Biosurveillance : developing a collaboration strategy is essential to fostering interagency data and resource sharing : report to congressional committees.
Recently, there has been an increased focus on developing the ability to provide early detection of and situational awareness during a disease outbreak. The Implementing Recommendations of the 9/11 Commission Act sought to enhance this capability, in part, by creating the National Biosurveillance In...
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| Format: | Government Document eBook |
| Language: | English |
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[Washington, D.C.] :
U.S. Govt. Accountability Office,
[2009]
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| Online Access: | https://purl.fdlp.gov/GPO/LPS119946 |
| Summary: | Recently, there has been an increased focus on developing the ability to provide early detection of and situational awareness during a disease outbreak. The Implementing Recommendations of the 9/11 Commission Act sought to enhance this capability, in part, by creating the National Biosurveillance Integration Center (NBIC) within the Department of Homeland Security. NBIC is to help provide early detection and situational awareness by integrating information and supporting an interagency biosurveillance community. The act directed GAO to report on the state of biosurveillance and resource use in federal, state, local, and tribal governments. This report is one in a series responding to that mandate. This report focuses on the actions taken by NBIC to (1) acquire resources to accomplish its mission and (2) effectively collaborate with its federal partners. To conduct this work, GAO reviewed documents, such as NBIC's Concept of Operations, and interviewed officials at NBIC and 11 federal partners. To enhance collaboration, GAO recommends that NBIC work with its interagency advisory body to develop a strategy for addressing barriers to collaboration, such as the lack of clear mission, roles, and procedures, and to develop accountability mechanisms to monitor these efforts. We provided this draft to DHS and 11 federal partners. DHS concurred with our recommendations. |
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| Item Description: | Title from cover screen (GAO, viewed Dec. 21, 2009). "December 2009." "GAO-10-171." Electronic resource. |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (ii, 33 pages) : illustrations |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references. |