Science Board Urges More DOD-DHS Research on Critical Infrastructure Protection Technology

By Keith Costa / January 25, 2007 at 5:00 AM
Pentagon officials should reach out to their counterparts at the Department of Homeland Security's science and technology directorate to set up a joint research and development program focused on protecting critical infrastructure, according to a new Defense Science Board report. The science board task force that wrote the report wants the Defense Department's director of defense research and engineering to be the Pentagon's point man in this proposed bridge-building effort, with guidance from the assistant secretary of defense for homeland...

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