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... At the request of the EPA, the National Research Council formed a committee to provide a review of the Research Implementation Plan of the National Homeland Security Research Center's Safe Buildings Program. The committee met twice (May 13-14, 2003, and July 10, 2003)
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... is too short to effectively accomplish all the goals set forth in the Research Implementation Plan. The proposed plan REVIEW OF EPA HOMELAND SECURITY EFFORTS covers an extensive area of new research, of which the scope and breadth is too large to accomplish in the allotted time frame.
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