REGAL is happy to announce that with the assistance of the Department of Homeland Security Science & Technologies, REGAL has formed a partnership with Rutgers University and Purdue University. Both Rutgers and Purdue have been selected to co-lead a new DHS Center of Excellence which will conduct research into the technological issues involved with maintaining homeland security.

As quoted from Rutgers and Purdue, the program will conduct research and develop technologies, tools and advanced methods for information analysis, situational awareness, decision support, information sharing and cyber infrastructure protection. Rutgers will be the lead institution for research in the data sciences, and Purdue will be the lead for research in the visualization sciences.

Rutgers CCICADA program (Command, Control, and Interoperability Center for Advance Data Analysis) mainly focuses on algorithms which create methods to challenge arising problems within the data analysis field that address present and emerging threats to homeland security. Their overall mission involves providing powerful analytical tools for information sharing, collaboration & decision support for a diverse workforce.

Purdue's VACCINE program (Visual Analytics for Command, Control and Interoperability Environments) is dedicated to creating methods and tools to analyze and manage vast amounts of information for all mission areas of homeland security. Their ultimate goal is to ensure that homeland security personnel have the necessary tools for a coordinated, coherent response to terrorist attacks, as well as, natural and man-made disasters by utilizing the best ideas from the world's top researchers and scientists.

Rutgers and Perdue not only bring experience of their valued tools, but they also have knowledge and sciences that provide powerful analytical tools for information sharing, collaboration, and decision support. This will provide a more powerful tool set, ultimately allowing for real time decision making capabilities.

With consulate facilities all over the world, the U.S. government is tasked with the responsibility to consider safety and security measures at all times. Providing the most efficient and safe operations at consulate facilities is one of the government's main objective, but making sure a new facility will be adequately sized for future growth is another. As a relationship with the U.S. State Department continues to grow, Regal is extremely happy to be a part of this effort, ultimately ensuring the most efficient and safe operations both within our borders and abroad.

In early 2009, REGAL began working on the Santa Domingo project and in turn visited the facility to collect valuable information. One of the State Department's main goals was to study a new facility design and determine if the capacity will be sufficient for the projected future volume. REGAL's first analysis of this facility indicated and highlighted recommendations needed to sustain future growth and ensure an adequate operating environment.

Since 2009, REGAL visited the facility once again and performed a similar analysis to test the constraints of the revised facility design that would accommodate all consular processing. The analysis indicated that the new facility design was in fact adequately sized and would be able to meet the demands of the anticipated applicant volume. Each phase of the application process was evaluated which included all window processes and seating capacities.

Utilizing REGAL's simulation tools, analysts have the ability to create accurate models that can return information on queuing times, sizes for each consular process, and the total time it takes for an individual to go through the process. REGAL's analysis plays a vital role in daily operations and planning as well. REGAL's simulation programs eliminate guesswork, save time and money and allot for decision makers to visualize the impact of a facility before costly construction begins.

CBP is tasked daily with many projects and most recently through the General Services Administration (GSA) has requested REGAL's assistance in utilizing BorderWizard for an outbound analysis. REGAL's Design Team is currently performing a study of the Bridge of the Americas (BOTA) border crossing at the El Paso, TX Port of Entry. The Bridge of Americas consists of mainly two bridges that cross the Rio Grande and connect the United States and Mexico bordering cities.

REGAL's Design Team will work directly for CBP's Office of Field Operation's which is in support of the CBP Interdiction Technology Directorate. REGAL will perform an analysis that will study the movement and circulation of outbound passenger occupied vehicles and commercial traffic. Utilizing BorderWizard, simulation runs will be analyzed with varying processing times and locations for License Plate Readers as well as other customer identified technologies.

REGAL's study and results will be used to update an existing baseline experiment as well as create a proposed design experiment which includes:

• A Facility Layout of the Proposed Port
• Design Parameters and Processing Assumptions
• Processing and Referral Input Data
• Extrapolation of the Provided Data
• Evaluate the Port's Capability to Handle Future Demand
• A Report Generated from BorderWizard Summarizing Recommendations and Corresponding Data
• Exit/Entry Control Systems and Applied Processes