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Science & Technology Directorate Chemical Security Analysis Center

Science & Technology Directorate Chemical Security Analysis Center. George R. Famini, PhD Director Chemical Security Analysis Center. Department of Homeland Security. 621 E. Pratt Street, Suite 210. Homeland Security Missions. Preventing Terrorism and Enhancing Security

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Science & Technology Directorate Chemical Security Analysis Center

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  1. Science & Technology Directorate Chemical Security Analysis Center George R. Famini, PhD Director Chemical Security Analysis Center

  2. Department of Homeland Security

  3. 621 E. Pratt Street, Suite 210 Homeland Security Missions • Preventing Terrorism and Enhancing Security • Securing and Managing our Borders • Enforcing and Administering our Immigration Laws • Safeguarding and Securing Cyberspace • Ensuring Resilience to Disasters Strengthening the Homeland Security Enterprise

  4. DHS S&T Mission • Strengthen America’s security and resiliency by providing knowledge products and innovative technology solutions for the Homeland Security Enterprise

  5. Achieving the S&T Mission in a Challenging Environment S&T Strategic Goals • Rapidly develop and deliver knowledge, analyses and innovative solutions that advance the mission of the Department. • Leverage technical expertise to assist DHS components’ efforts to establish operational requirements and select and acquire needed technologies. • Strengthen the Homeland Security Enterprise and First Responders’ capabilities to protect the homeland and respond to disasters. • Conduct, catalyze and survey scientific discoveries and inventions relevant to existing and emerging homeland security challenges. • Foster a culture of innovation and learning, in S&T and across DHS, that addresses the challenges with scientific, analytic and technical rigor.

  6. S&T’s Value Added Proposition How S&T Supports the Homeland Security Enterprise • ACQUISITION • Systems Engineering • Acquisition & Commercialization Support • Contracting Strategies • Program Management • Formal Acquisition Test & Evaluation • Transition Support • REQUIREMENTS DEVELOPMENT • Mission Needs Analysis • Operational Requirements Development • Key Performance Parameters • Technology Foraging • STUDIES & ANALYSIS • Analysis of Alternatives (AOA) • Consulting on capabilities, technology and processes • CONOPS Development • Technology Foraging • RESEARCH & DEVELOPMENT • R&D (Basic & Applied) • Prototyping • Concept Development • Test & Evaluation • Technology Foraging • LIFECYCLE • Lifecycle Support • Consulting • Logistics Planning • Knowledge Management & Process Improvement Partnership between S&T and Components

  7. Science and Technology

  8. Research &Development Partnerships 3 of S&T’s Laboratories Operate out of the Office of National Labs

  9. Science and Technology (S&T) Laboratories • National Biodefense Analysis and Countermeasures Center (NBACC) • Ft Detrick, MD • Bioterrorism Threats • Plum Island Animal Disease Center (PIADC) * • Off Long Island • Animal Diseases • Transportation Security Laboratory (TSL) • Atlantic City, NJ • Improvised Explosive Threats • National Urban Security Technology Laboratory (NUSTL) • NY, NY • Nuclear Detection, • First Responders • Chemical Security Analysis Center (CSAC) • Aberdeen, MD • Chemical Threats * PIADC to be replaced by National Bio and Agro Defense Facility (NBAF) in Manhattan, KS 9

  10. CSAC - Lab at a Glance Chemical Security Analysis Center (CSAC) Plum Island Animal Disease Center (PIADC) Transportation Security Laboratory (TSL) National Biodefense Analysis and Countermeasures Center (NBACC) National Urban Security Technology Laboratory (NUSTL) ChemicalSecurity Analysis Center, Aberdeen Proving Ground – Edgewood Area (APG-EA), Edgewood, MD • Established in 2006, CSAC is one of five DHS/S&T Laboratories • Focus is on understanding and mitigating toxic chemical threats and hazardous chemical processes • Edgewood, MD location leverages Army expertise in the areas of chemical defense, chemical threat agents, and toxic industrial chemicals • 2nd MOA signed in May, 2011 reinforces the cooperative relationship between DHS/S&T’s CSAC and DoD Co-Located with DoD for improved capability and ROI

  11. Intelligence Community Basic Science Chemical Industry Operational Requirements CSAC CSAC Project Overview Goal: To provide an enduring capability to identify and characterize the chemical threat against the American homeland and American public. • Approach • Focus on information related to chemical threats • Integration and analysis of chemical threat information and data • Reachbackcapability to provide expert analysis support • Fusion of information from different communities • Coordinate all activities with stakeholders/customers • Only Homeland Security Enterprise activity whose primary focus is • Data and information collection and collation (Library) • Threat and Risk Analysis • Significant leveraging occurring with intra-DHS and interagency stakeholders This project provides the base funding for the CSAC to be a “one stop shop” for Chemical Threat related information for the Interagency.

  12. CSAC Major Tasks • Provides an enduring capability for chemical threat awareness and knowledge management • Capability is heavily utilized within DHS and the Homeland Security Enterprise This Project provides the core funding for the CSAC activities

  13. CSAC’s Priorities in FY14 Jack Rabbit Field Tests S&T Based Reachback Chemical Terrorism Risk Assessment Non-Traditional Agents 6

  14. Chemical Defense Collaboration at APG – Edgewood Area • MOU with DoD in place since 2006 • 9 DoD personnel detailed to CSAC • Use of DoD contracts and contracting • Access to DoD libraries and reports Facilities Personnel Reports and Analysis Joint Projects Contracting Vehicles Subject Matter Expertise Joint Program Executive Office for Chemical and Biological Defense (JPEO-CBD) Medical Research Institute for Chemical Defense (MRICD) Edgewood Chemical Biological Center (ECBC) Public Health Command (PHC) Chemical Security Analysis Center (CSAC) Aberdeen Proving Ground – Edgewood Area (APG-EA), Edgewood, MD

  15. CSAC Project Objectives • Primary Objective: Provide relevant information and analyses to the homeland security enterprise • To do so, this project must • Maintain a series of complex report, information and data libraries that are fully searchable, current, and accessible to the HSE • Conduct relevant analyses pertaining to the chemical threat, both relative to specific chemicals, and methodologies for the employment of those chemicals • Identify gaps in our knowledge regarding hazardous chemicals • Fill those identified, high priority data gaps • Major Deliverables • Full text searchable Chemical Threat library (FY14) • NTA Library (FY14, FY15, FY16) • Chemical Terrorism Risk Assessment Desktop Tool Suite v2.0 (FY14) • Jack Rabbit II demonstration (2, FY15, FY16) • Chemical Terrorism Risk Assessment (FY16) • Computational Toxicology demonstration (FY15-16)

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