“The Implementing Recommendations of the 9/11 Commission Act sought to enhance early detection and situational awareness during a disease outbreak, in part, by creating the National Biosurveillance Integration Center (NBIC) within the Department of Homeland Security by integrating information and supporting an interagency biosurveillance community. The act directed GAO to report on the of biosurveillance and resource use in federal, state, local, and tribal governments. 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.”
Biosurveillance: Developing a Collaboration Strategy is Essential to Fostering Interagency Data and Resource Sharing
- June 21, 2011
- | Filed under North America, Report, and 2001-2025
