SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY DIRECTORATE
Science and Technology Directorate.The division of the Department of Homeland Security
responsible for coordinating research and development, including preparing for and responding to
terrorist threats involving weapons of mass destruction. • The Directorate also works with the
Chemical, Biological, Radiological, and Nuclear Countermeasures Program and the
Environmental Measurements Lab in the Department of Energy, the National BW (biological
warfare) Defense Analysis Center in the Department of Defense, and the Plum Island Animal
Disease Center. — Abbr. S & T. [Blacks Law 8th]