Department of Homeland Security, BioWatch Goals
Department of Homeland Security, BioWatch Goals : "The goals of BioWatch are to: (1) Provide early warning of a biological attack by expeditiously identifying the bio-agent, thereby minimizing casualties in an affected area; (2) Assist in establishing forensic evidence on the source, nature, and extent of biological attack to aid law enforcement agents in identifying the perpetrators; and (3) Determining a preliminary spatial distribution of biological contamination, including what populations may have been exposed". (DHS/OIG, DHS' Management of BioWatch, 2007, p. 2)