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1 online resource : illustrations |
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Defense, security and strategy series |
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Defense, security and strategy series.
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BIOLOGICAL DEFENSE: DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE COUNTERMEASURE EFFORTS -- BIOLOGICAL DEFENSE: DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE COUNTERMEASURE EFFORTS -- Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data -- CONTENTS -- PREFACE -- Chapter 1: BIOLOGICAL DEFENSE: DOD HAS STRENGTHENED COORDINATION ON MEDICAL COUNTERMEASURES BUT CAN IMPROVE ITS PROCESS FOR THREAT PRIORITIZATION -- WHY GAO DID THIS STUDY -- WHAT GAO RECOMMENDS -- WHAT GAO FOUND -- ABBREVIATIONS -- BACKGROUND |
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""DOD RECEIVED ABOUT 6 BILLION SINCE 2001 IN TOTALFUNDING FOR MEDICAL COUNTERMEASURES, OF WHICH4.3 BILLION WAS TARGETED AGAINST BIOLOGICALTHREAT AGENTS""""DOD HAS MADE PROGRESS IN RESEARCHING,DEVELOPING, AND MAKING AVAILABLE MEDICALCOUNTERMEASURES AGAINST BIOLOGICAL THREATAGENTS, BUT HAS NOT UPDATED ITS LIST OF THREATPRIORITIES AS REQUIRED""; ""DOD HAS TAKEN STEPS TO ENHANCE INTERNALCOORDINATION ON RESOURCE ALLOCATION FORMEDICAL COUNTERMEASURES AGAINST BIOLOGICALTHREAT AGENTS""; ""DOD�S EFFORTS TO COORDINATE ACROSS AGENCYBOUNDARIES ALIGN WITH BEST PRACTICES""; ""CONCLUSION"" |
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RECOMMENDATION FOR EXECUTIVE ACTIONAGENCY COMMENTS AND OUR EVALUATION -- APPENDIX I: SCOPE AND METHODOLOGY -- APPENDIX II: DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE (DOD)FUNDING FOR CHEMICAL AND BIOLOGICAL DEFENSEPROGRAM AND MEDICAL COUNTERMEASURES, INNOMINAL DOLLARS -- Chapter 2: STATEMENT OF MAJOR GENERALPHILIP K. RUSSELL (RETIRED). HEARINGON ''BIODEFENSE: WORLDWIDE THREATSAND COUNTERMEASURE EFFORTS FORTHE DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE'' |
| Summary |
The spread of the scientific capabilities to produce effective biological weapons has contributed to concerns about the threat posed to the warfighter from biological attacks. This book describes the Department of Defense's (DOD) funding of medical countermeasures against biological threat agents from fiscal years 2001 through 2013; evaluates DOD's progress in researching, developing, and making available medical countermeasures against biological threat agents, including DOD's prioritization process; describes DOD's internal coordination to allocate resources to medical countermeasures agains |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
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Print version record |
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United States. Department of Defense -- Rules and practice
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| SUBJECT |
United States. Department of Defense fast |
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Biological warfare -- United States -- Safety measures
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Military readiness.
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TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING -- Military Science.
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Biological warfare -- Safety measures
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Military readiness
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United States
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| Genre/Form |
Rules
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Electronic book
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| Author |
Parker, Almira, editor
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| ISBN |
9781633217454 |
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1633217450 |
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