| National Response Team |
Committee, Work group, Advisory group, or Task Force |
ASPR |
NIEHS |
The U.S. National Response Team (NRT) provides technical assistance, resources and coordination on preparedness, planning, response and recovery activities for emergencies involving hazardous substances, pollutants and contaminants, oil, and weapons of mass destruction in natural and technological disasters and other environmental incidents of national significance. |
| National Robotics Initiative |
Committee, Work group, Advisory group, or Task Force |
CDC |
NCATS, NEI, NIA, NIBIB, NICHD, NINR |
The National Robotics Initiative 3.0: Innovations in Integration of Robotics (NRI-3.0) program was launched by NSF in February of 2021. It builds upon the preceding NRI programs to support research that promotes integration of robots to the benefit of humans including human safety and human independence. |
| National Science Advisory Board for Biosecurity |
Committee, Work group, Advisory group, or Task Force |
ASPR, CDC, FDA |
NIAID, OD/OSP |
The NSABB is a federal advisory committee that addresses issues related to biosecurity and dual use research at the request of the United States Government. This is a FACA committee made up of external SGEs, but also includes ex officios from USG agencies |
| National Sewage Surveillance Interagency Leadership committee |
Committee, Work group, Advisory group, or Task Force |
CDC |
NIDA, NIEHS, NLM |
This collaboration brings together representatives across federal agencies to discuss ongoing work, priorities, and challenges in wastewater surveillance. To facilitate federal coordination, the US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) and CDC have convened the National Sewage Surveillance Interagency Leadership (NSSIL) Committee. NSSIL member agencies support CDC in developing and implementing the National Wastewater Surveillance System (NWSS) to collect, analyze, and integrate wastewater-based data with case and syndromic data to assist state and local partners to make response decisions. |
| National Sexually Transmitted Infections (STI) Strategic Plan |
Committee, Work group, Advisory group, or Task Force |
OASH, ACF, ACL, CDC, CMS, FDA, HRSA, IHS, SAMHSA |
NIAID |
Plan sets national goals, objectives, and strategies to respond to the STI epidemic. The plan will serve as a roadmap to help federal and non-federal stakeholders at all levels and in all sectors reverse the sharp upward trends in STI rates. |
| National Strategy for Suicide Prevention Interagency Work Group |
Committee, Work group, Advisory group, or Task Force |
SAMHSA, ASPE, CDC |
NIMH |
The federal Interagency Work Group (IWG) helped develop the new National Strategy for Suicide Prevention. This IWG is comprised of over 20 agencies in 10 federal departments across the government, with support from the Suicide Prevention Resource Center (SPRC), the National Action Alliance for Suicide Prevention (Action Alliance), and a project management team co-led by officials at the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), alongside the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) and the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ Office of the Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation (ASPE/HHS). |
| National Survey of Family Growth |
Health Survey |
ACF, CDC |
NICHD |
The National Survey of Family Growth (NSFG) gathers information on family life, marriage and divorce, pregnancy, infertility, use of contraception, and men’s and women’s health. The survey results are used by the US Department of Health and Human Services and others to plan health services and health education programs and to do statistical studies of families, fertility, and health. The NSFG is used by: scholars in the behavioral sciences (e.g., sociology, demography, and economics) to study marriage, divorce, fertility, and family life; scholars in public health to study reproductive, maternal and infant health topics; agencies of the US Department of Health and Human Services to brief senior officials and to inform program decision-making; in research programs and in health and social service programs; state and local governments to plan health and social service programs; and the press, to prepare articles on a number of topics related to health and family life. https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/nsfg/index.htm |
| National Syphilis and Congenital Syphilis Syndemic (NSCSS) Federal Task Force |
Committee, Work group, Advisory group, or Task Force |
OASH, CDC, HRSA, IHS, SAMHSA |
OD/DPCPSI/OAR |
HHS established the National Syphilis and Congenital Syphilis Syndemic (NSCSS) Federal Task Force to leverage the resources and expertise within HHS agencies and partnership networks to respond to the U.S. syphilis and congenital syphilis epidemic. Since then, the task force has coordinated efforts across the federal government to address the surge in syphilis infections, including expanding access to syphilis testing and treatment and increasing providers' awareness and education, among other efforts. |
| National Teen Mental Health Essay Contest |
Other |
AHRQ, CDC, FDA, HRSA, SAMHSA, USPHS |
NIMHD |
The essay contest challenges high school students ages 16-18 to raise awareness of mental health. The contest gives students a platform to share ways to eliminate and/or reduce mental health stigma faced by young people, especially in diverse communities. |
| National Toxicology Board of Scientific Counselors |
Committee, Work group, Advisory group, or Task Force |
OASH, CDC, FDA |
NIEHS |
A federally chartered external advisory committee whose members are appointed by the Secretary of Health and Human Services |