# Presentation: 294357

## Turning Ideas into Practice: How to Access Homeland Security R&D from Public Institutions 

**September 16, 2003**
**Belinda Padilla**
**Technology Commercialization Office**
**Industrial Business Development Division**
**Los Alamos National Laboratory**

## Background

**President Bush signed the Homeland Security Act of 2002 on 11/25/02**
**As a result the Department of Homeland Security was established and is responsible for identifying, acquiring and implementing security solutions**
**Lots of money has been “ear-marked” for these efforts**
**Lots of interest from the public and private sector**

## Basic Questions

**What are the needs of various homeland security agencies?**
**Which government agencies develop technologies for homeland security applications?**
**How do I get in touch with them?**
**What next?**
**What should I be prepared for?**

## Identifying Homeland Security Needs

**Go to: **_**[http://www.](http://www.dhs.gov/)**__**[dhs](http://www.dhs.gov/)**__**[.](http://www.dhs.gov/)**__**[gov](http://www.dhs.gov/)**__**[/](http://www.dhs.gov/)**_
**Click on “Doing Business with DHS”**
**List of Critical Agencies and Current RFP’s**
**Department of Homeland Security's latest business opportunities are also listed on the Federal Business Opportunities web site http://www1.eps.gov/spg/dhs.html **

## Critical Agencies

**Customs and Border Protection**
**U.S. Secret Service**
**U.S. Coast Guard Office of Procurement Management**
**U.S. Coast Guard Air Craft Repair & Supply Center**
**U.S. Coast Guard Engineering Logistics Center**
**U.S. Coast Guard Maintenance & Logistics Command Pacific **
**Federal Emergency Management Agency**
**Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service **
**Transportation Security Administration**
**Immigration and Customs Enforcement (formerly Dept. of Justice) **

## Who develops the technology?

**We do!**
**And so does**
**NIH**
**DoD**
**NASA**
**and many other national laboratories...**
**National Laboratories have played a behind-the-scenes role in national security for over 40 years**
**Laboratories have demonstrated expertise in nuclear, biological and chemical agents**

## How To I Find the Technology?

**Federal Laboratory Consortium**
**Puts a potential partner in contact with a federal laboratory with expertise or capability in area of interest.**
**Arrangements for the technical exchange are between the user and the laboratory.**
**The network does best when the user makes the request as specific as possible. **
**Publishes directories that focus on special needs.**
_**www.flc.org**_

## One Example:Department of Energy Labs

**Develop and deliver technologies for infrastructure security including chemical, biological, and nuclear nonproliferation.**
**The DOE has about a dozen national laboratories responsible for energy, national security and environmental missions.**

## Department of Energy Labs

**Argonne National Laboratory (Argonne) in Illinois- http://www.anl.gov/**
**Brookhaven National Laboratory (Brookhaven) in New York - http://www.bnl.gov/world/**
**Idaho National Engineering and Environmental Laboratory (INEEL) in Idaho - http://www.inel.gov/**
**Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory in California - http://www.lbl.gov/**
**Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory in California - http://www.llnl.gov/**
**Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL) in New Mexico - http://www.lanl.gov/worldview/**
**Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) in Tennessee - http://www.ornl.gov/**
**Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL) in Washington - http://www.pnl.gov/**
**Sandia National Laboratories (Sandia) in New Mexico - http://www.sandia.gov/**

## How To Find the Technology Part 2

**Effectively searching our websites take practice**
**Common terms to look for**
**Working with industry**
**Licensable technologies**
**Publications**
**Science & Technology**
**Homeland Security Center/Department/Division**

## What Next?

**The number one way to initiate a collaboration or learn more about the technology is to talk to the inventor.**
**Your second choice should be the institution’s Technology Transfer Organization.**
**Lastly, identify the institution’s point-of-contact for Homeland Security Technologies.**

## What Next – Part 2

**Each agency will have a different process and different mechanisms for “tech transfer”**
**Make sure you engage someone from the technology transfer office to help you navigate the system**

## What Should I Be Prepared For?Current Challenges

**Labs and their industry partners are faced with translating sophisticated technologies into products that can be readily deployed and supported in the field.**
**Money is another challenge as the labs vie for R&D funding.**
**The sheer number of technologies to consider.**
**Thus far, no single federal entity coordinates or evaluates the labs' creative output. **
**Government sources indicate that discussions to improve coordination are under way, but in the meantime, no formal connection exists between the Office of Homeland Security and the labs' activities.**

## In SummaryWhat Really Works...

**Homework**
**Networking**
**Relationships**
**Patience**
**Persistence**