The Systematics Subcommittee (SSC) of the Federal Interagency Committee on Invasive Terrestrial Animals and Pathogens (ITAP) has a 20-year vision: "Strengthen national and global systematics to predict, prevent, and manage invasive species to ensure biosecurity; public health; economic, environmental and agricultural security; and sustainability."
ITAP Systematics Subcommittee
Situation Report on U.S. Systematic Biology (PDF | 5.9 MB)ITAP, Systematics Subcommittee
Protecting America's economy, environment, health, and security against invasive species requires a strong Federal Program in Systematic Biology. This report documents the current situation and needs for systematic biology. (A higher resolution PDF (259 MB) of this document is available here).
