Blue Ribbon Panel Work Plan: Template for Taskings
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
Blue Ribbon Panel Work Plan: Template for Taskings
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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