The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Science and Technology (S&T) Directorate, Human Factors and Behavioral Science Division, has issued a Broad Agency Announcement (BAA) for a project that will examine the methods and means for framing effective hazard and risk warnings and public service communications by local government officials, senior first responders, and civic leaders in the event of a terrorist attack or campaign employing improvised explosive devices (IEDs). The project is called Effective Risk Communications Against the IED Threat. The objective of the research project is to develop empirically-based and peer-reviewed guidelines for use by the local officials in framing the warnings for their communities. Based on these guidelines, the project will then deliver a PC-based Risk Communications Simulation System for creating realistic training scenarios using locally generated video and digital imagery to enable local officials to develop, analyze and assess the impact of hazard and risk warnings, public service announcements, and communications to the public for specific threat scenarios. Sol. No. BAA10-16. Respond by Sept. 7. Contact: Andrew Hadden, contract specialist, 202-254-6740, [email protected].