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HRD-81-98 1 (1981-05-29)

handle is hein.gao/gaobabcpd0001 and id is 1 raw text is: IRESTRICTED -. ot to be relasd .uisde $*ie General Accounting tfte exct o Mt bae of specfic approval by the Office of CongrvsoGoalI R4l5sER O -~ UNTED SATES ENERL ACCOUNTING OFFICE Z UNITED STATESGERA- WASHINGTON, D.C. 20548 RELEASED HUMAN RESOURCES DIVISION MAY 29, 1981 B-203295 The Honorable Jack Brooks Chairman, Subcommittee on Legislation and National Security Committee on Government Operations 16162 House of Representatives Dear Mr. Chairman: Subject: [Review of Matters Relating to U.S. Army Laboratories and R search Activities in the San Francisco Area (HRD-81-98) In response to your October 30, 1980, letter, we reviewed a number of allegations and sought answers to questions concerning activities at (1) the Letterman Army Institute of Research (LAIR), located adjacent to the Letterman Army Medical Center (LAMC) J- San Francisco, and (2) the LAMC Area Laboratory, formerly located at nearby Fort Baker, California. It was alleged that, at LAIR, unauthorized biological research was being conducted; an outbreak of fever linked to LAIR research activities had occurred among the staff; and physicians from LAMC refused, for philosophical reasons, to work at the adjacent LAIR facility. Several questions were also raised about the relocation of the LAMC Area Laboratory from Fort Baker to LAIR, including: --Was the Government adequately compensated for the sale of vacated buildings and abandoned equipment at Fort Baker? --Were the Area Laboratory buildings and equipment properly decontaminated both when they were being used and when the relocation took place and what procedures were followed in disposing of contaminated waste? --What research activities remain at Fort Baker? The results of our work are detailed in the enclosure. In summary, we found no evidence that unauthorized research was being conducted at LAIR or that LAMC physicians refused to work there. An outbreak of fever among employees at LAIR was attributed to (101040)

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