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Summary of GAO's Findings on the Safety and Efficacy of the Anthrax Vaccine (open access)

Summary of GAO's Findings on the Safety and Efficacy of the Anthrax Vaccine

Correspondence issued by the General Accounting Office with an abstract that begins "Pursuant to a congressional request, GAO reviewed the Department of Defense's (DOD) anthrax immunization program, focusing on the: (1) need for a six-shot regimen and annual booster shots; (2) long- and short-term safety of the vaccine; (3) efficacy of the vaccine; and (4) extent to which problems the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) found in the vaccine production facility in Michigan could compromise the safety, efficacy, and quality of the vaccine."
Date: November 4, 1999
Creator: United States. General Accounting Office.
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library
Social Security: Evaluating Reform Proposals (open access)

Social Security: Evaluating Reform Proposals

A letter report issued by the General Accounting Office with an abstract that begins "Pursuant to a congressional request, GAO analyzed the potential budgetary and economic effects of several Social Security reform proposals."
Date: November 4, 1999
Creator: United States. General Accounting Office.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Nursing Home Care: Enhanced HCFA Oversight of State Programs Would Better Ensure Quality (open access)

Nursing Home Care: Enhanced HCFA Oversight of State Programs Would Better Ensure Quality

A letter report issued by the General Accounting Office with an abstract that begins "Pursuant to a congressional request, GAO provided information on the Health Care Financing Administration's (HCFA) oversight programs of state agencies' nursing home survey process, focusing on the: (1) effectiveness of HCFA's approaches to assessing state agency performance; (2) extent to which HCFA's regional offices vary in their application of these approaches; and (3) the corrective actions available to HCFA when it identifies poor state agency performance."
Date: November 4, 1999
Creator: United States. General Accounting Office.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Year 2000 Computing Challenge: Noteworthy Improvements in Readiness But Vulnerabilities Remain (open access)

Year 2000 Computing Challenge: Noteworthy Improvements in Readiness But Vulnerabilities Remain

Testimony issued by the General Accounting Office with an abstract that begins "Pursuant to a congressional request, GAO discussed the year 2000 technology problem, focusing on: (1) the federal government's progress and challenges that remain in correcting its systems; (2) state and local government year 2000 issues; and (3) the readiness of key public infrastructure and economic sectors."
Date: November 4, 1999
Creator: United States. General Accounting Office.
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library
Nursing Homes: HCFA Should Strengthen Its Oversight of State Agencies to Better Ensure Quality Care (open access)

Nursing Homes: HCFA Should Strengthen Its Oversight of State Agencies to Better Ensure Quality Care

Testimony issued by the General Accounting Office with an abstract that begins "Pursuant to a congressional request, GAO discussed its study of the Health Care Financing Administration's (HFCA) implementation of two of its nursing home initiatives."
Date: November 4, 1999
Creator: United States. General Accounting Office.
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library