Chemical and Biological Defense: Designated Entity Needed to Identify, Align, and Manage DOD's Infrastructure

Abstract

The United States faces current and emerging chemical and biological threats, and defenses against these threats enable DOD to protect the force, preclude strategic gains by adversaries, and reduce risk to U.S. interests. GAO was asked to review DOD efforts to manage its chemical and biological defense infrastructure capabilities. This report examines the extent to which the CBDP Enterprise has: (1) achieved its goal to identify required infrastructure capabilities to address current and emerging chemical and biological threats; (2) identified, addressed, and managed potential fragmentation, overlap, and duplication in its chemical and biological defense infrastructure; and (3) used and plans to use threat data and the results of risk assessments to support its investment planning for chemical and biological defense. GAO analyzed CBDP infrastructure policies, plans, and studies from organizations across the CBDP Enterprise from fiscal years 2008 through 2014. GAO recommends, among other things, that DOD (1) designate an entity to lead the effort to identify required infrastructure; (2) identify, request, and consider any information from chemical and biological infrastructure studies of other federal agencies to avoid potential duplication; and (3) update the CBDP Enterprise s guidance and planning process to fully institutionalize the use of risk assessments. DOD concurred with all five of GAO s recommendations and discussed actions it plans to take.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jun 01, 2015
Accession Number
ADA620035

Entities

People

  • Edward George
  • Jennifer Cheung
  • Joseph Kirschbaum
  • Karen Doran
  • Mae Jones
  • Mark A. Pross
  • Mary C. Hult
  • Rajiv D Cruz
  • Richard Burkard
  • Russ Burnett

Organizations

  • United States Government Accountability Office

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Biomedical

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Biological Sciences
  • Chemical Warfare
  • Chemical Warfare Agents
  • Chemical Weapons
  • Computational Biology
  • Congress
  • Health Services
  • Infectious Diseases
  • Interagency Coordination
  • Medical Personnel
  • Mustard Agents
  • Public Health
  • Risk Analysis
  • Test And Evaluation
  • Test Facilities
  • United States Government
  • Warfare

Readers

  • Critical Infrastructure Protection in CBRN and WMD Threats.
  • Defense Acquisition Program Management