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Acting DHS S&T Chief Reorganizing, Revitalizing Directorate

By Cal Biesecker

Friday, September 14th, 2018

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Acting DHS S&T Chief Reorganizing, Revitalizing Directorate

William Bryan, President Donald Trump's nominee to be under secretary of Science and Technology for DHS. Bryan is currently the acting head of S&T. Photo: DHS

The Science and Technology (S&T) Directorate within the Department of Homeland Security is transitioning to a new organizational structure that he says will be more transparent for all to see and more accountable and flexible to address rapidly changing threats and take advantage of existing technology solutions that are also innovating quickly.The revitalization effort will get S&T “the kind of visibility we need across a wide domain so people know what we are doing and what we are working on…

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