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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, improvingimprove internetInternet security, and integrity and acceleratingaccelerate the development of automated capabilities to help identify potential threats to the U.S. The purpose of this division is to enable seamless and secure interactions among homeland security stakeholders. This means enhancing the ability of owners to communicate, share, visualize, analyze and protect information through this practitioner-driven approach. The "Command, Control and Interoperability Division's" vision is for stakeholders to have comprehensive, real-time, and relevant information to create and maintain a secure and safe nation. <ref>http://www.dhs.gov/xabout/structure/gc_1224532340996.shtm </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>http://www.dhs.gov/xabout/structure/gc_1224532340996.shtm </ref>

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==Five Program Areas==

The CCID is managed by the [[DHS Directorate for Science and Technology]]. This division works to accomplish theirit's mission of creating and deploying information resources to enable seamless and secure interactions among homeland security stakeholders. ItThe CCID is organized through five program areas: Basic/Futures Research; Cyber Security; Knowledge Management Tools; Office for Interoperability and Compatibility; and Reconnaissance, Surveillance, and Investigative Technologies.

===Basic/Futures Research===

The Basic/Futures Research Programprogram Areaarea is led by Dr. Joseph Kielman. The program was put in place to conduct long term, fundamental research in support of CCID;. asIt wellalso asstrives to advance technologies that can serve the department and the local, tribal, state, federal, and international partners. This program area also develops and fosters a research community to identify and demonstrate novel information discovery, analysis, and management concepts and capabilities. This enables the division to identify, assess, minimize or prevent the impact of terrorist attacks and natural or man made disasters.

Within the Basic/Futures Research Program are two programs. The first is known as the Visual Analytics and Precision Information Environments Program; and the second includes the Discrete-Element Computing, Privacy, and Forensics Program.