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The Homeland Security Act of 2002 (Section 305 of Public Law 107-296, as codified in 6 U.S. Code 185) authorizes the Secretary of Homeland Security, acting through the Under Secretary for Science and Technology, to establish one or more federally funded research and development centers or FFRDCs to provide independent analysis of homeland security issues. Analytic Services Inc. operates the Homeland Security Studies and Analysis Institute (Institute) as an FFRDC for the Homeland Security Department under contract HSHQDC-09-D-00003.

The Institute provides the government with the necessary expertise to conduct cross-cutting mission analysis, strategic studies and assessments, development of models that baseline current capabilities, development of simulations and technical evaluations to assess mission tradeoffs, creation and evolution of high-level operational and system concepts, development of top-level system and operational requirements and performance metrics, operational analysis across the homeland security enterprise, and analytic support for operational testing evaluation in tandem with the government’s acquisition process. The Institute also works with and supports other federal, state, local, tribal, and public- and private-sector organizations that make up the homeland security enterprise.

International Symposium on Societal Resilience—2010.  From November 30 to December 2, 2010, the Institute hosted the International Symposium on Societal Resilience. The event, which brought together public officials from around the world, was organized in coordination with the Department of Homeland Security, the U.S. Army War College’s Center for Strategic Leadership, and Israel’s Institute for National Security Studies at Tel Aviv University. The symposium featured presentations on the topic of resilience by distinguished researchers from the United States and abroad, representing nine countries. This link provides digital video recordings for each of the presentations.

New publicly released materials

DHS Science Conference–5th Annual University Summit

Risk and Resilience: Exploring the Relationship

DHS Science & Technology Readiness Level Calculator, version 1.1

DHS Readiness Level Calculator for Excel 2003

DHS Readiness Level Calculator for Excel 2007

Concept Development: An Operational Framework for Resilience

Public Role and Engagement in Counterterrorism Efforts: Implications of Israeli Practices for the U.S.

Radicalization

Venture Capital Concept Analysis

Homeland Security Strategic Planning: Mission Area Analysis

Underlying Reasons for Success and Failure of Terrorist Attacks: Selected Case Studies

2009 Annual Report

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