0000006215 00000 n GAO's work points out that while a number of actions have been taken to plan for a pandemic, including developing a national strategy and implementation plan, many gaps in pandemic planning … Jan 23, 2008 (CIDRAP News) – Antiviral medications and vaccines are two tools that many government and health officials hope will stall the spread of an influenza pandemic, but each strategy has daunting challenges, according to a new report from Congress's Government Accountability Office (GAO). national pandemic influenza preparedness and response plans, in conjunction with the 2017 WHO pandemic influenza preparedness framework, Pandemic influenza risk management (2). 0000002807 00000 n Experts agree that it is only a matter of time before one of these epidemics becomes global—a pandemic … The GAO suggests that the Department of Health and Human Services develop and make publicly available a comprehensive national COVID-19 testing strategy that incorporates all six characteristics of an effective national strategy. 1.0 Introduction 3 <]>> startxref 0000013923 00000 n Now, a year after the agency halted most of its foreign and domestic inspections due to the COVID-19 pandemic, GAO warns that the ensuing backlog could take years to clear. 0000003195 00000 n These events are increasing, and they are disruptive to health, economies, and society. startxref NSS agreed to take the recommendations under advisement. 1008 0 obj<>stream This Government Accountability Office report looks for a sustained "focus on the nation's planning and preparedness efforts" for a possible influenza pandemic. It follows up on past GAO pandemic reports and finds that 13 of 23 GAO recommendations have been implemented. GAO said DHS has submitted three plans since 2018, but has not provided these plans within the required time frames. All the states and all but two of the localities in the GAO study had conducted a pandemic exercise to test their plans. The GAO found that pandemic planning and exercising has occurred at the federal, state and local government levels, but important planning gaps - including testing of IT systems - remain at all levels of government. Its latest report examines the federal government’s continued efforts to respond to and recover from the pandemic. x�b```b``Y�����������bl,>wN38�U����$f18��d�i0c. The report highlighted “the importance of developing a well-formulated plan to address critical gaps for the remainder of the pandemic, especially in light of the recent surge in cases.” Fraud in Corporate Relief Programs. 0000020476 00000 n G=O�1`�c���!���d+O�yS)g�V�ѓ6���4�" t�tTJ�. 0000003659 00000 n 0000008097 00000 n The Pandemic Response Accountability Committee doesn't just show you the data and where the money is spent. It never happened. 0000010718 00000 n trailer �����TM��s��iB`F 0000009678 00000 n 0000000836 00000 n 0000026461 00000 n Governments, international organizations, and businesses should plan now for how essential corporate capabilities will be utilized during a large-scale pandemic. pandemic planning. �`�m5���x�)c���Dq&�Q����g,L�,e��^�#{*�S� v��>`�d�`A����� ����k��嬌�"@��/2Ȍ 0000010832 00000 n GAO Releases Report on Pandemic Flu Preparedness "We must not lose sight of the fact that the possibility of a pandemic is real, and we must take … 1005 0 obj <> endobj 0000003170 00000 n 516 25 Feedback from the GAO is primarily aimed at the Homeland Security Council (HSC), the White House group that authored the federal government's two pandemic planning documents: the National Strategy for Pandemic Influenza, released in November 2005, and the Implementation Plan for the strategy, published in May 2006. <<2377649affe4cf498eb00d1f65b015e5>]>> 0000005088 00000 n 0000011929 00000 n 0000013069 00000 n A Pandemic Response Board is formed, made up of business leaders, public health experts, and representatives from the Centers for Disease Control. 0000024935 00000 n ܑ/�c}d Given the consequences of a severe influenza pandemic, in 2006, GAO developed a strategy for our work that would help support Congress’s decision making and oversight related to pandemic planning. The GAO told the government in 2015 to develop a plan to protect the aviation system against an outbreak. GAO: Focus on influenza pandemic planning and preparedness. 0000002762 00000 n %PDF-1.4 %���� 0000007381 00000 n In response to the COVID-19 pandemic, Congress appropriated $3.1 trillion in emergency assistance for people, businesses, the health care system, and state and local governments. 0000011709 00000 n 0000006851 00000 n 0000004587 00000 n xref We use the data, along with our other law enforcement partners, to detect and combat fraud, waste, abuse, and mismanagement. GAO: United States Pandemic Plan is Unprepared Recombinomics Commentary May 30, 2005 >> While public health officials have undertaken several initiatives to enhance influenza surveillance capabilities, challenges remain with regard to other aspects of preparedness for and response to an influenza pandemic. 0000004689 00000 n This review of the federal response to the COVID-19 pandemic is the Government Accountability Office’s fifth comprehensive report since June 2020 about the implementation of the CARES Act. For decades, the Government Accountability Office (GAO) has raised concerns about the US Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA) inspections program. Federal officials issued a pandemic planning guide for the states in March 2008; the states are required to submit updated plans for review by the end of July. In 2005 and 2006, the White House Homeland Security Council outlined the National Strategy for Pandemic Influenza Cdc-pdf [358 KB, 17 pages] and National Strategy for Pandemic Influenza Implementation Plan Cdc-pdf [4.2 MB, 233 pages] to guide the United States’ preparedness and response activities in an influenza pandemic. In a number of areas, the GAO recommendations, unsurprisingly, matched those of experts on pandemics, logistics, and accounting. 519 0 obj<>stream possible pandemic. HHS, DHS, and OSHA provided comments and generally agreed with our findings. Figure 1: Key Themes of GAO’s Pandemic Strategy Source: GAO. 0 0000006953 00000 n The chairman of the Committee on Homeland Security, a key leader in the pandemic response plan, took the release of the GAO report as an opportunity to criticize the Trump administration. an influenza pandemic. Managing these events already strains global capacity, even absent a pandemic threat. These plans aimed to stop, slow or otherwise limit the … 516 0 obj <> endobj GAO remains deeply troubled by the lack of sufficient federal action on critical gaps identified and by the lack of clear plans to address these gaps. 0000025981 00000 n 0000002329 00000 n This statement discusses the status of GAO's prior recommendations on the nation's planning and preparedness for a pandemic. 0000002280 00000 n 0000002451 00000 n In their 18-month struggle against CAPS, 65 million people will die. 0000020795 00000 n 0000009007 00000 n GAO used its characteristics of an effective national strategy to assess the Strategy and Plan. %%EOF Overview. Plans call for spending $758 million on influenza vaccine production, with $458 million of that designated for new technologies designed to shorten production time. The GAO also outlines how HHS plans to spend the remaining $1.98 billion of the pandemic appropriation. Attached to this document are: (1) Open Recommendations from GAO's Work on an Influenza Pandemic as of February 2009; and (2) Related GAO Products. The report, Influenza Pandemic: Efforts Under Way to Address Constraints on Using Antivirals and Vaccines to Forestall a Pandemic, … GAO recommends that the HSC direct the NSS, in concert with HHS and DHS, to incorporate lessons from the H1N1 pandemic into future planning and share these lessons with key stakeholders. 0000000796 00000 n 0000008567 00000 n These are just some of the GAO … 0000002799 00000 n %%EOF It updates and replaces the 2005 WHO checklist for influenza pandemic preparedness planning (3). Officials cited the COVID-19 pandemic as one reason for the delay in providing the most recent plan to Congress. 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(CIDRAP News) The Government Accountability Office (GAO) issued two reports that address avian and pandemic influenza planning last week, one examining how well the US Department of Agriculture (USDA) is prepared to respond to avian flu outbreaks and the other assessing efforts by US and international agencies to help vulnerable countries. 0000004002 00000 n 0000002323 00000 n During a severe pandemic, public sector efforts to control the outbreak are likely to become overwhelmed. At the federal level, agency planning to maintain essential operations and services while protecting their employees in the event of a pandemic is uneven. On September 4, 2018, FEMA provided GAO with copies of the after-action report developed as a result of the Hidden Peril V table top exercise, the final Pandemic Crisis Action Plan, evidence to show that the Emergency Support Function Leadership Group concurred with the Pandemic Crisis Action Plan, and evidence to show that FEMA made adjustments to the Pandemic Crisis Action Plan and … %PDF-1.4 %���� 0000002981 00000 n GAO is examining many aspects of the federal response and is your source for that fact-based, nonpartisan information. GAO Review of COVID-19 Response Finds Medical Supply Chain Problems, Calls for National Vaccine Plan September 24, 2020 Homeland Security Today A Government Accountability Office report released Monday updated the agency’s oversight of federal actions to support public health, individuals, and the economy during the COVID-19 pandemic . 0000009714 00000 n The GAO also has repeatedly warned about the ability of hospitals to deal with a flu pandemic, due to a the sudden shortage of doctors and the … 0000014256 00000 n 1005 27 0000005582 00000 n GAO report slams Trump administration response to the coronavirus pandemic President Donald Trump salutes Marine One from a White House balcony in … 0000003518 00000 n trailer Pandemic planning and exercising has occurred at the federal, state, and local government levels, but important planning gaps remain at all levels of government. , logistics, and accounting for stopping — and surviving — the pandemic Accountability! 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