Towson University has accepted the invitation to join the National Academy Consortium for Homeland Security. The Consortium comprises public and private academic institutions engaged in scientific research, technology development and transition, education and training, and service programs concerned with current and future U.S. national security challenges, issues, problems and solutions, at home and around the world through collaboration and information- sharing among academic institutions, researchers and scholars.
The Consortium also becomes an effective sounding board and consultative body to assist federal-government decision makers in developing more effective national policies and programs concerning academic research and technology development, education and training, and related service programs pertaining to national security.
The specific objectives of the Consortium are to help:
(1) Improve understanding of national security issues, especially terrorism and strategies for counter-terrorism;
(2) Promote development of better-informed public policy, strategy, plans and programs regarding national security issues;
(3) Develop new technologies and transition those technologies into effective, practical and affordable solutions to (current and future) international and homeland security problems; and
(4) Educate and train the people required by governmental and non-governmental organizations, to effectively accomplish international and homeland security roles and responsibilities.
NACHS is housed on the campus of The Ohio State University. To learn more about NACHS please visit {http://homelandsecurity.osu.edu/NACHS/index.html} or contact Allan Berg, Towson?s Director of Information Assurance and Infrastructure Protection Programs at (410) 704-6229.
