Publications by Federal Select Agent Program

Annual Reports

NEW! 2024 Annual Report of the Federal Select Agent Program [PDF – 2 MB] [released 9/10/2025]
- Infographic of Key Findings
2023 Annual Report of the Federal Select Agent Program [released 10/23/2024]
2022 Annual Report of the Federal Select Agent Program [released 11/15/2023]
2021 Annual Report of the Federal Select Agent Program [released 9/1/2022]
2020 Annual Report of the Federal Select Agent Program [released 9/28/2021]
2019 Annual Report of the Federal Select Agent Program [released 9/22/2020]
2018 Annual Report of the Federal Select Agent Program [released 1/21/2020]
2017 Annual Report of the Federal Select Agent Program [released 12/11/2018]
2016 Annual Report of the Federal Select Agent Program [released 10/26/2017]
2015 Annual Report of the Federal Select Agent Program [released 6/30/2016]

Federal Select Agent Program (FSAP) Inspection Report Processing Annual Summaries

NEW! 2024 FSAP Inspection Report Processing Annual Summary [PDF – 1,021 KB] [released 8/20/2025]. A report summarizing timeliness data related to FSAP-issued inspection reports for the Federal Select Agent Program January 1, 2024 – December 31, 2024.
2023 FSAP Inspection Report Processing Annual Summary [released 6/5/2024]. A report summarizing timeliness data related to FSAP-issued inspection reports for the Federal Select Agent Program January 1, 2023 – December 31, 2023.
2022 FSAP Inspection Report Processing Annual Summary [released 7/12/2023]. A report summarizing timeliness data related to FSAP-issued inspection reports for the Federal Select Agent Program January 1, 2022 – December 31, 2022.
2021 FSAP Inspection Report Processing Annual Summary [released 7/15/2022]. A report summarizing timeliness data related to FSAP-issued inspection reports for the Federal Select Agent Program January 1, 2021 – December 31, 2021.
2020 FSAP Inspection Report Processing Annual Summary [released 8/25/2021]. A report summarizing timeliness data related to FSAP-issued inspection reports for the Federal Select Agent Program January 1, 2020 – December 31, 2020.
2019 FSAP Inspection Report Processing Annual Summary [released 6/30/2020]. A report summarizing timeliness data related to FSAP-issued inspection reports for the Federal Select Agent Program January 1, 2019 – December 31, 2019.
2018 FSAP Inspection Report Processing Annual Summary [PDF – 802 KB] [released 10/29/2019]. A report summarizing timeliness data related to FSAP-issued inspection reports for the Federal Select Agent Program January 1, 2018 – December 31, 2018.

CDC Division of Select Agent and Toxins (DSAT) Inspection Report Processing Annual Summaries

2017 DSAT Inspection Report Processing Annual Summary [PDF – 1 MB] [released 5/30/2018]
A report summarizing timeliness data related to DSAT-issued inspection reports for the Federal Select Agent Program January 1, 2017 – December 31, 2017.
2016 DSAT Inspection Report Processing Annual Summary [PDF – 420 KB]
A report summarizing timeliness data related to DSAT-issued inspection reports for the Federal Select Agent Program January 1, 2016 – December 31, 2016.
2015 DSAT Inspection Report Processing Annual Summary [PDF – 576 KB]
A report summarizing timeliness data related to DSAT-issued inspection reports for the Federal Select Agent Program January 1, 2015 – December 31, 2015.

Journal Articles

Bjork, A., & Sosin, D.M. (2017). Characterization of departures from regulatory requirements identified during inspections conducted by the U.S. Federal Select Agent Program, 2014-15. Health Security, 15(6), 587-598. https://www.liebertpub.com/doi/10.1089/hs.2017.0054
Blaine, J.W. (2012). Establishing a national biological laboratory safety and security monitoring program. Health Security, 10(4), 396-400. https://www.liebertpub.com/doi/10.1089/bsp.2012.0054
Clay, L., Straub, K., Adrianos, S., Daniels, J., Blackwell, J., Bryant, L., McClee, V., Green, J., & Edwin, S. (2022). Monitoring Laboratory Occupational Exposures to Burkholderia pseudomallei. Applied Biosafety, ahead of print. http://doi.org/10.1089/apb.2021.0039
Henkel, R.D., Miller, T., & Weyant, R.S. (2012). Monitoring select agent theft, loss and release reports in the United States – 2004-2010. Applied Biosafety, 17(4), 171-180. https://www.liebertpub.com/doi/10.1177/153567601201700402
Morse, S., & Henkel, R. (2018). Francisella tularensis: Understanding reported occupational exposures and laboratory methods used for the identification of Francisella tularensis. Applied Biosafety, 23(1), 11-18. https://www.liebertpub.com/doi/10.1177/1535676017746695
Pillai S.P., Fruetel J.A., Anderson K., Levinson R., Hernandez P., Heimer B. and Morse S.A. (2022). Application of Multi-Criteria Decision Analysis Techniques for Informing Select Agent Designation and Decision Making. Frontiers in Bioengineering and Biotechnology, 10:756586. https://doi.org/10.3389/fbioe.2022.756586
Pillai S.P., West T., Levinson R., Fruetel J.A., Anderson K., Edwards D. and Morse S.A. (2022), The development and use of decision support framework for informing selection of select agent toxins with modelling studies to inform permissible toxin amounts. Frontiers in Bioengineering and Biotechnology. https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fbioe.2022.1003127/full
Shelby, B., Cartagena, D., McClee, V., Gangadharan, D., & Weyant, R. (2015). Transfer of select agents and toxins: 2003-2013. Health Security, 13(4), 256-266. https://www.liebertpub.com/doi/10.1089/hs.2015.0009
Smith, J., Gangadharan, D., Hemphill, M., & Edwin. S. (2018). Review of Requests to Exclude Attenuated Strains of Select Agents and Modified Select Toxins, Division of Select Agents and Toxins, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 2003-2017. Health Security, 16 (7), 1-8. https://www.liebertpub.com/doi/10.1089/hs.2018.0070
Smith, J., Gangadharan, D., & Weyant, R. (2015). Review of restricted experiment requests, Division of Select Agents and Toxins, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 2006-2013. Health Security, 13(5), 307-316. https://www.liebertpub.com/doi/10.1089/hs.2015.0021