Under Secretary for Science and Technology
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The Under Secretary for Science and Technology is the top official in the U.S. Department of Homeland Security responsible for directing research, development, testing, and evaluation of technologies to support national security and homeland protection missions.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Under Secretary for Science and Technology canonical | 2 |
| Under Secretary for Science and Technology of DHS | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T7231638 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Under Secretary for Science and Technology Context triple: [DHS senior leadership, includesPosition, Under Secretary for Science and Technology]
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A.
Deputy Director for Science and Technology
The Deputy Director for Science and Technology is a senior NSA leadership position responsible for overseeing the agency’s research, development, and advanced technical capabilities in signals intelligence and related fields.
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B.
Secretary of Science and Technology
The Secretary of Science and Technology is the Philippine government’s chief official responsible for directing national policies, programs, and initiatives in science, technology, and innovation.
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C.
Under Secretary of Defense for Research and Engineering
The Under Secretary of Defense for Research and Engineering is the U.S. Department of Defense’s chief technology officer, responsible for driving innovation, advanced research, and modernization of military technologies.
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D.
Under Secretary for Management
The Under Secretary for Management is a senior U.S. Department of Homeland Security official responsible for overseeing the department’s core administrative, financial, and operational support functions.
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E.
Under Secretary of Energy
The Under Secretary of Energy is a senior U.S. Department of Energy official responsible for overseeing major energy programs, policies, and initiatives under the Secretary of Energy.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Under Secretary for Science and Technology Target entity description: The Under Secretary for Science and Technology is the top official in the U.S. Department of Homeland Security responsible for directing research, development, testing, and evaluation of technologies to support national security and homeland protection missions.
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A.
Deputy Director for Science and Technology
The Deputy Director for Science and Technology is a senior NSA leadership position responsible for overseeing the agency’s research, development, and advanced technical capabilities in signals intelligence and related fields.
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B.
Secretary of Science and Technology
The Secretary of Science and Technology is the Philippine government’s chief official responsible for directing national policies, programs, and initiatives in science, technology, and innovation.
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C.
Under Secretary of Defense for Research and Engineering
The Under Secretary of Defense for Research and Engineering is the U.S. Department of Defense’s chief technology officer, responsible for driving innovation, advanced research, and modernization of military technologies.
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D.
Under Secretary for Management
The Under Secretary for Management is a senior U.S. Department of Homeland Security official responsible for overseeing the department’s core administrative, financial, and operational support functions.
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E.
Under Secretary of Energy
The Under Secretary of Energy is a senior U.S. Department of Energy official responsible for overseeing major energy programs, policies, and initiatives under the Secretary of Energy.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (43)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
United States federal government position
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under secretary position ⓘ |
| alternateName |
DHS Under Secretary for Science and Technology
NERFINISHED
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Under Secretary of Homeland Security for Science and Technology NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| appointedBy | President of the United States ⓘ |
| confirmedBy | United States Senate ⓘ |
| country | United States of America ⓘ |
| createdBy | Homeland Security Act of 2002 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| focusesOn |
border security technologies
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chemical, biological, radiological, and nuclear defense technologies ⓘ counterterrorism technologies ⓘ cybersecurity technologies ⓘ resilience and disaster response technologies ⓘ |
| formationYear | 2003 ⓘ |
| goal |
accelerate deployment of effective security technologies
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enhance homeland security through science and technology ⓘ reduce risk from terrorism and natural disasters ⓘ |
| hasRank | senior executive position within DHS ⓘ |
| includedIn | line of authority of the Department of Homeland Security ⓘ |
| jurisdiction |
United States government
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surface form:
United States federal government
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| leads | Science and Technology Directorate (DHS) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedIn | Washington, D.C. ⓘ |
| mayReportTo | Deputy Secretary of Homeland Security NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| memberOf | senior leadership of the Department of Homeland Security ⓘ |
| officeHolds | head of the Science and Technology Directorate ⓘ |
| oversees |
federally funded research and development centers supporting DHS
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research, development, test, and evaluation (RDT&E) budget for DHS S&T ⓘ university-based Centers of Excellence for homeland security ⓘ |
| partOf | United States Department of Homeland Security NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| reportsTo | Secretary of Homeland Security NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| responsibleFor |
coordination of science and technology activities within DHS
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development of homeland security technologies ⓘ evaluation of homeland security technologies ⓘ research for homeland security ⓘ supporting homeland protection missions ⓘ supporting national security missions ⓘ technology transition to operational components of DHS ⓘ testing of homeland security technologies ⓘ |
| typeOfPosition | political appointee ⓘ |
| worksWith |
academic research institutions
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other federal science and technology agencies ⓘ private sector technology developers ⓘ state and local homeland security partners ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Under Secretary for Science and Technology Description of subject: The Under Secretary for Science and Technology is the top official in the U.S. Department of Homeland Security responsible for directing research, development, testing, and evaluation of technologies to support national security and homeland protection missions.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Under Secretary for Science and Technology of DHS