September 11: HHS Needs to Develop a Plan That Incorporates Lessons from the Responder Health Programs Metadata

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Title

  • Main Title September 11: HHS Needs to Develop a Plan That Incorporates Lessons from the Responder Health Programs

Creator

  • Author: United States. Government Accountability Office.
    Creator Type: Organization

Publisher

  • Name: United States. Government Accountability Office.
    Place of Publication: Washington D.C.

Date

  • Creation: 2008-05-30

Language

  • English

Description

  • Content Description: A letter report issued by the Government Accountability Office with an abstract that begins "Following the World Trade Center (WTC) attack, the Congress appropriated more than $8 billion to the Department of Homeland Security's (DHS) Federal Emergency Management Agency for response and recovery activities. The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) received some of this funding to establish health screening and monitoring programs for responders to the disaster and later received additional appropriations to fund treatment. In total, about $369.2 million has been appropriated or awarded for the WTC health programs. GAO previously reported on problems that these programs have had in ensuring the availability of services for all responders. GAO was asked to examine lessons from the WTC health programs that could guide future programs. GAO examined (1) lessons from the programs' experience and (2) HHS actions or plans that incorporate the lessons. GAO interviewed WTC health program officials and other experts and reviewed DHS and HHS documents."

Subject

  • Library of Congress Subject Headings: Government accountability -- United States.
  • Keyword: health care
  • Keyword: justice and law enforcement
  • Keyword: human capital
  • Keyword: economic development
  • Keyword: homeland security
  • Keyword: september 11
  • Keyword: letter report

Coverage

  • Place Name: United States

Collection

  • Name: Government Accountability Office Reports
    Code: GAORT

Institution

  • Name: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
    Code: UNTGD

Rights

  • Rights License: pd

Resource Type

  • Report

Format

  • Text

Identifier

  • Report No.: GAO-08-610
  • Accession or Local Control No: 276092
  • URL: http://gao.gov/products/GAO-08-610
  • Archival Resource Key: ark:/67531/metadc302049
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