Strategic Partnership Program Agroterrorism (SPPA) Initiative
Strategic Partnership Program Agroterrorism (SPPA) Initiative : "The Department of Homeland Security (DHS), U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), Food and Drug Administration (FDA), and the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) will collaborate with private industry and the States in a joint initiative, the Strategic Partnership Program Agroterrorism (SPPA) Initiative. The SPPA Initiative will be a true partnership program, where an industry member or trade association or State may volunteer to participate. To volunteer, the industry or State member must submit a completed response form. Program Objectives: The federal government members in partnership with industry and State volunteers, plan to: (1) Validate or identify sector-wide vulnerabilities by conducting critical infrastructure/key resources (CI/KR) assessments in order to: (1.a) Identify gaps; (1.b) Inform Centers of Excellence and Sector Specific Agencies (SSA) of identified research needs; and (1.c) Catalog lessons-learned. (2) Identify indicators and warnings that could signify planning for an attack. (3) Develop mitigation strategies to reduce the threat/prevent an attack. Strategies may include actions that either industry or government may take to reduce vulnerabilities. (3) Validate assessments conducted by the United States Government (USG) for food and agriculture sectors. (4) Gather information to enhance existing tools that both USG and industry employ. (5) Provide the USG and the industry with comprehensive reports including warnings and indicators, key vulnerabilities, and potential mitigation strategies. (6) Provide sub-sector reports for the USG that combines assessment results to determine national critical infrastructure vulnerability points to support the National Infrastructure Protection Plan (NIPP) and national preparedness goals. (7) Establish and/or strengthen relationships between Federal, State, and local law enforcement and the food and agriculture industry along with the critical food/agriculture sites visited. (FDA, Strategic Partnership Program Agroterrorism (SPPA) Initiative?, August 2005, p. 1)
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