Hi - I am John Pucci. I am from the Department of Homeland Security.
And for you local people - I have to follow the navy
that has hundreds of millions of dollars in SBIR.
I have about $20 million.
So think of him as Amazon
and me as Powell's Bookstore.
We do it better - we address you specifically as a customer.
So most of you are familiar
with Homeland Security.
Preventing terrorism and securing our borders,
enforcing immigration laws,
securing cyberspace, and looking out for National Preparedness
and Resilience mostly through FEMA.
So some of our organizations as I said FEMA,
Customs and Border Protection, U.S.
Coast Guard, TSA - the guys at the airport,
ICE, NPPD, Secret Service,
Countering Weapons of Mass Destruction office, and first responder communities
throughout the country.
We added this slide recently.
I don't think you can read it now
but when you get the handouts it points out that Coast
Guard saves 10 lives a day
and is involved in 45 search
and rescues every day.
We through Customs Enforcement
and Border Protection,
we recapture billions of dollars a year
in currency that is crossing borders illegally.
Two million passengers a day through TSA,
100 million or one million pieces of luggage every day.
That's a lot of stuff to go through. Helping train
law enforcement throughout the country.
State, local, tribal, etc.
And they're also putting money into communities for disaster
relief and protection against disasters
and preparedness.
Some more goals these days: screening
and speed in the airports.
Be nice to not have to wait in line at all.
But the reality is we have to go through screen.
We're trying to make it easier, trying to make it quicker,
trying to make it less intrusive.
Trust in cyber future.
On the previous slide, there are nineteen hundred warnings
that we send out every day on these things.
Enabling the decision maker,
not only at Happening at the federal level
but also at the state and local level.
Responder of the future - giving the protections for firefighters,
for police officers, etc,
to make sure they have the right equipment including communications,
situational awareness,
to do their jobs right. And again resilient communities - not
only preparing for disasters but being ready to recover from disasters
quicker.
Recent topics.
I go through search
and rescue using cell phone detection,
and talk to some people about some of the things.
You'll see humans systems for computed tomography.
That's actually 3D scanning of your stuff at the airport.
It takes longer to do
but it will capture most things - over time that will shorten things if we do it
right. And what seems to be the favorite as I talk about it: do not spoof modern
services for modern telephony: getting rid of all the fake robo calls
on your cell phone.
I get about five or 10 a day.
And then DNDO you'll see - they're actually now called the Countering Weapons
of Mass Destruction office - they have incorporated some other things.
These are some recent topics.
And again I don't expect you to read them,
but you'll be
able to see them later. Our Phase was as everybody
else, they are $150,000
and even within our own agency,
the Phase 2s are
$750,000 through our S&T directory,
a million dollars through CWA&D.
As I pointed out we have roughly a $20 million budget - it's actually
a little higher this year.
But we do 7 to 14 topics each year
- might be a little higher this coming year.
Historically we put our solicitation in early December.
I don't know that it's definitely going to be early December
but that's still a target this year.
Okay. And there's is our contact information if you reach
out to us. Thanks very much.