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Blue Ribbon Panel Work Plan: Template for Taskings. Issue Background Material End Products Relevant Examples Timeline Potential Briefings. Community Relations. Issue Develop strategies to enhance local community relations and community engagement
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Blue Ribbon Panel Work Plan: Template for Taskings • Issue • Background Material • End Products • Relevant Examples • Timeline • Potential Briefings
Community Relations • Issue • Develop strategies to enhance local community relations and community engagement • Articulate core principles, key attributes of effective program for community outreach and engagement • In light of local context in Boston, delineate potential strategies for community engagement and adopted by Boston University • Background Material • Race Article • BU NEIDL Community Relations Documents • Essay on Community Based Participatory Research • End Products • Community Engagement Plan • Timeline • November, 2008 • Potential Briefings • Boston Citizens • Boston University • Boston Public Health Commission • Scholars in relevant disciplines
Risk Assessment Studies • Issue • Advise on studies to assess any potential public health risks associated with the operation of the NEIDL • Background Material • FEIS • FEIR • DSRASSA • Incoming data from future risk assessment studies • End Products • Ongoing review of risk assessment studies and advice to the Agency • Timeline • Contract will be in place August, 2008 • Study to be conducted over the next 8 months • Potential Briefings • Monthly teleconference briefings regarding progress of studies
Risk Mitigation and Emergency Preparedness • Issue • Review strategies for mitigating risks associated with the operation of the NEIDL and review emergency preparedness and surveillance measures in place in Boston • Background Material • Chapter 2 of the FEIS that details the mitigation features of the NEIDL ( includes design features, security processes, plans for transporting select agents to/from the lab, and the emergency response plan) • Site Description • Chapter V of the DSRASSA that provides a review of all the sites, including demographics • Chapter 3 from original FEIS (addresses population in and around the South End) • Boston City ERP • RML ERP • End Products • Review of Risk Mitigation Plan • Review of Emergency Preparedness Plan • Timeline • Potential Briefings • HHS Office of the Assistant Secretary for Emergency Preparedness • NBSB Member
Boston Municipal Recombinant DNA BSL-4 Prohibition • Issue • Review the scope and implications for research at the NEIDL of a City of Boston ordinance that prohibits use of recombinant DNA under BSL-4 conditions • Background Material • Boston rDNA Ordinance • Op-ed Article • End Products • Analysis of scope of City Ordinance and it’s impact on research at the NEIDL • Timeline • September-October, 2008 • Potential Briefings • Boston Public Health Commission • Boston University
Risk Communication • Issue • Background Material • End Products • Relevant Examples • Timeline • Proposed Briefings