May 3, 2004

CONTACT: Bill Burton, (312) 996-2269, burton@uic.edu

HOMELAND SECURITY OFFICIAL TO ADDRESS URBAN PLANNING AND PUBLIC AFFAIRS
COMMENCEMENT AT UIC

A top technology official of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security
will discuss technology and its relation to public policy since 9/11 in
the commencement address at the University of Illinois at Chicago
College of Urban Planning and Public Affairs on May 9.

David Boyd, director of research and development operations for the
Science and Technology Directorate of DHS, will address the 60
graduates and their families at the 2 p.m. ceremony in the Illinois
Room of UIC's Chicago Circle Center, 750 S. Halsted St.

Boyd, who joined DHS a year ago, also serves as program manager for
SAFECOM, a presidential initiative to achieve interoperability among
all elements of the national public safety/first responder community.
He also serves on the President's National Task Force on Spectrum
Management.

Before joining DHS, Boyd was director of science and technology for the
National Institute of Justice, a position he had held since 1992. At
the institute, he created and developed the single largest technology
development activity for law enforcement and corrections in the United
States, with an active portfolio of more than $750 million and a staff
of more than 200 federal and contract personnel in 18 technology
centers across the country.

Boyd served more than 20 years in the U.S. Army, during which he
commanded combat units and served on military staffs from battalion
level to the Pentagon. He represented the United States in bilateral
meetings with Soviet and other foreign analysts and led a special
strategic analysis in support of the first Gulf War. His military
awards include the Bronze Star and Purple Heart.

Boyd received a master's degree in public policy analysis from UIC and
is a graduate of UIC's sister campus at Urbana-Champaign. He earned his
doctorate in decision sciences from Walden University.

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