Technology Clearinghouse 

Overview

FOUNDATION FOR A TECHNOLOGY CLEARINGHOUSE 

The Technology Clearinghouse provides a centralized location for its 

customers to access curated and actionable information to aid in the 

development, acquisition, and deployment of innovative technology 

solutions for homeland security. The Clearinghouse customer base 

includes Department of Homeland Security Components, state and 

local first responders, acquisitions professionals, academia, industry, 

and the innovation community. The U.S. Department of Homeland 

Security (DHS), Science and Technology Directorate (S&T), 

Technology Clearinghouse is congressionally-mandated by the 

Homeland Security Act of 2002, Section 313. 

THE VISION 

The DHS S&T 

Technology 

Clearinghouse is the

“go-to” resource for 

its customers to find

curated knowledge 

products and share 

resources on 

research and 

development activities, innovative technologies, technology 

requirements, scouting activities, testing, transition planning and 

governance, best practices, lessons learned and other resources. 

BENEFITS

The Technology Clearinghouse strengthens homeland security 

operations, and acquisition effectiveness through technical expertise, 

analysis, and knowledge products in the following ways: 

1. Provides real-time access to comprehensive technology 

information on DHS S&T technology-related research and 

development activities to aid in acquisition decisions;

2. Features objective equipment performance test and 

evaluation results from operator-based assessments;

3. Posts technology requirements and gaps to help identify 

and develop innovative capabilities and solutions;

4. Contributes to more effective partnerships with DHS S&T 

to conduct research leading to the development of 

innovative technology capabilities and solutions;

5. Presents opportunities for ongoing dialogue and personal 

interactions between DHS Components, first responders, 

academia, industry, the innovation community, 

researchers, and acquisition professionals; 

6. Supports DHS S&T project managers and subject matter 

experts with sharing their technical documents with the 

homeland security audience; and

7. Provides platform for other federal agency, state and local 

first responders, industry, academia, and innovation 

community to share their knowledge products, best 

practices, and lessons learned. 

Data owners guide the knowledge products in the Technology 

Clearinghouse and decide what information will be shared, with whom, 

and for how long. 

In 2021, the Technology Clearinghouse will provide an opportunity for 

the homeland security community to interact through community 

forums on its access-restricted Technology Clearinghouse. 

Once the Technology Clearinghouse team merges the public-access

and access-restricted (SBU/FOUO) Technology Clearinghouse 

platforms, the homeland security community will have one central 

repository from which to share knowledge products. 

MILESTONES

DHS S&T is building the Technology Clearinghouse in phases. Phase 

I provides users with technology requirements and gaps, along with 

comprehensive technical information on DHS S&T activities.

The standup of the public-facing Technology Clearinghouse portal 

occurred in July 2019, while the limited-access Technology 

Clearinghouse went live in March 2020, with access for DHS PIV and 

CAC cardholders. 

In Phase II, the Technology Clearinghouse will link knowledge artifacts 

posted within existing websites, databases, and repositories and be 

accessible using Application Programming Interfaces (API). The 

access-restricted Technology Clearinghouse will be accessible to 

additional users. The first group, the Technology Clearinghouse, will 

open the access-restricted Technology Clearinghouse to non-DHS 

federal government and state and local first responder organizations. 

The next priority would be other state and local government agencies 

and critical infrastructure, followed by industry, manufacturers, 

researchers, and academia. Finally, in Phase III, the public-facing and 

access-restricted Technology Clearinghouse portals will be

consolidated into a single portal. By this phase, the Technology 

Clearinghouse will also have community forums to allow users to 

dialogue and strategize on specific homeland security topics.

Throughout each phase, the Technology Clearinghouse team ensures

all functionality specifications meet end-user requirements to have a 

customer-centric site. 

Contact Us: sandt_techclearinghouse@hq.dhs.gov