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OSI-95-14R 1 (1995-07-05)

handle is hein.gao/gaobackwg0001 and id is 1 raw text is: GAO United States General Accounting Office Washington, D.C. 20548 Office of Special Investigations B-261378 July 5, 1995 The Honorable William S. Cohen United States Senate The Honorable Charles E. Grassley United States Senate This letter responds to your request at our February 22, 1995, briefing that we report on our investigation of circumstances surrounding the reassignments of Dr. Ned Feder and Mr. Walter Stewart, within the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS). As agreed with your office, we had focused our efforts on determining the actions of HHS officials, including Secretary Donna Shalala, with respect to the reassignments and whether the reassignments could have occurred in reprisal for public statements by Dr. Feder or Mr. Stewart. You had also asked us to review the University of Wisconsin-Madison's handling, including its inquiry and subsequent investigation, of charges of scientific misconduct against Drs. Hector DeLuca and Heinrich Schnoes, professors at the university. In summary, our investigation found no evidence that the HHS reassignments had been handled in an improper manner. Further, we found no evidence that Secretary Shalala or any HHS employee pressured staff of the National Institute of Diabetes, Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK), National Institutes of Health (NIH), to reassign Dr. Feder and Mr. Stewart. We also found nothing to suggest that the reassignments were in reprisal for statements made by Dr. Feder or Mr. Stewart. Concerning the scientific misconduct matter, we found no evidence that the university's inquiry and investigation lacked thoroughness or objectivity. REASSIGNMENTS OF DR. FEDER AND MR. STEWART On April 9, 1993, NIH notified Dr. Feder and Mr. Stewart that they were being reassigned. Dr. Feder was to be reassigned as Medical Officer (Research), Review Branch, Division of Extramural Activities, NIDDK; and Mr. Stewart was to be reassigned as Research Chemist, Biophysical Chemistry Section, Division of Intramural Research, NIDDK. At the time of the notification, Dr. Feder and Mr. Stewart were assigned to and were the only employees in the GAO/OSI-95-14R Reassignment of Two NIH Employees

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