Training
2020 Responsible Official Webinar Series
In 2020, the Federal Select Agent Program (FSAP) held a 5-part webinar series to provide participants with information related to compliance with the select agent regulations. This webinar series was held in place of the annual in-person workshop for Responsible Officials and Alternate Responsible officials due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The webinar series presentations are available for download below:
- Operations During a COVID-19 Pandemic (May 27, 2020) pdf icon[PDF - 844 KB]
- Directors Updates and Q&A Session (May 27, 2020) pdf icon[PDF - 2 MB]
- FSAP Operations (June 24, 2020) pdf icon[PDF - 1 MB]
- Virtual Inspections (June 24, 2020) pdf icon[PDF - 905 KB]
- APHIS CDC Forms, 2,3, and 4 (July 15, 2020) pdf icon[PDF - 1 MB]
- Site Specific Risk Assessments (August 5, 2020) pdf icon[PDF - 882 KB]
- Inactivation (September 30, 2020) pdf icon[PDF - 1 MB]
- Inactivation Protocols: Overview and Updates (September 30, 2020) pdf icon[PDF - 1 MB]
2019 Entity Annual Internal Inspections Webinar
On April 18, 2019, the Federal Select Agent Program (FSAP) held a webinar regarding the revised policy involving the entity annual internal inspection required by section 9(a)(6) of the select agent regulations. The video of the webinar and presentation are available for download below.
2019 Responsible Official Workshop
On July 23-25, 2019, the Federal Select Agent Program (FSAP) hosted a workshop for Responsible Officials at the U.S. Departure of Agriculture headquarters in Washington, D.C. The workshop included discussions related to compliance with the select agent regulations and provided participants with information about the program’s electronic information system, eFSAP. The event also provided attendees an opportunity to network with colleagues.The workshop presentations are available for download below:
- Biosafety Risk Assessment pdf icon[PDF - 843 KB]
- Security Risk Assessment Processing pdf icon[PDF - 204 KB]
- FSAP Partner Discussion pdf icon[PDF - 434 KB]
- eFSAP and Entity Inspections: What Can We Expect? pdf icon[PDF - 2 MB]
- Form 4 Scenarios pdf icon[PDF - 1 MB]
- FSAP Regulatory Authorities pdf icon[PDF - 334 KB]
- Incident Response/Drills and Exercises pdf icon[PDF - 601 KB]
- Insider Threat Awareness Scenarios pdf icon[PDF - 6 MB]
- FSAP Program Updates pdf icon[PDF - 3 MB]
- Inactivation Failures pdf icon[PDF - 1 MB]
2018 Responsible Official Workshop
On August 15-17, 2018, the Federal Select Agent Program (FSAP) held a multi-day in-person workshop for Responsible Officials at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention headquarters in Atlanta, GA. The workshop provided participants with information about the eFSAP information system portal, laboratory facilities engineering, biosafety risk assessment, common reported incidents, as well as an opportunity to network with colleagues. The workshop presentations are available for download below:
- FSAP Program Updates pdf icon[PDF - 1 MB]
- DOT Regulations/Shipping Select Agents pdf icon[PDF - 2 MB]
- Laboratory Facilities Engineering Overview pdf icon[PDF - 748 KB]
- Overview Biosafety Risk Assessment pdf icon[PDF - 885 KB]
- Overview Agricultural Biosafety Risk Assessment pdf icon[PDF - 2 MB]
- Overview of Form 3 Reporting pdf icon[PDF - 1 MB]
- eFSAP Updates pdf icon[PDF - 846 KB]
- FSAP Inspections – Preparation, Expectations, Interpretation of Regulations pdf icon[PDF - 681 KB]
- Internal Entity Inspections - Requirements pdf icon[PDF - 712 KB]
- Criminal Justice Information Services Division pdf icon[PDF - 2 MB]
- Inactivation pdf icon[PDF - 881 KB]