DHS/S&T Overview for NAS

DHS/S&T Overview for NAS Federal Stewardship in Service to Homeland Security January 29, 2004

What is Homeland Security? Anti-fraud Initiatives Drug Interdiction Search and Rescue Emergency Management Disaster Response Home Land Trade Compliance Plant and Animal Health Visas, Immigration, Border Control Homeland Security Security WMD Operations, Incident Mgmt CIP and Cyber Security Information Sharing Standards CBRN/HE Countermeasures 2

General DHS Organizational Structure Management (Hale) Secretary (Ridge) & Deputy Secretary (Loy - Nominated) 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 Border & Transportation Security (Hutchinson) Emergency Preparedness & Emergency Response (Brown) Information Analysis & Infrastructure Protection (Libutti) Science & Technology (McQueary) 3

Creation of A New S&T Mission Conduct, stimulate, and enable research, development, test, evaluation and timely transition of homeland security capabilities to federal, state and local operational end-users. 4

S&T is the advocate for CBRN countermeasures Recover Recover Anticipate Respond Respond Prevent 5

Role of DHS S&T To integrate science and technology in fulfillment of national policy objectives to protect the homeland Considerations: Threats are expansive Consequences are momentous Resources are not unlimited Previous efforts driven by discrete agency missions and stakeholders Implication: First Step: characterize the threat and understand of the impacts Will allow interagency community to marshal USG resources against highestconsequence threats Will facilitate formation of innovative public-private partnerships 6

Research, Development, Testing and Evaluation (RDT&E) Operational End Users Office of Research And Development: Federal Stewardship Homeland Security Advanced Research Projects Agency Engage Private Sector Systems Engineering & Development: Systems Testing and Acquisition Office of Programs, Plans and Budgets (PPB) Define Needs Identify Gaps Prioritize Programs Portfolios Biological Countermeasures Chemical Countermeasures Radiological/Nuclear Countermeasures Threat & Vulnerability Testing & Assessment Critical Infrastructure Protection Cyber Security High Explosives Countermeasures Standards Safe Communications (SAFECOM) Borders & Transportation Security Emergency Preparedness & Response U.S. Coast Guard U.S. Secret Service Comparative Studies Safety Act University Programs Operational End Users Capability Push/Market Pull Delivering Capabilities to Operational End-Users 7

Office of R&D Vision We envision a national RDT&E system that is both distributed, to promote regional leadership and create core competencies, and integrated, in service to operational end-users of homeland security technologies, processes and systems. We envision a national S&T base with extensive breadth in newly conceived disciplines and deepened roots in historic capabilities. We envision both the seamless integration of science and technology expertise in planning and operational response. 8

Meeting National Objectives Anticipate, Prevent, Respond to and Recover from Terrorist Attacks through Mission-focused Research, Development, Testing and Evaluation Transfer Technologies and Capabilities to Operational End Users Create an Enduring National Capability through Federal Stewardship of the Homeland Security Complex 9

S&T Research Agenda Bio-Countermeasures Chemical Countermeasures Radiological and Nuclear Countermeasures Standards SAFECOM Threat and Vulnerability, Testing and Assessment Critical Infrastructure Protection Homeland Missions 10

High Consequence Biological Threats Increasing Sophistication Cutaneous Anthrax Smallpox Bulk food Contam FMD Engineered organisms Anthrax Salmonella Food Poisoning Increasing Consequence 11

High Consequence Rad/Nuc Threats Increasing Sophistication Spent Fuel Dispersal Dispersed Radioactive Sources Research Reactor Accident Radiological Waste Dispersal Nuclear Power Accidents Criticality Incident Stolen Nukes Improvised Nuclear Devices Increasing Consequence 12

Notional Threats to CIP Threat sophistication Low Medium High Major Destruction of Oil/Gas Distribution Network Several Airplanes Explode/Shot Down Major Destruction Of Key Bridges, Dams, Public Water Systems, etc. Massive Destruction of Electric Power Grid Major Cyber Compromise Of Finance/Banking Enduring Major Telephone & Internet Disruption Nuclear Explosion In Large City Epidemic Overwhelms Public Health System Major Foot & Mouth Disease Outbreak INDs Low Medium Potential Consequence High 13

Managing CIP Sector Interdependencies 14

Meeting National Objectives Anticipate, Prevent, Respond to and Recover from Terrorist Attacks through Mission-focused Research, Development, Testing and Evaluation Transfer Technologies and Capabilities to Operational End Users Create an Enduring National Capability through Federal Stewardship of the Homeland Security Complex 15

Role of Partnerships in Executing RDT&E Through strategic partnerships, S&T leverages existing technologies and related research sponsored by other government agencies S&T is mission-focused; partnerships with end-users allow S&T to impact the entire RDT&E process Threat & Vulnerability Assessment Standards COTs R&D T&E Deployment Assessment S&T relies on an end-to-end systems engineering approach to assess the effectiveness of countermeasures in reducing threats 16

Meeting National Objectives Anticipate, Prevent, Respond to and Recover from Terrorist Attacks through Mission-focused Research, Development, Testing and Evaluation Transfer Technologies and Capabilities to Operational End Users Create an Enduring National Capability through Federal Stewardship of the Homeland Security Complex 17

Federal Stewardship Federal Stewardship Extends to People, Places and Programs DHS Scholars And Fellows START Teams National Labs HS Labs NBACC Info Analysis HS Centers of Excellence Intl. S&T Cooperation CIP/Cyber CBRN/HE Countermeasures Homeland Missions Standards 18

ORD Programs & Assets Programs Offices National Biosecurity Research Program Office University Programs WMD Operations and Incident Management Standards Assets National Biodefense Countermeasures and Analysis Center Plum Island Animal Disease Center National Laboratories DHS Laboratories University-Based Homeland Security Center(s) 19

NBACC Hub and Spoke Concept NBACC Hub and Spoke System Federal Partnerships NBFAC Private Sector BASC DHS NBACC BKC PIADC University Centers National and DHS Labs BTEC Physical and Virtual Structures 20

Plum Island Animal Disease Center High level biocontainment facility for the study of agricultural threat agents Testing and Evaluation (T&E) facility for assessment of countermeasures Foreign Animal Disease (FAD) diagnosis and confirmation; training for FAD diagnosticians International surveillance of emerging and exotic diseases Characterization of agricultural biothreat agents for detection, countermeasure development and attribution Ensuring availability of Foot and Mouth (FMD) vaccine stockpile for North America 21

National Laboratories A Historic Alliance Positioned for the Future Iconic Event Hiroshima Soviet Bomb (1949) Space Race Arms Race Energy Crisis Recession and Recovery CW Ends UNCED WTO 9-11 War on Terrorism New Missions National Defense Cold War Mission Energy Security Non-proliferation Economic Security Environmental Security Homeland Security USG AEC 1946 NRC 74 ERDA 75 DOE 77 NNSA 1999 DHS 2003 Labs Founded LANL ORNL ANL SNL BNL LLNL INEEL PNL 1940s 1950s 1960s 1970s 1980s 1990s 2000s 22

Academic community is an important partner Applying cutting-edge science and technology to real-world problems through HSARPA projects Adding important cross-cutting research component to S&T through university-based Homeland-Security Centers Encouraging the development of the first and next generation of researchers in areas relevant to homeland security through the DHS Scholars and Fellows program 23

University-Based Homeland Security Centers Mission-focused and targeted to research areas that leverage multidisciplinary capabilities Will fill scientific and knowledge gaps Complements project-focused research funded by the Homeland Security Advanced Research Projects Agency Partnerships are strongly encouraged; expected to coordinate efforts locally and regionally First center announced November 25; solicitation for broad agency announcement in area of agricultural biosecurity announced December 12. 24

Homeland 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 USC s 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 University of California at Berkeley 25

DHS Scholars and Fellows Supports development and mentoring of the next generation of scientists Provides scholarships for undergraduate students and fellowships for graduate students pursuing degrees in areas beneficial to the homeland security mission Students receive professional mentoring and are provided an internship opportunity Students are encouraged to consider careers in public service that will provide an enduring capability for homeland security Awards for 03-04 academic year announced earlier this year; Washington orientation held last month Call for applications for 04-05 academic year will be announced soon 26

Homeland Security Scholars and Fellows 2003 Class 50 Scholars and 50 Fellows in engineering, math/computer science, social sciences and psychology, life sciences, and physical sciences 2004 Class Initiate competition for 2004 Class Establish Internships 20 18 16 14 12 10 8 6 4 2 0 Engineering Math and Computer Science Social Science and Psychology Life Sciences Fellows Scholars Physical Sciences Lay foundation for alumni network 27

Partnerships are Key Interagency and International Private Sector State and Local Universities and Research Institutes 28