U.S.). Center for Homeland Defense and Security. Homeland Security Digital Library; United States. Department of Homeland Security. Science and Technology Directorate
