Dod Excess Property Risk Assessment Needed On Public Sales Of Equipment That Could Be Used To Make Biological Agents

Due to concerns about bioterrorism & the potential for anthrax attacks, the GAO was asked to audit controls over public sales of excess DoD biol'l. equip. (BE) & chem. & biological protective clothing (CBPC) that could be used to produce & disseminate biol'l. warfare agents (BWA). GAO found that many items needed to establish a lab for making BWA were being sold on the Internet to the public from DoD's excess property inventory for pennies on the dollar, making them both easy & economical to obtain. It determined: the extent to which DoD is selling BE & CBPC that can be used to make & disseminate BWA; & whether existing Fed. regulations & guidance in DoD policies & procedures address the risk of public sales of these items. B&W photos.Kutz, Gregory D. is the author of 'Dod Excess Property Risk Assessment Needed On Public Sales Of Equipment That Could Be Used To Make Biological Agents', published 2004 under ISBN 9780756739850 and ISBN 0756739853.