Publications by Federal Select Agent Program

Strategic Plan

• FSAP Strategic Plan, FY18-FY21 pdf icon[PDF – 4 MB] [released 11/27/2018]

Annual Reports

• NEW! 2019 Annual Report of the Federal Select Agent Program [released 9/22/2020]
• 2018 Annual Report of the Federal Select Agent Program [released 1/21/2020]
• 2017 Annual Report of the Federal Select Agent Program [released 12/11/2018]
• 2016 Annual Report of the Federal Select Agent Program [released 10/26/2017]
• 2015 Annual Report of the Federal Select Agent Program [released 6/30/2016]

Federal Select Agent Program (FSAP) Inspection Report Processing Annual Summaries

• NEW! 2019 FSAP Inspection Report Processing Annual Summary  [released 6/30/2020]. A report summarizing timeliness data related to FSAP-issued inspection reports for the Federal Select Agent Program January 1, 2019 – December 31, 2019.
• 2018 FSAP Inspection Report Processing Annual Summary pdf icon[PDF – 802 KB] [released 10/29/2019]. A report summarizing timeliness data related to FSAP-issued inspection reports for the Federal Select Agent Program January 1, 2018 – December 31, 2018.

CDC Division of Select Agent and Toxins (DSAT) Inspection Report Processing Annual Summaries

• 2017 DSAT Inspection Report Processing Annual Summary pdf icon[PDF – 1 MB] [released 5/30/2018]
  A report summarizing timeliness data related to DSAT-issued inspection reports for the Federal Select Agent Program January 1, 2017 – December 31, 2017.
• 2016 DSAT Inspection Report Processing Annual Summary pdf icon[PDF – 420 KB]
  A report summarizing timeliness data related to DSAT-issued inspection reports for the Federal Select Agent Program January 1, 2016 – December 31, 2016.
• 2015 DSAT Inspection Report Processing Annual Summary pdf icon[PDF – 576 KB]
  A report summarizing timeliness data related to DSAT-issued inspection reports for the Federal Select Agent Program January 1, 2015 – December 31, 2015.

Journal Articles

• Bjork, A., & Sosin, D.M. (2017). Characterization of departures from regulatory requirements identified during inspections conducted by the U.S. Federal Select Agent Program, 2014-15. Health Security, 15(6), 587-598. http://doi.org/10.1089/hs.2017.0054external icon
• Blaine, J.W. (2012). Establishing a national biological laboratory safety and security monitoring program. Health Security, 10(4), 396-400. http://doi.org/10.1089/bsp.2012.0054external icon
• Henkel, R.D., Miller, T., & Weyant, R.S. (2012). Monitoring select agent theft, loss and release reports in the United States – 2004-2010.  Applied Biosafety, 17(4), 171-180. http://doi.org/10.1177/153567601201700402external icon
• Morse, S., & Henkel, R. (2018). Francisella tularensis: Understanding reported occupational exposures and laboratory methods used for the identification of Francisella tularensis. Applied Biosafety, 23(1), 11-18. http://doi.org/10.1177/1535676017746695external icon
• Shelby, B., Cartagena, D., McClee, V., Gangadharan, D., & Weyant, R. (2015). Transfer of select agents and toxins: 2003-2013. Health Security, 13(4), 256-266. http://doi.org/10.1089/hs.2015.0009external icon
• Smith, J., Gangadharan, D., Hemphill, M., & Edwin. S. (2018). Review of Requests to Exclude Attenuated Strains of Select Agents and Modified Select Toxins, Division of Select Agents and Toxins, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 2003-2017. Health Security, 16 (7), 1-8. https://doi.org/10.1089/hs.2018.0070external icon
• Smith, J., Gangadharan, D., & Weyant, R. (2015). Review of restricted experiment requests, Division of Select Agents and Toxins, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 2006-2013. Health Security, 13(5), 307-316. http://doi.org/10.1089/hs.2015.0021external icon