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GAO-08-537R 1 (2008-03-11)

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        Accountability * Integrity * Reliability
United States Government Accountability Office
Washington, DC 20548


          March 11, 2008

          The Honorable Charles E. Schumer
          Chairman, Joint Economic Committee

          The Honorable Carolyn B. Maloney
          Vice Chair, Joint Economic Committee

          The Honorable Hillary Rodham Clinton
          Chairman, Subcommittee on Superfund and Environmental Health
          Committee on Environment and Public Works
          United States Senate

          The Honorable Vito J. Fossella
          House of Representatives

          The Honorable Jerrold Nadler
          House of Representatives

          Subject: September 11: Fiscal Year 2008 Cost Estimation Process for
                  World Trade Center Health Programs

          Following the World Trade Center (WTC) attack, federal funding was provided to
          government agencies and private organizations to establish programs for screening,
          monitoring,' or treating responders for illnesses and conditions related to the WTC disaster.3
          Within the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), the Centers for Disease Control
          and Prevention's (CDC) National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
          awards grants for and oversees the WTC health programs that provide services for
          responders to the WTC attack. Federal funds appropriated or awarded for the WTC health
          programs from October 2001 through November 2007 have totaled $261.1 million.4 These






          'In this report, screening refers to initial physical and mental health examinations of affected
          individuals. Monitoring refers to tracking the health of individuals over time, either through periodic
          surveys or through follow-up physical and mental health examinations.
          2These programs are referred to in this report as the WTC health programs or as grantees.
          3One of the WTC health programs, the WTC Health Registry, also includes people living or attending
          school in the area of the WTC or working or present in the vicinity on September 11, 2001.
          4As of November 2007 some of these funds had not yet been awarded by NIOSH to the WTC health
          programs.


GAO-08-537R Cost Estimation Process for WTC Health Programs

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