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Hearing on “5 and 10 Year Homeland Security Goals: Where We Need to Be As a Nation and How We Judge Progress”
This document is a statement made by Paul N. Stockton to the House Appropriations Subcommittee on Homeland Security on challenges within the Department of Homeland Security in responding to flaws made apparent by Hurricane Katrina and anticipating and preparing for what’s to come. By Paul N. Stockton
- June 29, 2011
- | Filed under North America, Report, and 2001-2025
Agroterrorism: Threats and Preparedness
“The potential for terrorist attacks against agricultural targets (agroterrorism) is increasingly recognized as a national security threat, especially after the events of September 11, 2001. In this context, agroterrorism is defined as the deliberate introduction of an animal or plant disease with the goal of generating fear of the safety of food, causing economic losses, Read More »
- June 28, 2011
- | Filed under North America, Report, and 2001-2025
Oversight of Dual-Use Biological Research: The National Science Advisory Board for Biosecurity
“The National Science Advisory Board for Biosecurity (NSABB) was established as one tool to aid policymakers and researchers in assessing the risks of federally funded research in the life sciences. It aims to provide the Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services and researchers a source for advice on dual0use research and other Read More »
- June 28, 2011
- | Filed under North America, Report, and 2001-2025
Bioterrorism and the People: How to Vaccinate a City against Panic
“Bioterrorism policy discussions and response planning efforts have tended to discount the capacity of the public to participate in the response to an act of bioterrorism, or they have assumed that local populations would impede an effective response. Fears of mass panic and social disorder underlie this bias. Although it is not known how the Read More »
- June 28, 2011
- | Filed under North America, Commentary, and 2001-2025
The Definition of Measurement of Dangerous Research
“Both scientists and policy-makers are increasingly recognizing the potential and pitfalls of biotechnology in regards to biosecurity. The spread of biotechnology and biological research across the globe is revealing a great deal of information on the origins of human disease and microbial pathogenesis. There is great hope that the genetic, proteomic, and metabolomic information will Read More »
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