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Page 35 - Mr. Chairman, this concludes my statement. I would be pleased to respond to any questions that you or other members of the Subcommittee may have at this time.
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Page 82 - US Department of Health and Human Services For Release on Delivery Expected at 10:00 AM Thursday, June 30,2005 46 Introduction Mr.
Page 83 - Threat Awareness, Prevention and Protection, Surveillance and Detection, and Response and Recovery. In this analysis, four elements stand out as essential to an effective defense against emerging threats: • Threat, vulnerability and risk assessments to prioritize these threats in terms of the difficulty of their development and deployment, as well as their potential consequences; • Surveillance...
Page 3 - Security is the principal Federal official for domestic incident management. Pursuant to the Homeland Security Act of 2002, the Secretary is responsible for coordinating Federal operations within the United States to prepare for, respond to, and recover from terrorist attacks, major disasters, and other emergencies.
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Page 18 - primary responsibility for establishing the strategies, guidelines, and plans for the recovery from a biological attack" and HHS had the lead role for any related public health response and guidelines. DHS also stated that it coordinated regularly with EPA's National Homeland Research Center to exchange information on research needs and to discuss priorities and gaps for a wide range of security-related research areas.