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Executive Summary
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... that could lead to the deliberate exposure of civilian populations. The recommendations and discussion below are based solely on those briefings; DHS's bioterrorism risk assessment was not made available to the committee in time for this interim report.
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... Recommendation 3: DHS should increase its risk analysis methodology's emphasis on risk management. It is unclear how the event-tree probabilistic risk assessment will support DHS's design and evaluation of alternative risk management strategies.
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... The committee encourages DHS to continue to build on, refine, and improve the probabilistic risk assessment foundation already laid down. The committee will continue to pursue these and additional topics in its review over the coming year.
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