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1A New Take on National Imperatives
2General DHS Organizational Structure
- Coast Guard
- Secret Service
- Citizenship Immigration Ombudsman
- Civil Rights and Civil Liberties
- Legislative Affairs
- General Counsel
- Inspector General
- State Local Coordination
- Private Sector Coordination
- International Affairs
- National Capital Region Coordination
- Counter-narcotics
- Small and Disadvantaged Business
- Privacy Officer
- Chief of Staff
Secretary (Ridge) Deputy Secretary (Loy -
Nominated)
Management (Hale)
Information Analysis Infrastructure
Protection (Libutti)
Border Transportation Security (Hutchinson)
Emergency Preparedness Emergency
Response (Brown)
Science Technology (McQueary)
3ST is the advocate for CBRN countermeasures
Recover
Respond
Prevent
4ST Research Agenda
- Homeland Missions
- Bio-Countermeasures
- Chemical Countermeasures
- Radiological and Nuclear Countermeasures
- Standards
- SAFECOM
- Threat and Vulnerability, Testing and Assessment
- Critical Infrastructure Protection
5ST RDTE Execution
Plans, Programs, and Budgets Defines
Needs Identifies Gaps Prioritizes
Programs Security Missions CBRN/HE
Countermeasures Information Analysis Critical
Infrastructure Protection Interoperability Standar
ds Homeland Missions (USCG, USSS, BTS, EPR)
Operational End Users
Operational End Users
Capability Push/Market Pull
Delivering Capabilities to Operational End-Users
6Academic community is an important partner
- Adding important cross-cutting research component
to ST through university-based Homeland-Security
Centers - Applying cutting-edge science and technology to
real-world problems through HSARPA projects - Encouraging the development of the first and next
generation of researchers in areas relevant to
homeland security through the DHS Scholars and
Fellows program
7Federal Stewardship
8People Homeland Security Scholars Fellows
- 2003 Class
- 50 Scholars and 50 Fellows in engineering, math,
computer science, social sciences, life and
physical sciences - 2004 Class (2/19)
- New competition
- Quality internships
- Alumni network
- Post-doctoral program
9Building University Programs
- Link university capabilities with HS mission
- Ensure merit based selection process
- Encourage meaningful partnerships
- Build a model for collaboration between Centers
- Engage Undergrad., Grad students and Post Docs
- Link faculty and students to ongoing Natl and
Fedl lab research - Coordination with other agencies
10Selecting An Academic Center
- Prioritize topics informed by HS legislation
- Inform Universities of needs and goals
- Mission orientation
- Role of Partnerships
- Network of Centers
- Develop merit review procedures External area
expert review internal relevance review
11Risk Based Economic Modeling
- Developed tools to be available to future Centers
- Subject area addresses a clear and enabling
priority - Exploits university strength in interdisciplinary
research - Emphasizes shared roles of engineering, hard
sciences and the social sciences - Real potential to attract new disciplines and
expertise to homeland security
12Selection Chronology
- Mid-August Call for White Papers on Risk Based
Economic Modeling 72 received and reviewed by
external and internal reviewers - Early September 12 invited to submit full
proposals by early October and reviewed by
external and internal reviewers - Late October Site visits to 4 institutions
- Early November Recommendation forwarded for
approval - November 25 Public and Federal Register
announcement of USC as first Center of Excellence
13Homeland Security Center for Risk and Economic
Analysis of Terrorism Events
- Will develop modeling capabilities that cut
across general threats and targets, represented
by application areas such as electrical power,
transportation and telecommunications - Will develop tools for planning responses to
emergencies, to save lives and reduce economic
impacts - Headed by faculty with USCs School of
Engineering and School of Policy, Planning and
Development - Team includes experts from across the country,
and partnerships with universities including New
York University, University of Wisconsin at
Madison, and others
14Possible Future HS-Centers
- BROAD AGENCY ANNOUNCEMENT
- Agro-terrorism countermeasures addressing
foreign animal diseases and food
contamination(25 proposals received 2/9/04
awards in April) - OTHERS UNDER CONSIDERATION
- Behavioral research on terrorism and
countermeasures - Public perceptions responses to terrorism
- Response technologies and operations
- System deployment information management of
sensor networks
15Educational Activities
- Three areas Public education post-secondary
responder training. - Significant activity in responder training, but
largely uncoordinated - Public education recognized to be high priority,
but not yet effectively addressed - Colleges universities aggressively establishing
HS courses, programs degrees, with limited
involvement of impacted constituencies
16Other Likely ST Initiatives
- Joint Programs With Other Agencies (EPC, NSF)
- Security Related Curriculum Development
- Outreach Efforts (e.g. K-12 public education
underrepresented institutions) - Workshops and Conferences
- Research and Education Linkages with
International Community
17USC Proposal
- Demonstrated linkage with HS mission and
flexibility to adapt to new areas of need - Meaningful partnerships with U of
Wisconsin-Madison, NYU, and others - Prior success in building collaborations between
Centers on and off campus - Clear plans for involving Undergrad, Grad
students and Post Docs, and the use of distance
learning for outreach - Early, meaningful involvement of national labs,
industry and state and local public safety
agencies