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Bioterrorism: Biosurveillance

The purpose of the biosurveillance program is to improve the Federal government's ability to rapidly identify and characterize potential bioterrorist attacks or other public health emergencies through three sub programs, BioSense (collecting data from hospitals), Quarantine Stations, and the Laboratory Response Network.

Rating

What This Rating Means

NOT PERFORMING
Results Not Demonstrated

A rating of Results Not Demonstrated (RND) indicates that a program has not been able to develop acceptable performance goals or collect data to determine whether it is performing.
  • The program is developing targets and goals for long term outcome measures. Baselines and targets have been established for output measures.
  • The purpose and importance of the program is clear, results have not yet been demonstrated. Output data currently exists for each of the three sub programs.
  • Independent evaluations are underway for both BioSense and the Laboratory Response Network, however they have yet to be completed.

Improvement Plan

About Improvement Plans

We are taking the following actions to improve the performance of the program:

  • Developing measures and targets through a collaborative effort between COPTER and programs. Developing milestones and targets associated with outome goals and measures.
  • Demonstrating adequate progress in achieving the program's long-term and annual performance goals through the use of budget and performance integration tools.
  • Completing independent evaluations of all Biosurveillance programs.

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