Number: RL32891
Title: The National Biodefense Analysis and Countermeasures Center: Issues for Congress
Authors: Dana A. Shea, Resources, Science, and Industry Division 
Abstract: Congressional oversight of programs, especially those performed in federal facilities for homeland security purposes, is considered key to maintaining transparency in biodefense. Policy issues that may interest the 110th Congress include the expansion of laboratory capacity for high biosafety pathogens, transparency and oversight of research activities performed through the center, and the potential for duplication and coordination of research effort between the Department of Homeland Security and other federal agencies.
Pages: 15
Date: July 19, 2007