To help the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) execute its complex mission set, RAND's Homeland Security Research Division (HSRD) operates the Homeland Security Operational Analysis Center (HSOAC), a federally funded research and development center (FFRDC). Like all studies and analysis FFRDCs, HSOAC provides nonpartisan, independent, objective analyses in support of policy development, decisionmaking, and alternative approaches. HSOAC also supports other federal, state, local, tribal, and public- and private-sector organizations that make up the homeland security enterprise.

Learn more »