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Biden Nominates DoE Artificial Intelligence Official To Run DHS S&T

By Cal Biesecker

Wednesday, November 17th, 2021

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Biden Nominates DoE Artificial Intelligence Official To Run DHS S&T

Dimitri Kusnezov, President Joe Biden's nominee to lead Department of Homeland Security Science and Technology Directorate. Photo: Energy Department

President Biden on Wednesday announced his intention to nominate Dimitri Kusnezov, a scientist and Energy Department official helping with international partnerships on artificial intelligence at the department, to head the Science and Technology (S&T) Directorate at the Department of Homeland Security. Kathryn Coulter Mitchell is the current acting under secretary for S&T at DHS, a role she assumed in May after then Acting Under Secretary William Bryan departed after four years. Coulter Mitchell was previously chief of staff for S&T.…

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