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The '''Command, Control and Interoperability Division''' is a bureau of the [[United States]] [[Department of Homeland Security]]'s Science and Technology Directorate, run by Dr. David Boyd. This division is responsible for creating informative resources (including standards, frameworks, tools, and technologies) that strengthen communications interoperability, improve Internet security, and integrity and accelerate the development of automated capabilities to help identify potential threats to the U.S.<ref name="dhs.gov">{{Cite web |url=https://www.dhs.gov/xabout/structure/gc_1224532340996.shtm |title=DHS &#124; Science and Technology Directorate Command, Control and Interoperability Division |access-date=2016-07-29 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120118075109/http://www.dhs.gov/xabout/structure/gc_1224532340996.shtm |archive-date=2012-01-18 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

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The '''Command, Control and Interoperability Division''' is a bureau of the [[United States]] [[Department of Homeland Security]]'s Science and Technology Directorate, run by Dr. David Boyd. This division is responsible for creating informative resources(including standards, frameworks, tools, and technologies) that strengthen communications interoperability, improve Internet security, and integrity and accelerate the development of automated capabilities to help identify potential threats to the U.S.<ref name="dhs.gov">{{Cite web |url=https://www.dhs.gov/xabout/structure/gc_1224532340996.shtm |title=DHS &#124; Science and Technology Directorate Command, Control and Interoperability Division |access-date=2016-07-29 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120118075109/http://www.dhs.gov/xabout/structure/gc_1224532340996.shtm |archive-date=2012-01-18 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

The division took over most of the functions envisioned by the U.S. Congress for the Office of Emergency Communications (OEC), which was under the Cybersecurity and Communications unit created by the [[Homeland Security Appropriations Act|Homeland Security Appropriations Act (2007).]]<ref>{{Cite book|title=Public Safety Communications and Spectrum Resources: Policy Issues for Congress|last=Moore|first=Linda|publisher=Congressional Research Service|year=2009|isbn=9781437924695|___location=Washington, D.C.|pages=26}}</ref> These included the coordination of emergency communications planning, preparedness, and response. This particular area serves as the basis for the division's involvement in developing protocols for [[Emergency service|emergency responders]].<ref>{{Cite book|title=Introduction to Homeland Security: Principles of All-Hazards Risk Management|last1=Bullock|first1=Jane|last2=Haddow|first2=George|last3=Coppola|first3=Damon|publisher=Elsevier|year=2009|isbn=9781856175098|___location=Burlington, MA|pages=553}}</ref>

Customers include local, tribal, state, federal, international, and private emergency response agencies; agencies that plan for, detect, and respond to hazards; and private-sector partners that own, operate, and maintain the nation's cyber infrastructure.<ref name="dhs.gov"/>

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