
Continuing the ongoing organizational and process changes initiated in April 2014 under his Unity of Effort initiative, Homeland Security Secretary Jeh Johnson on Wednesday said he has directed that the department’s research and development (R&D) activities be better unified through the use of Integrated Product Teams (IPTs) that cut across various agencies depending on requirements.The unified R&D effort will be led by the Under Secretary for Science and Technology (S&T), which is Reginald Brothers, and include senior leaders of the…