%0 Book %A Institute of Medicine %E Davis, Jonathan R. %E Lederberg, Joshua %T Emerging Infectious Diseases from the Global to the Local Perspective: A Summary of a Workshop of the Forum on Emerging Infections %@ 978-0-309-07184-0 %D 2001 %U https://nap.nationalacademies.org/catalog/10084/emerging-infectious-diseases-from-the-global-to-the-local-perspective %> https://nap.nationalacademies.org/catalog/10084/emerging-infectious-diseases-from-the-global-to-the-local-perspective %I The National Academies Press %C Washington, DC %G English %K Health and Medicine %P 134 %X In October 1999, the Forum on Emerging Infections of the Institute of Medicine convened a two-day workshop titled “International Aspects of Emerging Infections.” Key representatives from the international community explored the forces that drive emerging infectious diseases to prominence. Representatives from the Americas, Africa, Asia and the Pacific, and Europe made formal presentations and engaged in panel discussions. Emerging Infectious Diseases from the Global to the Local Perspective includes summaries of the formal presentations and suggests an agenda for future action. The topics addressed cover a wide range of issues, including trends in the incidence of infectious diseases around the world, descriptions of the wide variety of factors that contribute to the emergence and reemergence of these diseases, efforts to coordinate surveillance activities and responses within and across borders, and the resource, research, and international needs that remain to be addressed. %0 Book %A Institute of Medicine %E Manning, Frederick J. %E Goldfrank, Lewis %T Tools for Evaluating the Metropolitan Medical Response System Program: Phase I Report %@ 978-0-309-07647-0 %D 2001 %U https://nap.nationalacademies.org/catalog/10221/tools-for-evaluating-the-metropolitan-medical-response-system-program-phase %> https://nap.nationalacademies.org/catalog/10221/tools-for-evaluating-the-metropolitan-medical-response-system-program-phase %I The National Academies Press %C Washington, DC %G English %K Health and Medicine %K Conflict and Security Issues %P 63 %X The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' Metropolitan Medical Response (MMRS) program has evolved from an idea originally developed in the Washington, D.C., area in 1995. Using the combined personnel and equipment resources from Washington, D.C., Arlington County in Virginia, and Montgomery and Prince Georges Counties in Maryland, the Metropolitan Medical Strike Team (MMST) received training, equipment, and supplies specifically designed to facilitate an effective response to a mass-casualty terrorism incident with a weapon of mass destruction (WMD). The first of its kind in the civilian environment, the MMST was intended to be capable of providing initial, on-site emergency health, medical, and mental health services after a terrorist incident involving chemical, biological, or radiological (CBR) materials. The team's mission includes CBR agent detection and identification, patient decontamination, triage and medical treatment, emergency transportation of patients to local hospitals, coordination of movement of patients to more distant hospitals via the National Disaster Medical System (NDMS), and planning for the disposition of nonsurvivors. Building from the initial efforts of the Washington, D.C., Metropolitan Area MMST, OEP provided funding for the development of a similar team in the city of Atlanta in preparation for the 1996 Summer Olympic Games. The U.S. Congress has subsequently authorized and provided funding for additional contracts with the 120 most populous U.S. cities. Tools for Evaluating the Metropolitan Medical REsponse System Program: Phase I Report identifies and develops performance measures and systems to assess the effectiveness of, and to identify barriers related to, the MMRS development process. This report identifies, recommends, and develops performance measures and systems to assess the effectiveness of, and identify barriers related to, the MMRS development process at the site, jurisdictional, and governmental levels. %0 Book %T Capital Asset Management: Tools and Strategies for Decision Making: Conference Proceedings %@ 978-0-309-07341-7 %D 2001 %U https://nap.nationalacademies.org/catalog/10113/capital-asset-management-tools-and-strategies-for-decision-making-conference %> https://nap.nationalacademies.org/catalog/10113/capital-asset-management-tools-and-strategies-for-decision-making-conference %I The National Academies Press %C Washington, DC %G English %K Industry and Labor %K Engineering and Technology %P 46 %X Federally owned capital assets include some 500,000 buildings and similar facilities worldwide acquired during 200 years of government operations. Government facilities are used to defend the national interest; conduct foreign policy; house historic, cultural and educational artifacts; pursue research; and provide services to the American public. These buildings and structures project an image of American government at home and abroad, contribute to the architectural and socioeconomic fabric of their communities, and support the organizational and individual performance of federal employees conducting the business of government . Federal facilities embody significant investments and resources and therefore constitute a portfolio of public assets. At least 30 separate agencies manage these facilities. As stewards of this public investment, federal facilities program managers face a number of challenges. In the 1990s Congress and the Executive Branch took a number of initiatives to improve capital asset decision making in the federal government. These include enacting the Government Performance and Results Act of 1993, the Federal Acquisition Streamlining Act of 1994, the Clinger-Cohen Act of 1996 and a series of federal financial accounting standards; developing the Capital Programming Guide (1997); and appointing the President's Commission to Study Capital Budgeting (1997). Senior and mid-level agency officials are now seeking ways to implement these initiatives efficiently and effectively. The Federal Facilities Council (FFC) sponsored a conference entitled "Capital Asset Management: Tools and Strategies For Decision Making" to highlight strategies and ideas for capital asset management so that federal and other public agencies can improve decision making for facilities investment. Held at the National Academy of Sciences in Washington, D.C., on September 13, 2000, the conference featured speakers from the public, non-profit, and private sectors. Capital Asset Management: Tools and Strategies For Decision Making: Conference Proceedings summarizes the presentations made at that conference. The speakers focused on trends and best practices in capital budgeting; capital asset decision making processes in three federal agencies; building a case for capital reinvestment; and new tools for federal agencies. Online resources referred to by the speakers are listed in Appendix A. Appendix B contains the speakers' biographies. %0 Book %A National Research Council %E Platt, Rutherford H. %T To Burn or Not to Burn: Summary of the Forum on Urban/Wildland Fire, January 26, 2001, Washington, DC %D 2001 %U https://nap.nationalacademies.org/catalog/10173/to-burn-or-not-to-burn-summary-of-the-forum %> https://nap.nationalacademies.org/catalog/10173/to-burn-or-not-to-burn-summary-of-the-forum %I The National Academies Press %C Washington, DC %G English %K Earth Sciences %P 18 %0 Book %T Deferred Maintenance Reporting for Federal Facilities: Meeting the Requirements of Federal Accounting Standards Advisory Board Standard Number 6, as Amended %@ 978-0-309-07407-0 %D 2001 %U https://nap.nationalacademies.org/catalog/10095/deferred-maintenance-reporting-for-federal-facilities-meeting-the-requirements-of %> https://nap.nationalacademies.org/catalog/10095/deferred-maintenance-reporting-for-federal-facilities-meeting-the-requirements-of %I The National Academies Press %C Washington, DC %G English %K Engineering and Technology %P 66 %X In 1996 the Federal Accounting Standards Advisory Board (FASAB) 1 enacted Standard Number 6, Accounting for Property, Plant, and Equipment (PP&E), the first government-wide initiative requiring federal agencies to report dollar amounts of deferred maintenance annually. The FASAB has identified four overall objectives in federal financial reporting: budgetary integrity, operating performance, stewardship, and systems and control. FASAB Standard Number 6, as amended, focuses on operating performance and stewardship. The FFC Standing Committee on Operations and Maintenance has prepared this report to identify potential issues that should be considered in any future amendments to the standard and to suggest approaches for resolving them. The committee's intent is to assist the CFO Council, federal agencies, the FASAB, and others as they consider how best to meet the objectives of federal financial reporting for facilities. %0 Book %A Institute of Medicine %E Stratton, Kathleen %E Gable, Alicia %E Shetty, Padma %E McCormick, Marie %T Immunization Safety Review: Measles-Mumps-Rubella Vaccine and Autism %@ 978-0-309-07447-6 %D 2001 %U https://nap.nationalacademies.org/catalog/10101/immunization-safety-review-measles-mumps-rubella-vaccine-and-autism %> https://nap.nationalacademies.org/catalog/10101/immunization-safety-review-measles-mumps-rubella-vaccine-and-autism %I The National Academies Press %C Washington, DC %G English %K Health and Medicine %P 102 %X Immunization is widely regarded as one of the most effective and beneficial tools for protecting the public's health. In the United States, immunization programs have resulted in the eradication of smallpox, the elimination of polio, and the control and near elimination of once-common, often debilitating and potentially life-threatening diseases, including measles, mumps, rubella, diphtheria, pertussis, tetanus, and Haemophilus influenza type b. Along with the benefits of widespread immunization, however, have come concerns about the safety of vaccines. No vaccine is perfectly safe or effective, and vaccines may lead to serious adverse effects in some instances. Furthermore, if a serious illness is observed after vaccination, it is often unclear whether that sequence is coincidental or causal, and it can be difficult to determine the true nature of the relationship, if any, between the vaccination and the illness. Ironically, the successes of vaccine coverage in the United States have made it more difficult for the public to weigh the benefits and complications of vaccines because the now-controlled diseases and their often-serious risks are no longer familiar. However, because vaccines are so widely used-and because state laws require that children be vaccinated before entering daycare and school, in part to protect others-it is essential that safety concerns be fully and carefully studied. Immunization Safety Review: Measles-Mumps-Rubella Vaccine and Autism, the first of a series from the Institute of Medicine (IOM) Immunization Safety Review Committee, presents an assessment of the evidence regarding a hypothesized causal association between the measles-mumps-rubella (MMR) vaccine and autism, an assessment of the broader significance for society of the issues surrounding the MMR-autism hypothesis, and the committee's conclusions and recommendations based on those assessments. %0 Book %A National Research Council %E Heymann, Philip %E Petrie, Carol %T What's Changing in Prosecution?: Report of a Workshop %@ 978-0-309-07561-9 %D 2001 %U https://nap.nationalacademies.org/catalog/10114/whats-changing-in-prosecution-report-of-a-workshop %> https://nap.nationalacademies.org/catalog/10114/whats-changing-in-prosecution-report-of-a-workshop %I The National Academies Press %C Washington, DC %G English %K Behavioral and Social Sciences %P 72 %X This workshop arose out of the efforts of the Committee on Law and Justice to assist the National Institute of Justice in identifying gaps in the overall research portfolio on crime and justice. It was designed to develop ideas about the kinds of knowledge needed to gain a better understanding of the prosecution function and to discuss the past and future role of social science in advancing our understanding of modern prosecution practice. The Committee on Law and Justice was able to bring together senior scholars who have been working on this subject as well as current or former chief prosecutors, judges, and senior officials from the U.S. Department of Justice to share their perspectives. Workshop participants mapped out basic data needs, discussed the need to know more about recent innovations such as community prosecution, and discussed areas where one would expect to see changes that have not occurred. The resulting report summarizes these discussions and makes useful suggestions for learning more about prosecution. %0 Book %A National Research Council %T Emerging Information Technologies for Facilities Owners: Research and Practical Applications: Symposium Proceedings %@ 978-0-309-07643-2 %D 2001 %U https://nap.nationalacademies.org/catalog/10217/emerging-information-technologies-for-facilities-owners-research-and-practical-applications %> https://nap.nationalacademies.org/catalog/10217/emerging-information-technologies-for-facilities-owners-research-and-practical-applications %I The National Academies Press %C Washington, DC %G English %K Engineering and Technology %P 42 %X Available and emerging information technologies hold the promise of enhancing the quality of federal workplaces; supporting worker productivity; improving capital asset management, programming, and decision making; reducing project delivery time; and changing how buildings are constructed and operated. Federal agencies, however, face a significant challenge in identifying technologies that will justify the investment of time, dollars, and resources, will have the flexibility to adapt to changing circumstances over the longer term, and will not be obsolete before they are deployed. To begin to address these challenges, the Federal Facilities Council (FFC) sponsored a symposium entitled "Emerging Information Technologies for Facilities Owners: Research and Practical Applications" at the National Academy of Sciences in Washington, D.C., on October 19-20, 2000. %0 Book %A National Research Council %A Institute of Medicine %E McCord, Joan %E Widom, Cathy Spatz %E Crowell, Nancy A. %T Juvenile Crime, Juvenile Justice %@ 978-0-309-06842-0 %D 2001 %U https://nap.nationalacademies.org/catalog/9747/juvenile-crime-juvenile-justice %> https://nap.nationalacademies.org/catalog/9747/juvenile-crime-juvenile-justice %I The National Academies Press %C Washington, DC %G English %K Behavioral and Social Sciences %P 404 %X Even though youth crime rates have fallen since the mid-1990s, public fear and political rhetoric over the issue have heightened. The Columbine shootings and other sensational incidents add to the furor. Often overlooked are the underlying problems of child poverty, social disadvantage, and the pitfalls inherent to adolescent decisionmaking that contribute to youth crime. From a policy standpoint, adolescent offenders are caught in the crossfire between nurturance of youth and punishment of criminals, between rehabilitation and "get tough" pronouncements. In the midst of this emotional debate, the National Research Council's Panel on Juvenile Crime steps forward with an authoritative review of the best available data and analysis. Juvenile Crime, Juvenile Justice presents recommendations for addressing the many aspects of America's youth crime problem. This timely release discusses patterns and trends in crimes by children and adolescents—trends revealed by arrest data, victim reports, and other sources; youth crime within general crime; and race and sex disparities. The book explores desistance—the probability that delinquency or criminal activities decrease with age—and evaluates different approaches to predicting future crime rates. Why do young people turn to delinquency? Juvenile Crime, Juvenile Justice presents what we know and what we urgently need to find out about contributing factors, ranging from prenatal care, differences in temperament, and family influences to the role of peer relationships, the impact of the school policies toward delinquency, and the broader influences of the neighborhood and community. Equally important, this book examines a range of solutions: Prevention and intervention efforts directed to individuals, peer groups, and families, as well as day care-, school- and community-based initiatives. Intervention within the juvenile justice system. Role of the police. Processing and detention of youth offenders. Transferring youths to the adult judicial system. Residential placement of juveniles. The book includes background on the American juvenile court system, useful comparisons with the juvenile justice systems of other nations, and other important information for assessing this problem. %0 Book %T Sustainable Federal Facilities: A Guide to Integrating Value Engineering, Life-Cycle Costing, and Sustainable Development %@ 978-0-309-07299-1 %D 2001 %U https://nap.nationalacademies.org/catalog/10093/sustainable-federal-facilities-a-guide-to-integrating-value-engineering-life %> https://nap.nationalacademies.org/catalog/10093/sustainable-federal-facilities-a-guide-to-integrating-value-engineering-life %I The National Academies Press %C Washington, DC %G English %K Engineering and Technology %P 144 %X In the late 1990s, several of the sponsor agencies of the Federal Facilities Council began developing and implementing initiatives and policies related to sustainable development. Guidance related to life-cycle costing and value engineering was recognized as being supportive of sustainable development, in particular when used in the conceptual planning and design phases of acquisition, where decisions are made that substantially effect the ultimate performance of a building over its life cycle. However, specific concerns were raised that when federal agencies apply value engineering in the final stages of design or during construction in response to cost overruns, design features that support sustainable development may be eliminated. The primary objective of this study, therefore, was to develop a framework to show how federal agencies can use value engineering and life-cycle costing to support sustainable development for federal facilities and meet the objectives of Executive Order 13123. %0 Book %A Institute of Medicine %E Stratton, Kathleen %E Gable, Alicia %E McCormick, Marie C. %T Immunization Safety Review: Thimerosal-Containing Vaccines and Neurodevelopmental Disorders %@ 978-0-309-07636-4 %D 2001 %U https://nap.nationalacademies.org/catalog/10208/immunization-safety-review-thimerosal-containing-vaccines-and-neurodevelopmental-disorders %> https://nap.nationalacademies.org/catalog/10208/immunization-safety-review-thimerosal-containing-vaccines-and-neurodevelopmental-disorders %I The National Academies Press %C Washington, DC %G English %K Health and Medicine %P 136 %X In this report, the Immunization Safety Review committee examines the hypothesis of whether or not the use of vaccines containing the preservative thimerosal can cause neurodevelopmental disorders (NDDs), specifically autism, attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), and speech or language delay. %0 Book %A National Research Council %T Analysis of Engineering Design Studies for Demilitarization of Assembled Chemical Weapons at Pueblo Chemical Depot %@ 978-0-309-07607-4 %D 2001 %U https://nap.nationalacademies.org/catalog/10182/analysis-of-engineering-design-studies-for-demilitarization-of-assembled-chemical-weapons-at-pueblo-chemical-depot %> https://nap.nationalacademies.org/catalog/10182/analysis-of-engineering-design-studies-for-demilitarization-of-assembled-chemical-weapons-at-pueblo-chemical-depot %I The National Academies Press %C Washington, DC %G English %K Environment and Environmental Studies %K Math, Chemistry, and Physics %P 113 %X The Program Manager for Assembled Chemical Weapons Assessment (PMACWA) of the Department of Defense (DOD) requested the National Research Council (NRC) to assess the engineering design studies (EDSs) developed by Parsons/Honeywell and General Atomics for a chemical demilitarization facility to completely dispose of the assembled chemical weapons at the Pueblo Chemical Depot in Pueblo, Colorado. To accomplish the task, the NRC formed the Committee on Review and Evaluation of Alternative Technologies for Demilitarization of Assembled Chemical Weapons: Phase II (ACW II Committee). This report presents the results of the committee's scientific and technical assessment, which will assist the Office of the Secretary of Defense in selecting the technology package for destroying the chemical munitions at Pueblo. The committee evaluated the engineering design packages proposed by the technology providers and the associated experimental studies that were performed to validate unproven unit operations. A significant part of the testing program involved expanding the technology base for the hydrolysis of energetic materials associated with assembled weapons. This process was a concern expressed by the Committee on Review and Evaluation of Alternative Technologies for Demilitarization of Assembled Chemical Weapons (ACW I Committee) in its original report in 1999 (NRC, 1999). The present study took place as the experimental studies were in progress. In some cases, tests for some of the supporting unit operations were not completed in time for the committee to incorporate results into its evaluation. In those cases, the committee identified and discussed potential problem areas in these operations. Based on its expertise and its aggressive data-gathering activities, the committee was able to conduct a comprehensive review of the test data that had been completed for the overall system design. This report summarizes the study. %0 Book %A National Research Council %T Review of EarthScope Integrated Science %@ 978-0-309-07644-9 %D 2001 %U https://nap.nationalacademies.org/catalog/10271/review-of-earthscope-integrated-science %> https://nap.nationalacademies.org/catalog/10271/review-of-earthscope-integrated-science %I The National Academies Press %C Washington, DC %G English %K Earth Sciences %P 73 %X EarthScope is a major science initiative in the solid-earth sciences and has been described as "a new earth science initiative that will dramatically advance our physical understanding of the North American continent by exploring its three-dimensional structure through time". The initiative proposes to cover the United States with an array of instruments created to reveal how the continent was put together, how the continent is moving now, and what lies beneath the continent. The initiative is made of four components, three of which are funded by the Major Research Equipment program of the National Science Foundation (NSF) and one of which is mostly associated with the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA). In response to a request by the NSF, the National Research Council (NRC) established a committee to review the science objectives and implementation planning of the three NSF components, United States Seismic Array (USArray), the Plate Boundary Observatory (PBO), and the San Andreas Fault Observatory at Depth (SAFOD). The committee was charged with answered four specific questions: Is the scientific rationale for EarthScope sound, and are the scientific questions to be addressed of significant importance? Is there any additional component that should be added to the EarthScope initiative to ensure that it will achieve its objective of a vastly increased understanding of the structure, dynamics, and evolution of the continental crust of North America? Are the implementation and management plans for the three elements of EarthScope reviewed here appropriate to achieve their objectives? Have the appropriate partnerships required to maximize the scientific outcomes from EarthScope been identified in the planning documents? Review of EarthScope Integrated Science presents the committee's findings and recommendations. To reach its conclusions the committee reviewed extensive written material and listened to presentations by members of the EarthScope Working Group and other interested scientists. The recommendations encompass science questions, management, education and outreach, and partnerships. Overall the committee was impressed by the EarthScope initiative. %0 Book %A Institute of Medicine %E Hanna, Kathi %E Coussens, Christine %T Rebuilding the Unity of Health and the Environment: A New Vision of Environmental Health for the 21st Century %@ 978-0-309-07259-5 %D 2001 %U https://nap.nationalacademies.org/catalog/10044/rebuilding-the-unity-of-health-and-the-environment-a-new %> https://nap.nationalacademies.org/catalog/10044/rebuilding-the-unity-of-health-and-the-environment-a-new %I The National Academies Press %C Washington, DC %G English %K Environment and Environmental Studies %K Health and Medicine %P 96 %X This is a summary of the workshop Rebuilding the Unity of Health and the Environment: A New Vision of Environmental Health for the 21st Century. The goal of this workshop was to emphasize the connection between human health and the natural, built, and social environments. This workshop integrated talks from many fields and created a dialogue among various environmental health stakeholders. The language presented in this respect should not be viewed as an endorsement by the Environmental Health Sciences Roundtable or the Institute of Medicine of what action is needed for the future, but rather as an effort to synthesize the various perspectives presented. %0 Book %A National Research Council %T A Climate Services Vision: First Steps Toward the Future %@ 978-0-309-08256-3 %D 2001 %U https://nap.nationalacademies.org/catalog/10198/a-climate-services-vision-first-steps-toward-the-future %> https://nap.nationalacademies.org/catalog/10198/a-climate-services-vision-first-steps-toward-the-future %I The National Academies Press %C Washington, DC %G English %K Earth Sciences %K Environment and Environmental Studies %P 96 %X A Climate Services Vision: First Steps Toward the Future describes the types of products that should be provided through a climate service; outlines the roles of the public, private, and academic sectors in a climate service; describe fundamental principles that should be followed in the provision of climate services; and describes potential audiences and providers of climate services. %0 Book %A National Research Council %T The Internet's Coming of Age %@ 978-0-309-06992-2 %D 2001 %U https://nap.nationalacademies.org/catalog/9823/the-internets-coming-of-age %> https://nap.nationalacademies.org/catalog/9823/the-internets-coming-of-age %I The National Academies Press %C Washington, DC %G English %K Computers and Information Technology %P 254 %X What most of us know as "the Internet" is actually a set of largely autonomous, loosely coordinated communication networks. As the influence of the Internet continues to grow, understanding its real nature is imperative to acting on a wide range of policy issues. This timely new book explains basic design choices that underlie the Internet's success, identifies key trends in the evolution of the Internet, evaluates current and prospective technical, operational, and management challenges, and explores the resulting implications for decision makers. The committee-composed of distinguished leaders from both the corporate and academic community-makes recommendations aimed at policy makers, industry, and researchers, going on to discuss a variety of issues: How the Internet's constituent parts are interlinked, and how economic and technical factors make maintaining the Internet's seamless appearance complicated. How the Internet faces scaling challenges as it grows to meet the demands of users in the future. Tensions inherent between open innovation on the Internet and the ability of innovators to capture the commercial value of their breakthroughs. Regulatory issues posed by the Internet's entry into other sectors, such as telephony. %0 Book %A Transportation Research Board %A National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine %T Freight Facility Location Selection: A Guide for Public Officials %D 2001 %U https://nap.nationalacademies.org/catalog/14594/freight-facility-location-selection-a-guide-for-public-officials %> https://nap.nationalacademies.org/catalog/14594/freight-facility-location-selection-a-guide-for-public-officials %I The National Academies Press %C Washington, DC %G English %K Transportation and Infrastructure %P 69 %X TRB’s National Freight Cooperative Research Program (NFCRP) Report 13: Freight Facility Location Selection: A Guide for Public Officials describes the key criteria that the private sector considers when making decisions on where to build new logistics facilities.A final report that provides background material used in the development of NFCRP Report 13 has been published as NCFRP Web-Only Document 1: Background Research Material for Freight Facility Location Selection: A Guide for Public Officials (NCFRP Report 13) %0 Book %A National Research Council %T Occupational Health and Workplace Monitoring at Chemical Agent Disposal Facilities %@ 978-0-309-07575-6 %D 2001 %U https://nap.nationalacademies.org/catalog/10152/occupational-health-and-workplace-monitoring-at-chemical-agent-disposal-facilities %> https://nap.nationalacademies.org/catalog/10152/occupational-health-and-workplace-monitoring-at-chemical-agent-disposal-facilities %I The National Academies Press %C Washington, DC %G English %K Environment and Environmental Studies %P 56 %X In keeping with a congressional mandate (Public Law 104-484) and the Chemical Weapons Convention, the United States is currently destroying its chemical weapons stockpile. The Army must ensure that the chemical demilitarization workforce is protected from the risks of exposure to hazardous chemicals during disposal operations and during and after facility closure. Good industrial practices developed in the chemical and nuclear energy industries and other operations that involve the processing of hazardous materials include workplace monitoring of hazardous species and a systematic occupational health program for monitoring workers' activities and health. In this report, the National Research Council Committee on Review and Evaluation of the Army Chemical Stockpile Disposal Program examines the methods and systems used at JACADS and TOCDF, the two operational facilities, to monitor the concentrations of airborne and condensed-phase chemical agents, agent breakdown products, and other substances of concern. The committee also reviews the occupational health programs at these sites, including their industrial hygiene and occupational medicine components. Finally, it evaluates the nature, quality, and utility of records of workplace chemical monitoring and occupational health programs. %0 Book %A Institute of Medicine %T Food Safety Policy, Science, and Risk Assessment: Strengthening the Connection: Workshop Proceedings %@ 978-0-309-07323-3 %D 2001 %U https://nap.nationalacademies.org/catalog/10052/food-safety-policy-science-and-risk-assessment-strengthening-the-connection %> https://nap.nationalacademies.org/catalog/10052/food-safety-policy-science-and-risk-assessment-strengthening-the-connection %I The National Academies Press %C Washington, DC %G English %K Food and Nutrition %P 50 %X The Institute of Medicine's (IOM's) Food Forum was established in 1993 to allow science and technology leaders in the food industry, top administrators in several federal government agencies from the United States and Canada, representatives from consumer interest groups, and academicians to openly communicate in a neutral setting. The Food Forum provides a mechanism for these diverse groups to discuss food, food safety, and food technology issues and to identify possible approaches for addressing these issues by taking into consideration the often complex interactions among industry, regulatory agencies, consumers, and academia. The objective, however, is to illuminate issues, not to resolve them. Unlike study committees of the IOM, forums cannot provide advice or recommendations to any government agency or other organization. Similarly, workshop summaries or other products resulting from forum activities are precluded from reaching conclusions or recommendations but, instead, are intended to reflect the variety of opinions expressed by the participants. On July 13-14, 1999, the forum convened a workshop on Food Safety Policy, Science, and Risk Assessment: Strengthening the Connection. The purpose of the workshop was to address many of the issues that complicate the development of microbiological food safety policy, focusing on the use of science and risk assessment in establishing policy and in determining the utilization of food safety resources. The purpose was not to find fault with past food safety regulatory activities or food safety policy decisions. Rather, the goal was to determine what actions have been taken in the past to address food safety issues, to consider what influences led to the policies that were put in place, and to explore how improvements can be made in the future. This report is a summary of the workshop presentations. It is limited to the views and opinions of those invited to present at the workshop and reflects their concerns and areas of expertise. As such, the report does not provide a comprehensive review of the research and current status of food safety policy, science, and risk assessment. The organization of the report approximates the order of the presentations at the workshop. The identification of a speaker as an "industry representative" or a "Food and Drug Administration representative" is not intended to suggest that the individual spoke for that organization or others who work there. %0 Book %A National Research Council %T An Assessment of the National Institute of Standards and Technology Measurement and Standards Laboratories: Fiscal Year 2001 %D 2001 %U https://nap.nationalacademies.org/catalog/10204/an-assessment-of-the-national-institute-of-standards-and-technology-measurement-and-standards-laboratories %> https://nap.nationalacademies.org/catalog/10204/an-assessment-of-the-national-institute-of-standards-and-technology-measurement-and-standards-laboratories %I The National Academies Press %C Washington, DC %G English %P 322 %X This volume represents the 42nd annual assessment by the National Research Council (NRC) of the technical quality and relevance of the programs of the Measurement and Standards Laboratories of the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST). This report provides judgments regarding the overall state of the NIST Measurement and Standards Laboratories (MSL),and offers findings to further increase the merit and impact of NIST MSL programs. It also offers in-depth reviews of each of the seven laboratories of the MSL, with findings aimed at their specific programmatic areas.