Thus, the “periodic evaluation of Federal, State, local, and tribal preparedness and response capabilities through drills and exercises…without notice” are carried out by the ASPR and Department of Health and Human Services (which includes the CDC, NIH, etc.) in coordination with the Department of Homeland Security, the Department of Defense, and others.
During COVID-19, the ASPR was Dr. Robert Kadlec, a former Air Force Colonel and member of President Bush’s biodefense and national security team. He was also Deputy Staff Director for the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence; he was appointed to that intelligence position in 2015 by Senator Richard Burr (R-N.C.) and remained in the intelligence position throughout the end of President Obama’s tenure.
This is worth mention because Senator Burr authored both the Pandemic Act of 2006 with Democrat Senator Ted Kennedy and the Pandemic Act of 2013 with Democrat Senator Bob Casey. Senator Burr introduced the Pandemic Act of 2019 with Senator Casey and others. Senator Burr himself mentions the power authorized to the ASPR in the first two pandemic acts. Again, some of that significant power includes carrying out, in coordination with the Departments of Defense and Homeland Security, pandemic “drills and exercises…without notice”.
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