Research and Development in the Department of Homeland Security

Abstract

The Department of Homeland Security incorporates a number of research and development activities that were transferred from other agencies when the department was established by the Homeland Security Act of 2002 (P.L. 107-296). It also includes a number of new activities. The Department of Homeland Security has requested a budget of approximately $1 billion for research and development in FY2004, of which approximately $800 million would fund the Science and Technology Directorate, with the remainder divided among R&D programs in various other parts of the department, such as the Transportation Security Administration and the Coast Guard. (Despite this substantial funding, the department is by no means the only federal agency that conducts homeland security-related R&D.) This report describes the research and development programs of the Department of Homeland Security and discusses the issues that surround them. These issues include matters specific to individual programs, such as their objectives, budgets, and management and the status of their integration into the new department, as well as general questions, such as the department's model for organizing, funding, and conducting its research and development activities and the challenges it faces for internal and external research and development coordination. Key issues include the following: the content and balance of the proposed R&D portfolio and the transition process for incorporating existing R&D programs that were transferred from other agencies; the model for conducting R&D in the department; the challenge of internal coordination of R&D programs within the department; the challenge of external coordination with other agencies; the department's relationship with the Department of Energy, at whose national laboratories a significant portion of DHS's R&D will be conducted; and the department's relationship with the private sector, which funds and conducts a majority of U.S. R&D.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jun 20, 2003
Accession Number
ADA463149

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  • Daniel Morgan

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  • Library of Congress

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  • Biomedical

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  • Biological Sciences
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  • Department Of Defense
  • Department Of Homeland Security
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  • Homeland Security
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