Appendix D

Key Federal Programs and Capabilities to Combat Bioterrorism




  1. Department of Defense, Under Secretary for Acquisition and
    Technology
  2. Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (Defense Sciences Directorate, Bio Warfare Defense Technologies Program; Special Projects Directorate, Biological Warfare Defense Systems Program)
  3. Defense Threat Reduction Agency
  4. Department of Defense, Secretary of the Army
  5. Joint Program Office for Biological Defense (under Assistant Secretary for Acquisition, Logistics, and Technology)
  6. U.S. Army Soldier and Biological Chemical Command (under U.S. Army Materiel Command)
  7. U.S. Army Medical Research Institute of Infectious Diseases (under U.S. Army Medical Research and Materiel Command)
  8. Department of Defense, United States Marine Corps, Chemical Biological Incident Response Force
  9. Department of Defense National Guard and Reserve Components (several programs including National Guard military support detachments in each of 10 FEMA regions to assist state and local authorities in responding to WMD incidents. Initially called Rapid Assessment and Initial Detection [RAID] Teams, this designation is no longer used)
  10. Department of Health and Human Services
  11. Assistant Secretary for Health (Office of Public Health and Science; Surgeon General; U.S. Public Health Service; Office of Emergency Preparedness, including the National Disaster Medical System)
  12. Food and Drug Administration
  13. National Institutes of Health (National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences)
  14. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (National Center for Infectious Diseases; National Center for Environmental Health; Emergency Response Coordination Group)
  15. Department of Agriculture (agriculture and food safety issues)
  16. Under Secretary for Natural Resources and Environment (U.S. Forest Service)
  17. Assistant Secretary for Administration (Disaster Management and Coordination staff)
  18. Under Secretary for Research, Education, and Economics (Agricultural Research Service; Cooperative State Research Education and Extension Service; Economic Research Service)
  19. Under Secretary for Food Safety (Food Safety and Inspection Service)
  20. Under Secretary for Marketing and Regulatory Programs (Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service)
  21. Federal Emergency Management Agency, Federal Response Plan
 
 
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