September 11 : improvements still needed in availability of health screening and monitoring services for responders outside the New York City area : testimony before the Subcommittee on Government Management, Organization, and Procurement, Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, House of Representatives / statement of Cynthia A. Bascetta.

Format:

Book

Government document

Author/Creator:

Bascetta, Cynthia A., 1953-

Contributor:

United States. Congress. House. Committee on Oversight and Government Reform. Subcommittee on Government Management, Organization, and Procurement

United States. Government Accountability Office

Series:

Testimony ; GAO-08-429 T.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

World Trade Center (New York, N.Y. : 1970-2001).

United States. Department of Health and Human Services.

United States.

Centers for Disease Control (U.S.)--Appropriations and expenditures.

Centers for Disease Control (U.S.).

National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health--Appropriations and expenditures.

National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health.

September 11 Terrorist Attacks, 2001--Health aspects.

September 11 Terrorist Attacks, 2001.

Expenditures, Public.

Physical Description:

12 pages : digital, PDF file.

Other Title:

Improvements still needed in availability of health screening and monitoring services for responders outside the New York City area

Place of Publication:

[Washington, D.C.] : U.S. Govt. Accountability Office, [2008]

Summary:

Six years after the attack on the World Trade Center (WTC), concerns persist about health effects experienced by WTC responders and the availability of health care services for those affected. Several federally funded programs provide screening, monitoring, or treatment services to responders. GAO has previously reported on the progress made and implementation problems faced by these WTC health programs. This testimony is based primarily on GAO's testimony, September 11: Improvements Needed in Availability of Health Screening and Monitoring Services for Responders (GAO-07-1229T, Sept. 10, 2007), which updated GAO's report, September 11: HHS Needs to Ensure the Availability of Health Screening and Monitoring for All Responders (GAO-07-892, July 23, 2007). In this testimony, GAO discusses efforts by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) to provide services for nonfederal responders residing outside the New York City (NYC) area. For the July 2007 report, GAO reviewed program documents and interviewed Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) officials, grantees, and others. GAO updated selected information in August and September 2007 and conducted work for this statement in January 2008 ...

Notes:

Title from title screen (viewed Jan 22, 2008).

"For release on delivery ... Tuesday, January 22, 2008."

Paper version available from: U.S. Govt. Accountability Office, 441 G St., NW, Rm. LM, Washington, D.C. 20548.

Includes bibliographical references.

OCLC:

191049379