United States Government Publishing Office publisher pbl distributor dst United States Government Accountability Office National Security and International Affairs Division author aut Government Organization text government publication eng GAOREPORTS Legislative Agency Publications gao legislative 2010-08-12 U.S. Government Printing Office 1999-06-09 monographic deposited born digital 32 p. GA 1.13:NSIAD-99-151 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GAOREPORTS-NSIAD-99-151 P0b002ee180390a42 f:ns99151 DGPO 2010-08-12 2011-03-28 GAOREPORTS-NSIAD-99-151 machine generated eng fdlp REPORT GAOREPORTS-NSIAD-99-151 NSIAD-99-151 Terrorism Explosives Federal/state relations Hazardous substances Emergency preparedness National defense operations Technical assistance Equipment maintenance Government owned equipment Contract costs Nunn-Lugar-Domenici Domestic Preparedness Program Letter Report NSIAD The Defense Department and others are authorized to provide training, equipment, and advice to civilian emergency response personnel to help them respond to a possible terrorist attack involving chemical, biological, or nuclear weapons. GAO reported last year that some local jurisdictions were buying equipment without the benefit of formal threat and risk assessments based on valid threat data. In the absence of defined requirements, this report determines the potential cost of equipping and maintaining the capability of cities to respond to a terrorist incident involving weapons of mass destruction. GAO (1) provides the views of federal, state, and local officials on equipment that they believed would be needed to respond to such an incident and (2) determines the potential procurement and sustainment costs of these items. https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GAOREPORTS-NSIAD-99-151/html/GAOREPORTS-NSIAD-99-151.htm https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GAOREPORTS-NSIAD-99-151/pdf/GAOREPORTS-NSIAD-99-151.pdf GAO/NSIAD-99-151 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GAOREPORTS-NSIAD-99-151 Letter Report GAO/NSIAD-99-151; Combating Terrorism: Analysis of Potential Emergency; Terrorism Explosives Federal/state relations Hazardous substances Emergency preparedness National defense operations Technical assistance Equipment maintenance Government owned equipment Contract costs Nunn-Lugar-Domenici Domestic Preparedness Program Public Law 104-201