What is the federal budget allocation for bio-surveillance (disease
outbreak and bio-terrorism) and its breakdown?

Dear cshl,

The 2005 Federal Budget recently requested by President Bush includes
274 million dollars for the bio-surveillance program. The $274 million
break down as follows:

I.
--- $129 million for the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), subdivided into:

 -- $11 million to the Department's Information Analysis and
Infrastructure          Protection (IAIP) division to develop a
real-time system for harvesting data     on the health of our
population, animals, plants, and food supply and            integrate
this information with environmental monitoring and intelligence       
data as well.

 -- $65 million to the Department's Science and Technology (S&T)
division to         enhance current environmental monitoring
activities.

 -- $53 million base funding for Homeland Security's bio-surveillance efforts.


II.
--- $130 million for the Department of Health and Human Services
(HHS),              subdivided into:

 -- $130 million to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
(CDC) to          support investments in human health surveillance.
CDC will use these funds       to improve linkages between public
health laboratories, and border health        and quarantine stations.

 -- $5 million to the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to help
coordinate the      agency's existing food surveillance capabilities,
establish connectivity         with public health and environmental
officials and the integrate with            Homeland Security's threat
analysis.


III.
--- $10 million for the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) to
improve food        and animal surveillance conducted by the Food
Safety and Inspection Services     and the Animal and Plant Health
Inspection Service.


Source:
U.S. Department of State,  Bureau of International Information
Programs: More Funding Slated for Bio-Surveillance in 2005 Budget - 29
January 2004
http://usinfo.state.gov/topical/pol/terror/texts/04012904.htm


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Hope this answers your question!
Regards,
Scriptor

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Clarification of Answer by scriptor-ga on 03 Feb 2004 07:08 PST

Dear cshl,

I would like to add that these figures relate to the Federal Fiscal
Year 2005, which begins on 1 October 2004. The 2004 Federal Budget did
not include seperate figures for bio-surveillance issues.
If these figures are not what you were looking for, please let me know
before rating the answer.

Regards,
Scriptor

thanks -- great summary