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Homeland Security

DHS Proposes New CBRNE Office For Mission Support

By Cal Biesecker

Tuesday, July 14th, 2015

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DHS Proposes New CBRNE Office For Mission Support

Dr. Reggie Brothers, CEO of NuWave Solutions. Photo: Department of Homeland Security

The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) is proposing to Congress that it be authorized to restructure within one office many of the activities it does in the chemical, biological, radiological, nuclear and explosives (CBRNE) detection space under the leadership of a new assistant secretary position.The DHS CBRNE office would bring together the staff, functions and responsibilities of the Domestic Nuclear Detection Office (DNDO) and Office of Health Affairs (OHA), which would comprise the bulk of the organization, the Office of…

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