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DHS Report Supporting Integrated Product Teams Highlights Tech Capability Gaps

By Cal Biesecker

Tuesday, July 26th, 2016

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A new report by the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) identifies a number of technological capability gaps across five categories of interagency research and development (R&D) teams that were resurrected a year ago to ensure that technology efforts within the department are meeting the needs of its customers and avoiding unnecessary duplication, a new report says.The DHS report also says that the Integrated Product Teams (IPT) stood up last August after not being used for years and the processes the…

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