Management of National Guard Weapons of Mass Destruction-Civil Support Teams

Abstract

The Weapons of Mass Destruction Civil Support Team (WMD-CST) Program is intended to help prepare the United States against terrorist use of a weapon of mass destruction and is commonly referred to as a homeland defense measure. Originally, 10 WMD-CSTs were established with a planned initial operational capability date of January 2000. In FY 2000 and FY 2001, Congress authorized an additional 17 and 5 WMD-CSTs, respectively. Our overall audit objective was to evaluate the program management of chemical and biological defense resources in the National Guard and Reserve forces. For this segment of the audit, we evaluated the program management of National Guard units charged with chemical and biological defense responsibilities for homeland defense. Future reports will deal with the financial management of the WMD-CST program and the management of chemical and biological defense resources of National Guard and Reserve forces scheduled to deploy in the event of a major theater war.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jan 31, 2001
Accession Number
ADA386945

Entities

Organizations

  • Office of the Inspector General, U.S. Department of Defense

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Biomedical
  • Human Systems

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Army Personnel
  • Business Administration
  • Command And Control
  • Congress
  • Employment
  • First Responders
  • Health Services
  • Logistics
  • Management Personnel
  • Military Organizations
  • Military Science
  • National Security
  • Organizational Structure
  • Personal Protective Equipment
  • Personnel Management
  • Protective Equipment
  • Warfare

Readers

  • Critical Infrastructure Protection in CBRN and WMD Threats.
  • Emergency Management and Homeland Security.
  • Logistics and Supply Chain Management.