Homeland Security Advanced Research Projects Agency Law and Legal Definition
The Homeland Security Advanced Research Projects Agency (“Agency”) is a federal agency that administers the fund to award merit-reviewed grants, and cooperative agreements to public or private entities, including businesses, federally funded research and development centers, and universities. It is established pursuant to 6 USCS § 187.
The following are the functions of the Agency:
1.To support basic and applied homeland security research to promote revolutionary changes in technologies that would promote homeland security;
2.To advance the development, testing and evaluation, and deployment of critical homeland security technologies; and
3.To accelerate the prototyping and deployment of technologies that would address homeland security vulnerabilities.
Legal Definition list
- Homeland Security Act 2002
- Homeland Security
- Homeland Defense Activity
- Homeland Defense
- Home-State Jurisdiction [Family Law]
- Homeland Security Advanced Research Projects Agency
- Homeland Security Advisory Council [HSAC]
- Homeland Security Council
- Homeland Security Exercise and Evaluation Program [HSEEP]
- Homeland Security Information Network
- Homeland Security Institute
Related Legal Terms
- 21st Century Nanotechnology Research and Development Act of 2003
- Abandoned Security Property [Agriculture]
- Access Control List [National Security]
- Access Control Mechanism [National Security]
- Accessible Space [National Security]
- Accounting Research Bulletin (ARB)
- Accredited Agency [Adoption]
- Accrediting Agency [Education]
- Administering Agency
- Administrative Agency
