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
 Securing and Managing our Borders
 Enforcing and Administering our
Immigration Laws
 Safeguarding and Securing Cyberspace
 Ensuring Resilience to Disasters
Strengthening the Homeland Security Enterprise
DHS S&T Mission
Strengthen America’s security and resiliency by providing
knowledge products and innovative technology solutions for the
Homeland Security Enterprise
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.
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S&T’s Value Added Proposition
How S&T Supports the Homeland Security Enterprise
REQUIREMENTS
DEVELOPMENT
 Mission Needs
Analysis
STUDIES & ANALYSIS
 Analysis of
Alternatives (AOA)
 Operational
Requirements
Development
 Consulting on
capabilities,
technology and
processes
 Key Performance
Parameters
 CONOPS
Development
 Technology Foraging
 Technology Foraging
RESEARCH &
DEVELOPMENT
 R&D
& Applied)
(Basic
 Prototyping
 Concept
Development
 Test & Evaluation
 Technology Foraging
ACQUISITION
LIFECYCLE
 Systems Engineering
 Lifecycle Support
 Acquisition &
Commercialization
Support
 Consulting
 Contracting Strategies
 Program
Management
 Logistics Planning
 Knowledge
Management &
Process
Improvement
 Formal Acquisition
Test & Evaluation
 Transition Support
Partnership between S&T and Components
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Science and Technology
Research &Development Partnerships
3 of S&T’s
Laboratories
Operate out of the
Office of National
Labs
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
* PIADC to be replaced by National Bio and Agro Defense Facility (NBAF) in Manhattan, KS
Chemical Security Analysis
Center (CSAC)
• Aberdeen, MD
• Chemical Threats
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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)
Chemical Security 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
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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
 Reachback capability 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 intraDHS and interagency stakeholders
Intelligence
Community
Basic
Science
CSAC
Operational
Requirements
Chemical
Industry
This project provides the base funding for the CSAC to be a “one stop shop” for
Chemical Threat related information for the Interagency.
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CSAC Major Tasks
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Provides an enduring capability for chemical threat awareness and knowledge
management
Capability is heavily utilized within DHS and the Homeland Security Enterprise
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This Project provides the core funding for the CSAC activities
CSAC’s Priorities in FY14
Jack Rabbit Field Tests
S&T Based Reachback
Chemical Terrorism Risk
Assessment
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Non-Traditional Agents
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Chemical Defense Collaboration at APG –
Edgewood Area
Joint Program Executive Office
for Chemical and Biological
Defense (JPEO-CBD)
Edgewood Chemical
Biological Center
(ECBC)
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Medical Research Institute for
Chemical Defense (MRICD)
Facilities
Personnel
Reports and Analysis
Joint Projects
Contracting Vehicles
Subject Matter Expertise
Public Health
Command (PHC)
Chemical Security Analysis Center
(CSAC)
MOU with DoD in place since 2006
9 DoD personnel detailed to CSAC
Use of DoD contracts and contracting
Proving Ground – Edgewood Area (APG-EA), Edgewood, MD
Access to DoD libraries andAberdeen
reports
CSAC Project Objectives
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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)