US-GOV-2-2701-252727 Department of Agriculture APHIS participated in the 30th OECD (Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development) Meeting of the Working Group for the Harmonization of Regulatory Oversight in Biotechnology and associated activities including the 5th Face-to-Face Meeting of the Steering Group on Environmental Consideration, workshop on High throughput DNA sequencing in safety assessment of GE plants, sub-working group on microorganisms Department of Agriculture Department of Agriculture Department of Agriculture U.S. Government - Department of Agriculture Department of Agriculture Daniel Herche and Tyson Whitney; Ryan Boles 202-401-7211 daniel.herche@cfo.usda.gov; Tyson.Whitney@cfo.usda.gov; bolesrj@state.gov 1280 Maryland Ave. SW, Washington, DC 20250 12000 U.S. Government - Department of Agriculture Agriculture Agricultural education/training Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, Salaries and Expenses 12000 U.S. Government - Department of Agriculture Agriculture Agricultural education/training Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, Salaries and Expenses US-GOV-2-2579-252818 Department of Agriculture The Commission meets semi-annually to discuss reference laboratory issues and collaborates center issues pertaining to diagnosis, recognition, epidemiology and control measures of diseases. Department of Agriculture Department of Agriculture Department of Agriculture U.S. Government - Department of Agriculture Department of Agriculture Daniel Herche and Tyson Whitney; Ryan Boles 202-401-7211 daniel.herche@cfo.usda.gov; Tyson.Whitney@cfo.usda.gov; bolesrj@state.gov 1280 Maryland Ave. SW, Washington, DC 20250 3177 U.S. Government - Department of Agriculture Agriculture Agricultural research Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, Salaries and Expenses 3177 U.S. Government - Department of Agriculture Agriculture Agricultural research Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, Salaries and Expenses US-GOV-2-2010-252965 Department of Agriculture On September 17-19, the CVB participated and provided presentations at the Vaccines and Diagnostics for Transboundary Animal Disease workshop, held in Ames, Iowa. This workshop focused on state of the art measures related to vaccine and diagnostic tools development for significant transboundary animal diseases. Participants included representatives from industry, government, and academia. The meeting was sponsored by the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, Science and Technology Directorate; Center for Excellence for Emerging and Zoonotic Animal Diseases; Iowa State University Center for Food Security and Public Health/Institute for International Cooperation in Animal Biologics; and the International Association for Biologicals. Department of Homeland Security Department of Agriculture Department of Agriculture U.S. Government - Department of Agriculture Department of Agriculture Daniel Herche and Tyson Whitney; Ryan Boles 202-401-7211 daniel.herche@cfo.usda.gov; Tyson.Whitney@cfo.usda.gov; bolesrj@state.gov 1280 Maryland Ave. SW, Washington, DC 20250 11600 U.S. Government - Department of Agriculture Agriculture Livestock/veterinary services Department of Homeland Security, Research, Development, Acquisition, and Operations, Science and Technology 11600 U.S. Government - Department of Agriculture Agriculture Livestock/veterinary services Department of Homeland Security, Research, Development, Acquisition, and Operations, Science and Technology