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Biological defense : Department of Defense countermeasure efforts /

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 agen...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Parker, Almira (Editor )
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New York : Nova Science Publishers, [2014]
Colección:Defense, security and strategy series.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo

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505 0 |a 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 
505 8 |a ""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""; ""DODâ€?S EFFORTS TO COORDINATE ACROSS AGENCYBOUNDARIES ALIGN WITH BEST PRACTICES""; ""CONCLUSION"" 
505 8 |a 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'' 
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