Technology Sectors
S&T advisory panel seeks members, especially in explosives detection and bio defense
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Tara O'Toole, |
The Science and Technology Directorate at DHS is looking for new members for its science and technology advisory committee, particularly members who could bring expertise in explosives detection and biological defense R&D.
The Directorate announced on Jan. 12 that it wanted to fill “a limited number of positions” on the advisory panel, which provides advice and recommendations to the department’s under secretary of science and technology (currently Tara O'Toole.)
The advisory group addresses key areas of interest, such as “new developments in systems engineering, cyber-security, knowledge management and how best to leverage related technologies funded by other federal agencies and by the private sector.”
Members of this advisory group serve for two-year terms, meet approximately once per quarter, and are reimbursed for their travel expenses.
Applicants are required to complete the Confidential Financial Disclosure Report, known as OGE Form 450, which is available at the Website of the Office of Government Ethics by clicking here. “Applications which are not accompanied by a completed OGE Form 450 will not be considered,” said the S&T notice.
Prospective members should send their biography, resume or CV, along with OGE Form 450, to Mary Hanson, the panel’s executive director, at fax number 202-254-5823 or by email to Mary.Hanson@dhs.gov by Jan. 30, 2012.
The current members of the Homeland Security Science and Technology Advisory Committee, as shown on the DHS Website on Jan. 12, are as follows:
Dr. Phil DePoy, Chairman
Ms. Mary Hanson, Executive Director
- Dr. Phil DePoy
Former President, Center for Naval Analyses - Dr. A. Michael Andrews
Vice President and Chief Technology Officer, L3 Communications; Former Army Deputy Assistant Secretary (Research & Technology) Chief Scientist - Dr. Steven Bellovin
Professor of Computer Science, Columbia University - RADM Thomas Brooks, USN (Ret.)
Adjunct faculty member at Joint Military Intelligence College; Former Director of Naval Intelligence - Dr. Frank Fernandez
Former Director, Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) - Dr. Baruch Fischhoff
Howard Heinz University Professor, Carnegie Mellon University - Dr. David Franz
Vice President and Chief Biological Scientist Midwest Research Institute - MAJGEN Tom Garrett, ARNG (Ret.)
Former Commanding General, 42nd Infantry Division (Mech); former Special Assistant to the Director, New Jersey Office of Homeland Security Preparedness - Mr. Gary Goldberg
Private Consultant - Sheriff Ted Kamatchus
Sheriff, Marshalltown, Iowa; Immediate Past President, National Sheriffs Association - Dr. Alexander Levis
University Professor of Electrical, Computer, and Systems Engineering, George Mason University; former Chief Scientist for the Air Force - Mr. Ernest Mitchell
Past President, International Association of Fire Chiefs - Dr. Lawrence Papay
CEO and Principal Consultant PQR, LLC - Mr. Norman Polmar
U.S. Naval Institute - Mr. Kenneth Rapuano
Director of Advanced Systems & Policy Analysis, the MITRE Corporation - Dr. Richard Roca
Director, Applied Physics Laboratory, Johns Hopkins University - Ms. Teresa Smith
Corporate Lead, IED Defeat Integration Group, Northrop Grumman - Dr. Reginald Vachon
Chairman of Direct Measurements, Inc.; past President, American Society of Mechanical Engineers
