Open-Source Background on Federal BioWatch Program

Referenced from "DHS and CDC Refuse To Give House Panel Docs on Failed BioWatch Program," SEJ WatchDog TipSheet, November 28, 2012.

• "National Strategy for Biosurveillance," White House/Food and Drug Administration, July 2012.
• "National Biosurveillance Strategy for Human Health," Centers for Disease Control, Version 2.0, February 2010.
• "Effectiveness of National Biosurveillance Systems: BioWatch and the Public Health System — Interim Report," Institute of Medicine/National Academies, February 6, 2009.
• "BioWatch and Public Health Surveillance: Evaluating Systems for the Early Detection of Biological Threats — Abbreviated Version," Institute of Medicine/National Academies, October 7, 2010.
• "Information Sharing and Collaboration: Applications to Integrated Biosurveillance: Workshop Summary,"  Institute of Medicine/National Academies, 2012, Deepali M. Patel and Steve Olson, Rapporteurs.
• "Homeland Security: First Responders' Ability to Detect and Model Hazardous Releases in Urban Areas Is Significantly Limited," Government Accountability Office (GAO-08-180), June 27, 2008.
• "Biosurveillance: Nonfederal Capabilities Should Be Considered in Creating a National Biosurveillance Strategy," Government Accountability Office (GAO-12-55), October 31, 2011.
• "Biosurveillance: Preliminary Observations on Department of Homeland Security's Biosurveillance Initiatives," Government Accountability Office (GAO-08-960T), July 16, 2008.
• "Chemical, Biological, Radiological, and Nuclear Risk Assessments: DHS Should Establish More Specific Guidance for Their Use," Government Accountability Office (GAO-12-272), January 25, 2012.
• "Homeland Security: DHS Requires More Disciplined Investment Management to Help Meet Mission Needs," Government Accountability Office (GAO-12-833), September 18, 2012.
• "Biosurveillance: DHS Should Reevaluate Mission Need and Alternatives before Proceeding with BioWatch Generation-3 Acquisition," Government Accountability Office (GAO-12-810), September 10, 2012.
• "Biosurveillance: Observations on BioWatch Generation-3 and Other Federal Efforts," General Accountability Office (GAO-12-994T), September 13, 2012.
• "Congress Members Voice Doubts About BioWatch," Los Angeles Times, September 14, 2012, by David Willman.
• "BioWatch Upgrade Apparently Postponed," Los Angeles Times, September 8, 2012, by David Willman.
• "Homeland Security Faulted for BioWatch Biological Defense System," Los Angeles Times, September 12, 2012, by David Willman.
• "Early Warnings on BioWatch," Los Angeles Times, August 23, 2012, by David Willman.
• "The Biodefender That Cries Wolf," Los Angeles Times, July 8, 2012, by David Willman.
• "The BioWatch Program: Detection of Bioterrorism," Congressional Research Service (RL 32152), November 19, 2003, by Dana A. Shea and Sarah A. Lister.
• "The Coming Plague: Newly Emerging Diseases in a World Out of Balance," by Laurie Garrett (New York, Farrar, Strauss & Giroux, 1994).
• "Threats and Responses: Biological Defenses; U.S. Deploying Monitor System for Germ Peril," New York Times, January 22, 2003, by Judith Miller.
• "New York Police Take Broad Steps in Facing Terror," New York Times, February 15, 2004, by William K. Rashbaum and Judith Miller.
• "New Agency Would Bolster Biodefense," Newark Star Ledger, November 26, 2006, by Amy Ellis Nutt.
• "Globalization of Diseases: They're Already Here. Now We Must Figure Out How To Fight Them," Newark Star Ledger, October 4, 2006, by Amy Ellis Nutt.
• "Germs: Biological Weapons and America's Secret War," by Judith Miller, William J. Broad, and Stephen Engelberg (New York, Simon & Schuster, 2002).
• "EPA’s BioWatch Role Reduced," Office of Inspector General, US Environmental Protection Agency, 10-P-0106, April 20, 2010.
• "EPA Needs to Fulfill Its Designated Responsibilities to Ensure Effective BioWatch Program," Office of Inspector General, US Environmental Protection Agency, Report No. 2005-P-00012, March 23, 2005.
• "EPA’s Homeland Security Role to Protect Air from Terrorist Threats Needs to be Better Defined," Office of Inspector General, US Environmental Protection Agency, Report No. 2004-M-000005, February 20, 2004.