N ATIONAL B IODEFENSE S TRATEGY
and animals†. (Lead: DOS, USAID, CDC; Support: DoD, DOI, USDA, HHS, DOE,
DHS, United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), NIH, FBI)
III. Accelerate domestic and international basic and applied research and innovation across
disciplines to implement advanced biosurveillance and biodetection capabilities for
clinical and environmental early warning and enable large-scale, affordable, and routine
biological hazard agnostic and/or specific biosurveillance and biodetection, for animal,
human
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, plant, and environmental surveillance. (Lead: USDA, DHS, EPA, CDC;
Support: DOS, DoD, DOI, DOC, HHS, DOE, USAID, FBI)
1.1.2. Biological Threat Sequencing and Analytical Data Sharing
After acquiring a suitable sample, generate and disseminate domestically, and internationally
consistent with international norms and standards and in accordance with applicable laws and
policies, pathogen genome sequence data and other analytical information, with appropriate
safety and security controls, to support the surveillance and mitigation of nationally or
internationally significant biological incidents.
I. Develop domestically, and support internationally, the capacities, policies, and
capabilities needed to perform and share rapid genomic sequencing and analysis. (Lead:
HHS; Support: DOS, DOI, USDA, DOC, DOE, United States Department of Veterans
Affairs (VA), DHS, NIH, FBI, CDC)
1.1.3. Data Integration for Early Warning
After receiving relevant information and data, share domestically and internationally, with
appropriate safety and security controls, through identifying, integrating, and improving existing
effective global early warning systems, across all sectors, that are tightly integrated with existing
state, local, tribal, and territorial (SLTT), national, and international surveillance and monitoring
systems for public health, animal health†, plant health, and water infrastructure.
I. Develop a U.S. Government early warning joint capabilities plan to: 1) advance early
warning technologies and capabilities for more rapid identification of pathogens; and 2)
rapidly and securely aggregate and share surveillance, biological threat information, and
additional information needed for early warning and containment of any pathogen with
pandemic potential among the federal government, SLTT governments, health providers,
international partners, and other key stakeholders. This joint capabilities plan will focus
on areas including, but not limited to, data platforms and sharing, real-world evidence
based infectious disease modeling, reportable disease lists, improved integration of
laboratory response, and wastewater and environmental surveillance, as well as insights
gleaned from outreach and partnerships described herein. (Lead: United States National
Security Council (NSC), Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP); Support:
DOS, DoD, DOI, USDA, DOC, HHS, United States Department of Transportation
(DOT), DOE, VA, DHS, EPA, USAID, NIH, FBI, CDC, IC)
II. Enhance capacity for rapid analysis, modeling, baselining, forecasting, and reporting to
monitor and evaluate the health threat landscape, through a One Health lens, and improve
early warning capabilities. (Lead: DHS, CDC; Support: DoD, USDA, HHS, DOT, DOE,
FBI)
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Including clinical and wastewater