Director's Perspective
Welcome to the Office of Technology
Michael H. Sparks, Director
The Office of Technology (HS-82) was created by the Office of Health, Safety
and Security (HSS) to manage and promote the
development and deployment of advanced security
technologies to improve the security posture
of Department in the protection of its assets
and facilities. Integrated with the HSS Security
Assistance Program, our staff members interact
closely with other Departmental Elements to
analyze security system vulnerabilities, identify
cost-effective technology solutions, and deploy
these technologies to the sites for operational
evaluations in order to determine the overall
impacts to the site's security program.
We are committed to serving the interests of
the Department based upon our customer's requirements
and multi-disciplinary security needs. Our technical
areas span early warning and detection systems,
force multipliers for response forces, delay
and neutralization systems, survivability enhancements
for personnel and facilities, nuclear material
control and accounting technologies, as well
as advanced technologies to enhance training
of the Department's elite protective forces.
Our activities also include the integration
and assessment of security technologies in such
specialty areas as Design Basis Threat implementation
plan analysis in addition to the validation
of activities associated with the Site Assistance
Visits and Technology Assistance Visits.
The security technology staff provides an effective
method for rapidly sharing innovative security
technology solutions and lessons learned across
the Department. The core cadre of HS 82 serves
as a team of subject matter experts to review,
analyze, and assist in the resolution of major
site security issues within the Department,
including identification of technology deployment
and development opportunities to meet current
and emerging threats (e.g., the Chemical Defense
Analysis Team, and the Explosives Defense Analysis
Team). Additionally, the staff leverages security
technology investments made by other agencies
such as the Department of Defense's Technical
Support Working Group and the Physical Security
Equipment Action Group, in addition to managing
international technology development projects
that have the potential to meet Departmental
requirements. A key to the success of security
technology deployment is our close working relationship
within the HSS, in particular, the National
Training Center and DOE Security Policy to ensure
technology deployment is integrated into safety
and security training and Departmental policy,
as appropriate.
The HS-82 staff provides a ready resource for
senior managers to utilize in short term, mid-,
and long range programmatic planning and scoping
activities, to ensure that security is effectively
incorporated into the diversified missions of
the Department. Future technology deployment
activities will ensure that cost effective security
measures are acknowledged and shared across
the Department.
This page was last updated on July 26, 2007
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