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Next year's budget for science and technology at the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) would be drastically downsized under a spending bill passed yesterday by the House of Representatives.
House Trims Homeland Security Science Spending - ScienceInsider
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DHS officials say the decrease in the directorate's budget will wipe out dozens of programs, stalling the development of technologies for border protection, detection of bio-hazards, and cargo screening. In addition, "there will be no investments in domestic IED [improvised explosives device] detection, leaving mass transit vulnerable to attacks," according to an official who spoke to ScienceInsider. "Essential research needed to understand and counter violent extremism will be crippled."
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