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Protecting Animal and Public Health: Homeland Security and the Federal Veterinarian Workforce

Oversight

Agenda

This hearing focused on a number of issues identified in a U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) review of the Federal veterinarian workforce (GAO-09-178). At the request of the Subcommittee, GAO examined the Federal government’s efforts in assessing the sufficiency of this workforce for routine program activities and catastrophic events, including pandemic outbreaks, as well as the workforce challenges Federal and State agencies encountered during four recent zoonotic outbreaks. The full report can be found online: http://www.gao.gov/new.items/d09178.pdf

Witnesses

Panel 1

  • Ms.  Lisa R. Shames
    Director, Natural Resources and Environment
    U.S. Government Accountability Office
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  • Ms.  Nancy Kichak
    Associate Director, Strategic Human Resource Policy
    U.S. Office of Personnel Management
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  • Dr.  Gerald W. Parker
    Principle Deputy Assistant Secretary, Office of the Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response
    U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
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  • Ms.  Jill M. Crumpacker
    Director, Office of Human Capital Management
    U.S. Department of Agriculture
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  • Dr.  Thomas J. McGinn
    Director and Chief Veterinarian, Food Agriculture, and Veterinary Defense Division, Office of Health Affairs and Office of the Chief Medical Officer
    U.S. Department of Homeland Security
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Panel 2