Science and Technology Directorate

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component of the United States Department of Homeland Security directorate research and development organization

The Science and Technology Directorate is the research and development arm of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, responsible for developing and evaluating technologies to enhance national security and resilience.

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Observed surface forms (3)

Surface form Occurrences
DHS S&T 1
Homeland Security Advanced Research Projects Agency 1
science and technology directorate 1

Statements (57)

Predicate Object
instanceOf component of the United States Department of Homeland Security ⓘ
directorate ⓘ
research and development organization ⓘ
abbreviation Directorate of Science and Technology ⓘ
surface form: S&T Directorate
appliesToJurisdiction United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
collaboratesWith U.S. universities ⓘ
first responder organizations ⓘ
national laboratories of the United States ⓘ
private sector partners ⓘ
state and local governments ⓘ
continent North America ⓘ
country United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
fieldOfWork aviation security technology ⓘ
border security technology ⓘ
chemical, biological, radiological, and nuclear defense ⓘ
counterterrorism technology ⓘ
critical infrastructure protection ⓘ
cybersecurity technology ⓘ
disaster resilience ⓘ
emergency communications ⓘ
explosives detection ⓘ
first responder technologies ⓘ
maritime security technology ⓘ
public safety technology ⓘ
risk assessment and modeling ⓘ
science and technology for homeland security ⓘ
fundedBy United States federal budget ⓘ
hasPart Borders and Maritime Security Division ⓘ
Chemical and Biological Defense Division ⓘ
Cybersecurity Division ⓘ
surface form: Cyber Security Division

Explosives Division ⓘ
Office of Technical Readiness ⓘ
surface form: First Responder Technologies Division

Science and Technology Directorate self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Homeland Security Advanced Research Projects Agency

Office of National Laboratories ⓘ
Office of University Programs ⓘ
Resilience-related research programs ⓘ
headquartersLocation Washington, D.C. ⓘ
inception 2003 ⓘ
industry homeland security ⓘ
research and development ⓘ
jurisdiction United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States

United States Department of Homeland Security ⓘ
languageOfWorkOrName English ⓘ
legalForm federal government component ⓘ
locatedInTheAdministrativeTerritorialEntity District of Columbia ⓘ
missionStatement to develop and deliver effective and innovative scientific and technological solutions to enhance the security and resilience of the United States ⓘ
operatedBy United States Department of Homeland Security ⓘ
parentOrganization United States Department of Homeland Security ⓘ
partOf United States government ⓘ
surface form: United States federal government
purpose conduct research and development for DHS components ⓘ
develop technologies to enhance national resilience ⓘ
develop technologies to prevent terrorism ⓘ
support homeland security operations with science and technology ⓘ
test and evaluate homeland security technologies ⓘ
transition technologies to operational use ⓘ
shortName Science and Technology Directorate self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: DHS S&T
website https://www.dhs.gov/science-and-technology ⓘ

Referenced by (7)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

HSA → createdComponent → Science and Technology Directorate ⓘ
subject surface form: Homeland Security Act of 2002
Homeland Security Act of 2002 → establishedComponent → Science and Technology Directorate ⓘ
Public Law 107-296 → establishedComponent → Science and Technology Directorate ⓘ
United States Department of Homeland Security → hasComponentAgency → Science and Technology Directorate ⓘ
Science and Technology Directorate → hasPart → Science and Technology Directorate self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Homeland Security Advanced Research Projects Agency
Office of Technical Readiness → parentOrganizationType → Science and Technology Directorate ⓘ
this entity surface form: science and technology directorate
Science and Technology Directorate → shortName → Science and Technology Directorate self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: DHS S&T