ABSTRACT
The December 2017 reorganization plucked the NBIC from the Office of Health Affairs and positioned its work more prominently alongside other, complimentary threats associated with Weapons of Mass Destruction. Functionally, the NBIC had two primary areas of operational interest. First, the Center served as the chief agency responsible for national biosurveillance. In this role, it was tasked with maintaining situational awareness of all threats, naturally occurring and human made, of a biological nature. The second area of interest was to collaborate with the broader national security community to “acquire, integrate, analyze, and disseminate information pertaining to emerging biological events and their impact on US interests”. The day-to-day operations of NBIC created a routinized set of outreach efforts with agencies, non-profits, private sector groups, and other partners. The NBIC was uniquely positioned to support interagency needs in the face of potential biological threats.
