The following federal reviews, reports, and Executive Orders have been generated regarding the oversight of select agents and toxins.

Executive Orders

• Executive Order 13486: Working Group on Strengthening Laboratory Security in the United States
  
  
• Executive Order 13546: Optimizing the Security of Biological Select Agents and Toxins in the United States

Federal Reviews

U.S. Department of Agriculture/Office of Inspector General's Reviews

• Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service Evaluation of the Implementation of the Select Agent or Toxin Regulations Phase II (33601-3-AT)

U.S. Department of Health and Human Services/Office of Inspector General's Reviews

• Summary Report on State, Local, Private, and Commercial Laboratories' Compliance With Select Agent Regulations (A-04-06-01033)
  
  
• Summary Report on Universities' Compliance With Select Agent Regulations (A-04-05-02006)
  
  
• Summary Report on Select Agent Security at Universities • (A-04-04-02000)

U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO)'s Reviews

• Homeland Security: CDC's Oversight of the Select Agent Program (GAO-03-315R)
  
  
• Biological Research Laboratories: Issues Associated with the Expansion of Laboratories Funded by the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (GAO-07-333R)
  
  
• High-Containment Biosafety Laboratories: Preliminary Observations on the Oversight of the Proliferation of BSL-3 and BSL-4 Laboratories in the United States (GAO-08-108T)
  
  
• Biological Laboratories: Perimeter Security Assessment of the Nation's Five BSL-4 Laboratories (GAO-08-1092)
  
  
• High-Containment Laboratories: National Strategy for Oversight Is Needed (GAO-09-574)
  
  
• Biological Laboratories: Design and Implementation Considerations for Safety Reporting Systems (GAO-10-850)

Reports

• Federal Experts Security Advisory Panel Recommendations Concerning Select Agent Program
  
  
• National Science Advisory Board for Biosecurity report: "Enhancing Personnel Reliability Among Individuals with Access to Select Agents"
  
  
• National Academies Committee on Laboratory Security and Personnel Reliability Assurance Systems for Laboratories Conducting Research on Biological Select Agents and Toxins
  
  
• National Academies Committee on Responsible Research with Biological Select Agents and Toxins
  
  
• Report of the Defense Science Board Task Force on Department of Defense Biological Safety and Security Program
  
  
• Report of the Working Group on Strengthening the Biosecurity of the United States
  
  
• Report of the Trans-Federal Task Force on Optimizing Biosafety and Biocontainment Oversight
  
  
• Responsible Research with Biological Select Agents and Toxins 2009
  
  
• World at Risk: The Report of the Commission on the Prevention of WMD Proliferation and Terrorism