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2022 ‘ ASTORS ’ Excellence : Donald A . Bansleben www . AmericanSecurityToday . com 2022 CHAMPIONS - Edition 66

Donald A . Bansleben , Ph . D .

• Excellence in Homeland Security

“ One of our core missions at DHS S & T is to prevent terrorism and enhance security ,” says DHS Sci- ence and Technology ( S & T ) Program Man- ager Dr . Don Bansle- ben , of the S & T Office of Mission and Capa- bility Support ( MCS ).

ture .”

DHS S & T establishes projects to address these challenges , as well as opportunities for tech- nology developers to test and evaluate their technologies in real-world settings and urban transportation environments .

The S & T Office of MCS provides timely , transparent , and agile technology development sup- port to DHS , its operational Com- ponents , and the Homeland Se- curity Enterprise .

A crucial goal is to rap- idly identify and re- spond to an event in- volving chemical and biological weapons and minimize the impact to the public and critical infrastruc-

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