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Homeland Security

DHS CWMD Office Stepping Up Stakeholder Outreach On Next-Generation Biodetection System

By Cal Biesecker

Wednesday, December 11th, 2019

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DHS CWMD Office Stepping Up Stakeholder Outreach On Next-Generation Biodetection System

Gary Rasicot, acting assistant secretary for the Department of Homeland Security Countering Weapons of Mass Destruction Office. Photo: 1105 Media

The Department of Homeland Security Office focused on the development and acquisition of technologies for detecting biological and radiological threats is taking a closer look at the needs of local health officials and first responders as it moves forward with plans for a next-generation biodetection system, the head of the office said on Wednesday. The more deliberate outreach to stakeholders, including the DHS Science and Technology (S&T) Directorate, for help with technology, is part of “taking a step back” as…

Army

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