Bioterrorism: Resources

Information from Other Organizations:

• "Oversight of Dual-Use Biological Research: The National Science Advisory Board for Biosecurity" CRS Report for Congress (3/28/06)
• "Controlling Dangerous Pathogens: A Prototype Protective Oversight System," A Working Paper from the Center for International and Security Studies at the University of Maryland (4/4/06)
  
• Statement on Biosecurity by the Interacademy Panel on International Issues (11/7/05)
• Joint Policy Statement from Three British Funders of Biomedical Research
• American Society for Microbiology biological weapons resources center
• AAU/NASULGC biological and chemical Agents page
• National Academies study: Biotechnology Research in an Age of Terrorism: Confronting the "Dual Use" Dilemma (10/8/03)

Government Statements and Policies:

• Report of the U.S. Department of Justice Office of the Inspector General on the "Security Risk Assessment Program for Individuals Requesting Access to Biological Agents and Toxins" (3/30/05)
• Final rules on select agents issued by the CDC and the Department of Agriculture (3/25/05)
• Public Health Security and Bioterrorism Preparedness and Response Act of 2002
  Contains select agent rules in Title II--Enhancing Controls on Dangerous Biological Agents and Toxins" (Public Law No. 107-188; signed into law 6/12/02)
• CDC Select Agent Program
• Regulatory Impact Analysis, 42 CFR Part 73: Select Biological Agents and Toxins Interim Final Rule. CDC. (12/9/02; PDF format)
• HHS/CDC Interim Final Rule for the Possession, Use and Transfer of Select Agents and Toxins. Federal Register. (12/13/02; PDF format)
• APHIS Veterinary Services Program select agent information
• APHIS Plant Protection and Quarantine Program select agent information
• USDA/APHIS Interim Final Rule for the Possession, Use and Transfer of Select Agents and Toxins (12/13/02; PDF format)
• Information on export controls is available from the Department of Commerce Bureau of Industry and Security
• Speech on biodefense by President's Science Advisor John Marburger (10/20/03; PDF)
• Department of Defense Directive 5210.88: Safeguarding Biological Select Agents and Toxins (03/10/04; PDF)
• National Science Advisory Board for Biosecurity (03/10/04)
• Office of Science and Technology Policy Workshop on Biosecurity: April 12, 2004 (03/24/04)
• Department of Health and Human Services Summary Report on Select Agent Security at Universities (04/26/04)

Information on the case of Thomas Butler, a researcher at Texas Tech University tried for breaking laws on the handling of biological agents:

• Scientist on Trial
  Blog kept by news reporters for Science that chronicles the trial (3/11/03-12/1/03)
• Federation of American Scientists Butler page
  Links to news coverage of the case, letters of support for Dr. Butler, critiques of the government's treatment of Dr. Butler, and relevent legal documents.

Information on the Biological Weapons Convention (BWC):

• Text of the BWC signed in 1972
• Documents from the Ad Hoc Group of BWC States Parties
• U.S. statement to Ad Hoc Group of BWC States Parties (7/25/01)
• U.S. statement to BWC Review Conference (11/19/01)