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GAO-07-485R 1 (2007-03-23)

handle is hein.gao/gaocrptauzi0001 and id is 1 raw text is: Sai Accountability * Integrity * Reliability United States Government Accountability Office Washington, DC 20548 March 23, 2007 The Honorable Bennie G. Thompson Chairman Committee on Homeland Security House of Representatives The Honorable Judd Gregg Ranking Minority Member Committee on the Budget United States Senate The Honorable Charles E. Grassley Ranking Minority Member Committee on Finance United States Senate The Honorable Henry A. Waxman Chairman Committee on Oversight and Government Reform House of Representatives The Honorable Edward J. Markey House of Representatives Subject: Public Health and Hospital Emergency Preparedness Programs: Evolution of Performance Measurement Systems to Measure Progress The September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks, the anthrax incidents during the fall of 2001, Hurricane Katrina, and concerns about the possibility of an influenza pandemic have raised public awareness and concerns about the nation's public health and medical systems' ability to respond to bioterrorist events and other public health emergencies. From 2002 to 2006, the Congress appropriated about $6.1 billion to the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to support activities to strengthen state and local governments' emergency preparedness capabilities under the Public Health Security and Bioterrorism Preparedness and Response Act of 2002 (Preparedness and Response Act).' HHS has distributed funds annually to 62 recipients, including all 50 states and 4 large municipalities, through cooperative agreements under two programs-the Centers for Disease Control and 'Pub. L. No. 107-188, 116 Stat. 594. The Pandemic and All-Hazards Preparedness Act, Pub. L. No. 109-417, 120 Stat. 2831 enacted December 19, 2006, reauthorized and amended the Preparedness and Response Act and authorized appropriations for HHS's Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's and Health Resources and Services Administration's public health and hospital preparedness programs through 2011. GAO-07-485R Public Health and Hospital Emergency Preparedness

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