Committee on the Review of the Scientific Approaches used during the FBI's Investigation of the 2001 Bacillus anthracis Mailings
 The second meeting of the Committee on the Review of the Scientific Approaches used during the FBI's Investigation of the 2001 Bacillus anthracis Mailings was held on September 24-25, 2009 at The National Academies' Keck Center, Room 101, 500 Fifth Street, NW, Washington, DC. NOTE: The data-gathering sessions of the meeting held on September 24, 2009 from 10:00 AM–1:00 PM and on September 25, 2009 from 11:00 AM - 2:00 PM were not open to the public under Subsection 15(b)(3) of the Federal Advisory Committee Act, 5 U.S.C. App., as amended by the Federal Advisory Committee Act Amendments of 1997, PL 105-153, December 17, 1997, 111 STAT. 2689. The Academy has determined that to open these sessions to the public would disclose information described in 5 U.S.C. 552(b).
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More Information | Direct to Consumer Genetic Testing: A Cross-Academies Workshop 
On August 31 and September 1, 2009, under the auspices of the National Academy of Sciences’ Committee on Science, Technology, and Law and Board on Life Sciences and the Institute of Medicine, an interdisciplinary ad hoc committee hosted a public workshop that brought together the scientific, medical, legal, and policy communities along with members of the public to explore the opportunities and challenges posed by direct-to-consumer genetic testing. The workshop featured invited presentations and discussions on the myriad of technical, legal, policy, and ethical questions that such testing raises. More Information
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Committee on Science, Technology, and Law
