Chapter 15 Appendix VII: Comments from the Department of Homeland Security

United States Government Accountability Office

Note: GAO comments supplementing those in the report text appear at the end of this appendix.

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66, 69, 70

Health and Human Services (HHS), viii, ix, xi, xiii, 54, 60, 62, 66, 68, 87, 94

health care, 23

health effects, 14

height, xi, 8

HHS, x, xi, xiv, xv, 2, 5, 11, 20, 22, 23, 28,

29, 51, 54, 55, 57, 58, 68, 69, 70, 94, 95 high-level, 36, 51 high-risk, xiv, 7

hiring, xiv, 3, 16, 17, 26, 29, 58, 59, 95 hogs, 46

Homeland Security, viii, xi, xiv, xv, 3, 8,

26, 31, 37, 38, 54, 60, 64, 69, 98, 101 horses, 44, 48, 49 household, 63

human, xii, xiv, 7, 12, 13, 20, 25, 29, 43, 44,

47, 49, 59, 63, 64, 68, 70

human capital, 7, 12, 20, 29, 68

human resources, 21

humane, xiii, xiv, 2, 13, 14, 15, 51, 53, 57,

82, 83

humans, ix, xii, xiii, xvi, 18, 36, 39, 46, 47,

48, 65

hurricanes, 13

hygiene, 46

(Livestock, 46 loans, xiii, 30

id, 16, 45, 83

identification, 40, 64

implementation, 30, 58, 83

incentives, 8, 18, 29

Incidents, 5

income, 16

industry, xii, 17, 35, 37, 38, 39 infections, 49, 70

infectious, xii, xvi, 25, 42, 59, 62 infectious diseases, xii, 25, 59, 62 influenza, ix, xii, 2, 16, 36, 42, 58, 62, 65 infrastructure, 8, 34

inspection, 14, 15, 35, 51, 53, 57, 61, 81 Inspector General, xii, 14, 31, 83 inspectors, xiv, 13, 14, 82

intelligence, xiv, 2, 18, 23, 25, 62 interaction, 39 interface, 63

internship, 15, 19

interstate commerce, 13

interviews, xv, 27, 66, 68, 70 invasive, 59

Iraq, 18, 25

logistics, 35 losses, xii lymph, 48 lymph node, 48

mad cow disease, 12 management, 7, 20, 55, 64, 65, 68, 70 mandates, 82 man-made, 8 manpower, 59, 102 measures, 37 meat, xii, xiii, 1, 13 medical care, 23, 63 medicine, 23, 25, 63 military, xiv, 28, 66 milk, 15, 46 missions, xiv, 2, 7, 23, 58 modeling, 4, 38, 39 models, 4, 27, 38, 68, 70 morale, 8 mosquitoes, 48

mouth, xii, xv, 3, 4, 9, 33, 37, 38, 39, 42, 52,

jobs, xiii, 18

jurisdiction, 9, 19, 37, 95

1 54, 59, 69, 82, 102

movement, 38, 39, 64

muscle weakness, 48

nation, xiii, xiv, xv, 9, 12, 20, 23, 37, 38, 51,

labor, 25

large-scale, 4, 37, 38, 54, 69, 102 laughter, 68

law, 13

leadership, xv, 3, 22, 28, 29, 34, 35, 36, 64

legislation, xiii

lesions, 47

likelihood, 4

limitations, 38, 39

livestock, xiii, 4, 9, 12, 13, 14, 15, 37, 38,

39, 46, 52, 61, 70, 82

52, 61, 64, 68, 69

National Academy of Sciences, 17, 69

National Aeronautics and Space

Administration, 27, 60, 66

National Institutes of Health, xii, 22, 25, 62, 95

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, 27, 65

National Park Service, 26, 27, 64 national policy, xiv, 8

National Strategy, 8

natural, 8

nausea, 48

Navy, 23

neck, 47, 48

network, 25

NIH, xii, 22, 23, 27

Nile, xvi, 4, 44, 45, 48, 70, 94 non-native, 59

normal, 8, 34

North America, 48, 82

nurses, 3, 23, 29

obligations, 19, 95

Office of Personnel Management (OPM), viii, xii, xv, 53, 54, 60, 68, 96, 97

Offices of Congressional Relations and

Public Affairs, 60

OPM, x, xii, xv, 3, 5, 7, 11, 15, 16, 17, 19,

21,24, 29, 57, 59, 68, 69, 71, 97 outliers, 28 oversight, xiv, 58, 62, 65, 83 pandemic, x, xi, xii, xv, 3, 4, 8, 33, 34, 35,

36, 52, 54, 57, 58, 59, 69, 71 paralysis, 48 pasteurization, 46 pathogenic, xii, 36, 42, 62, 65 pathologists, 1, 12, 18, 42, 69 pathology, 24, 25, 30, 41, 65, 69 periodic, 45, 83 pesticide, 65 pets, xvi, 47, 63, 70 pharmaceutical, 17 igs, 39 planning, xi, xv, 2, 3, 5, 7, 8, 9, 19, 20, 22,

23, 33, 37, 38, 51, 68, 69, 71 plants, xiii, xv, 1, 13, 15, 35, 61, 65, 66, 68,

82, 83

play, xii, xiii, xiv, 4, 13, 38, 39 Plum Island Animal Disease Center, 69 population, 8, 39

ports, 63

poultry, xiii, xvi, 1, 4, 13, 35, 61, 68 preparedness, xv, 8, 37, 69 pressure, 14

private, 4, 15, 17, 24, 26, 35, 42, 44 private sector, 4, 17, 24, 26, 42 production, xiii, 15, 47 professions, xiv, 23, 24, 29 program, xiii, xv, 1, 11, 15, 17, 18, 19, 23,

27, 30, 46, 62, 65, 68

propagation, 65

protection, 49, 64

public health, xiii, 15, 23, 25, 26, 28, 41, 42,

44, 52, 57, 61, 63, 69, 70 qualifications, 17, 41

questionnaire, 68

range, 7, 27

rash, 48

rats, 44, 47

recall, 14, 15, 68, 82

reconstruction, 18, 25

recovery, 65, 82

recruiting, 4, 13, 18, 25, 41, 51, 82, 95 reforms, 19, 58, 95

regular, 12, 54

regulations, xiv, 14, 64

regulatory oversight, 62

relationship, 82

Research and Development, 26, 63 reserves, 18

resources, xiv, 2, 4, 8, 9, 14, 15, 20, 21, 23, 27, 42, 49, 51, 53, 57, 58, 65, 81, 82, 83_: 95

respiratory, 47

retention, 8, 13, 17, 29, 58, 59, 69

retirees, 16

retirement, 68 risk, xiii, xiv, 7, 14, 58, 64, 65 rural communities, xiii

safety, xiii, xiv, 1, 8, 13, 14, 15, 19, 59, 62, 64

salaries, x, xv, 2, 4, 8, 15, 16, 17, 21,24, 27, 28, 29, 42, 67, 81

salary, 15, 16, 17, 21, 24, 25, 28, 67, 68, 83 sample survey, 67 sampling, 67 sampling error, 67 sanitation, 14, 46 scholarships, 18

school, xiii, 15, 18, 30, 83 seafood, 65 search, x

Secretary of Agriculture, xiii, 14, 30, 53, 54 Secretary of Homeland Security, 54 security, 13, 14

Security Council, xv, 9 services, 8, 18, 23, 33, 34, 35, 36, 63, 69 SES, xii, 21 severity, 52 sharing, 23 shelter, 63

shortage, ix, xiii, 1, 3, 8, 11, 12, 13, 15, 17, 19, 23, 24, 27, 29, 30, 37, 51, 59, 82 signs, 47

SIS, 14, 37, 68 sites, 69 skewness, 28 skills, 7, 12, 17, 18, 19, 41, 51, 64, 95 skin, 48 smallpox, 47

Smithsonian, 26, 60, 65 specialization, 29 species, xvi, 39, 43, 47, 48, 65 staffing, xiv, 8, 14, 29, 34, 36 stages, 22 stakeholder, 7, 30 standards, xvi, 29 statutory, 29, 59, 82 stiffness, 48

strain, xii, 36, 42

strategic planning, 7

strategies, 4, 7, 39, 45, 46, 55, 57, 82

(strength, 17

students, xiii, 15, 17, 18, 30

stupor, 48

suffering, 18

summer, 48

supply, xiii, xiv, 12, 14, 18, 20, 42, 52, 59, 61, 64, 69

support services, 36 surveillance, 26, 35, 37, 62, 63, 64, 65, 66,

83

susceptibility, 39

swelling, 47

symptoms, 46, 47, 48

talent, 20

targets, 18, 30

task force, 42

technicians, 16

terrorism, 8

terrorist, xiv, 9, 12, 18, 63, 64

terrorist attack, xiv, 9, 12, 18, 63, 64 threat, 48, 52, 62

title, 28, 66

top management, 7

tourism, xii

toxicology, 29

toxin, 66

tracking, 16, 25

training, xiii, 12, 13, 15, 17, 23, 26, 29, 53, 54, 63

transformation, 7

translational, 62

transmission, 17

transportation, 9

tribal, 63

tuberculosis, xvi, 4, 17, 42, 43, 45, 46, 70 tuition, 17, 18

(vision, 48 vomiting, 48

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uncertainty, 18

United Kingdom, xii, 38

United States, xi, xvi, 3, 8, 12, 14, 28, 36,

37, 38, 39, 40, 42, 44, 47, 48, 66, 70, 82, 102

universe, 67

universities, 13, 17, 65

updating, 3

urban areas, 42

USDA, ix, x, xii, xiii, xv, 2, 3, 4, 5, 11, 12,

13, 14, 16, 20, 21, 22, 23, 29, 30, 31, 34,

36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 46, 47, 51, 52, 53, 54,

55, 57, 59, 68, 69, 70, 81, 82, 83, 97, 102

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warfare, 62

water, 14

weakness, 48

welfare, xiv, 14, 63, 64

West Nile virus, xvi, 4, 44, 45, 48, 70, 94 White House, xv, 3, 9, 37, 69 wild animals, 47, 64

wildlife, xi, xiii, xiv, 4, 24, 26, 39, 52, 54,

59, 63, 64, 65, 69, 70

Wisconsin, xvi, 4, 42, 44, 70, 95 workers, 46

workforce, ix, x, xi, xiii, xiv, xv, 1, 2, 3, 4,

5, 7, 8, 11, 12, 13, 14, 16, 18, 19, 20, 22,

23, 24, 27, 29, 30, 33, 36, 37, 38, 41,43,

44, 45, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 57, 58, 59, 66,

67, 68, 69, 70, 71, 81, 94, 95, 102

vacancies, 19, 42, 67

vaccination, 38 vaccine, 4, 18, 38, 69, 82

variability, 68

variables, 68 vehicles, 47 vertebrates, 46 virus, xii, xvi, 9, 36, 39, 45, 47, 48, 70 working conditions, 15 workload, 19, 46, 95

zoonotic, ix, xi, xii, xiii, xv, xvi, 4, 18, 25, 41, 47, 51, 52, 53, 54, 69, 70, 94

zoonotic diseases, ix, xii, xiii, xvi, 18, 25,

viruses, xii

70, 94