Momentum Renewed for U.S. Department of Homeland Security’s
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On December 16, 2014, the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) released a public request for information (RFI) seeking technologies relevant to the automated detection and identification of air-borne biological agents. This release sparks movement for DHS’s efforts to drastically improve the BioWatch Program, which has been slumbering for the past two years. The BioWatch Program was established in 2003, as a means to address the ever-increasing threat of bioterrorism. BioWatch’s goal, according to the DHS is, “to detect the presence of biological agents of concern in a timely manner and identify the target agents with a high degree of confidence.”
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