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title: "GAO identifies key challenges in the nation's ability to detect and respond to biological events"
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#  GAO identifies key challenges in the nation's ability to detect and respond to biological events

 Written by Zoe Rutherford on 05 July 2019.

The U.S Government Accountability Office (GAO) has released a report identifying what it feels are key challenges in the nation's ability to detect and respond to biological events that transcend what a single agency can address.

The report is available in full on the [GAO website](https://www.gao.gov/products/GAO-19-635T)

 [Threat](https://cbrneworld.com/component/tags/tag/threat), [CBRNe](https://cbrneworld.com/component/tags/tag/cbrne), [Biological](https://cbrneworld.com/component/tags/tag/biological)

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