U.S. Government Documents on
National Security

This is our working compendium of biosecurity-related U.S. government documents in the public domain. To recommend a government document for inclusion please email the Webmaster.

Department of Homeland Security

• The Macroeconomic Impacts of the 9/11 Attack: Evidence from Real-Time Forecasting (2009)
• National Infrastructure Protection Plan (2009)
• Chemical, Biological, and Radiological Events and the Critical Infrastructure Workforce Report and Recommendations (2008)
• National Response Framework (2008)
• Draft National Response Framework (2007)
• Emergency Support Function Annexes to the Draft National Response Framework (2007)
• Incident Annexes to the Draft National Response Framework (2007)
• National Preparedness Guidelines (2007)
• Prioritization of Critical Infrastructure for a Pandemic Outbreak in the United States (2007)
• Support Annexes to the Draft National Response Framework (2007)
• Target Capabilities List (2007)
• Pandemic Influenza Preparedness, Response, and Recovery Guide for Critical Infrastructure and Key Resources (2006)
• National Incident Management System (2004)
• Top Officials (TOPOFF) Exercis Series: TOPOFF 2 – After Action Summary Report For Public Release (2003)

FEMA

• Disaster Assistance Policy 9523.17 - Emergency Assistance for Human Influenza Pandemic (2007)

National Institutes of Health, National Science Advisory Board for Biosecurity

• Addressing Biosecurity Concerns Related to the Synthesis of Select Agents (2006)

OIG

• Better Management Needed for the National Bio-Surveillance Integration System Program (2007)
• DHS' Management of BioWatch Program (2007)
• Review of Controls Over the Export of Chemical and Biological Commodities (Redacted) (2005)
• A review of the Top Officials 3 Exercise (2005)

USFA

• Pandemic Influenza Best Practices and Model Protocols (2007)

Department of State

• Adherence to and Compliance with Arms Control, Nonproliferation and Disarmament Agreements and Commitments (2005)
• Adherence to and Compliance with Arms Control and Nonproliferation Agreements and Commitments (2001)
  

Government Accountability Office (formerly General Accounting Office)

• Information Sharing: Federal Agencies Are Sharing Border and Terrorism Information with Local and Tribal Law Enforcement Agencies, but Additional Efforts Are Needed (2010)
• Homeland Defense: Planning, Resourcing, and Training Issues Challenge DOD’s Response to Domestic Chemical, Biological, Radiological, Nuclear, and High-Yield Explosive Incidents (2009)
• Homeland Defense: U.S. Northern Command Has a Strong Exercise Program, but Involvement of Interagency Partners and States Can Be Improved (2009)
• Homeland Defense: Preliminary Observations on Defense Chemical, Biological, Radiological, Nuclear, and High-Yield Explosives Consequence Management Plans and Preparedness Statement of Davi M. D’Agostino, Director (2009)
• National Cybersecurity Strategy: Key Improvements Are Needed to Strengthen the Nation's Posture (2009)
• Chemical and Biological Defense: Updated Intelligence, Clear Guidance, and Consistent Priorities Needed to Guide Investments in Collective Protection (2007)
• Critical Infrastructure: Challenges Remain in Protecting Key Sectors (2007)
• Critical Infrastructure Protection: Sector Plans and Sector Councils Continue to Evolve (2007)
• Critical Infrastructure: Sector Plans Complete and Sector Councils Evolving (2007)
• Department of Homeland Security: Progress Report on Implementation of Mission and Management Functions (2007)
• Homeland Security: Progress Has Been Made to Address the Vulnerabilities Exposed by 9/11, but Continued Federal Action Is Needed to Further Mitigate Security Risks (2007)
• Port Risk Management: Additional Federal Guidance Would Aid Ports in Disaster Planning and Recovery (2007)
• Critical Infrastructure Protection: Progress Coordinating Government and Private Sector Efforts Varies by Sectors' Characteristics (2006)
• Homeland Security: Agency Plans, Implementation, and Challenges Regarding the National Strategy for Homeland Security (2005)
• Homeland Security: Much Is Being Done to Protect Agriculture from a Terrorist Attack, but Important Challenges Remain (2005)
• Homeland Security: DHS Needs a Strategy to Use DOE's Laboratories for Research on Nuclear, Biological, and Chemical Detection and Response Technologies (2004)
• Homeland Security: Observations on the National Strategies Related to Terrorism (2004)
• Homeland Security: CDC's Oversight of the Select Agent Program, GAO-03-315R (2002)
• National Preparedness: Integration of Federal, State, Local, and Private Sector Efforts is Critical to an Effective National Strategy for Homeland Security (2002)

National Intelligence Council

• Mapping the Global Future: Report of the National Intelligence Council’s 2020 Project (2004)
• The Next Wave of HIV/AIDS: Nigeria, Ethiopia, Russia, India, and China (2002)
• Global Trends 2015: A Dialogue About the Future With Nongovernment Experts (2000)
• The Global Infectious Disease Threat and Its Implications for the United States (2000)
• China and Weapons of Mass Destruction: Implications for the United States (1999) [External link]

Other

• U.S. Government Judgments on the Threat of Biological Weapons: Official Assessments, 2004-2009 (2009)
• Intelligence Capabilities of U.S. Weapons of Mass Destruction (2005) [External link]

DNI

• Annual Threat Assessment of the U.S. Intelligence Community for the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence (2010)
• National Intelligence Estimate: The Terrorist Threat to the US Homeland (2007)
• Declassified Key Judgments of the National Intelligence Estimate "Trends in Global Terrorism: Implications for the United States" (2006)
• Unclassified Report to Congress on the Acquisition of Technology Relating to Weapons of Mass Destruction and Advanced Conventional Munitions (2004)