Alabama Administrative Code
Title 375 - ALABAMA DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY
Chapter 375-X-2 - DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES OF ASSISTANT DIRECTORS
Section 375-X-2-.05 - Assistant Director For Science And Technological Development
Current through Register Vol. 42, No. 11, August 30, 2024
The Assistant Director of Science and Technological Development will head the research and development arm of the Department of Homeland Security and shall be responsible for:
(1) Organizing the vast scientific and technological resources of the State to prevent or mitigate the effects of catastrophic terrorism against Alabama or the United States.
(2) Unifying the State government's efforts to develop and implement scientific and technological countermeasures, including channeling the intellectual energy and extensive capacity of Alabama's scientific institutions, such as the State laboratories and universities.
(3) Encouraging and facilitating evolutionary improvements to current homeland security capabilities; as well as, the development of new capabilities and marketing to the federal government and other state and local agencies the vast technologies, developments and capabilities of the scientific industry, laboratories and academic institutions located in the State of Alabama.
Author: James M. Walker, Jr.
Statutory Authority: Code of Ala. 1975, § 31-9A-5.
