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Contents
Letter
Background
Agencies Report Being in Various Stages of Planning for the
Protection of Their Employees in the Event of a Pandemic
Pandemic Preparations for Correctional Workers, Production Staff
Responsible for Disbursing Federal Payments, and Air Traffic
Controllers Are in Various Stages of Development
Monitoring and Reporting on Agencies' Pandemic Workforce
Protection Plans Could Improve Efforts to Protect Employees in
the Event of a Pandemic
Conclusions
Matter for Congressional Consideration
Recommendation for Executive Action
Agency CommentsAppendix I Chief Financial Officers Act Agencies 35
Appendix II Objectives, Scope, and Methodology 36
Appendix III Comments from the Homeland Security Council 40
Appendix IV Comments from the Department of Homeland
Security 41
Appendix V GAO Contact and Staff Acknowledgments 42
TablesTable 1: Agencies' Examples of Non-First Response Essential
Functions That Cannot Be Performed Remotely
Table 2: Agencies' Responses on the Extent to Which They Have
Tested IT Infrastructure to Ensure That It Is Capable ofGAO-09-404 Influenza Pandemic
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United States. Government Accountability Office. Influenza Pandemic: Increased Agency Accountability Could Help Protect Federal Employees Serving the Public in the Event of a Pandemic, report, June 12, 2009; Washington D.C.. (https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc297912/m1/3/: accessed April 17, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, UNT Digital Library, https://digital.library.unt.edu; crediting UNT Libraries Government Documents Department.