United States Government Publishing Office publisher pbl distributor dst United States Government Accountability Office author aut Government Organization text government publication eng GAOREPORTS Legislative Agency Publications gao legislative 2010-08-12 U.S. Government Printing Office 2005-07-14 monographic deposited born digital 46 p. GA 1.13:GAO-05-632 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GAOREPORTS-GAO-05-632 P0b002ee18039e8c4 f:d05632 DGPO 2010-08-12 2011-03-28 GAOREPORTS-GAO-05-632 machine generated eng fdlp REPORT GAOREPORTS-GAO-05-632 GAO-05-632 Data collection Health hazards Military forces Military personnel Military policies Noncompliance Occupational health standards Reporting requirements Safety standards Standards evaluation Hazardous substances DOD Operation Iraqi Freedom Persian Gulf War Other Written Product A29877 Following the 1991 Persian Gulf War, research and investigations into the causes of servicemembers' unexplained illnesses were hampered by inadequate occupational and environmental exposure data. In 1997, the Department of Defense (DOD) developed a militarywide health surveillance framework that includes occupational and environmental health surveillance (OEHS)--the regular collection and reporting of occupational and environmental health hazard data by the military services. GAO is reporting on (1) how the deployed military services have implemented DOD's policies for collecting and reporting OEHS data for Operation Iraqi Freedom (OIF) and (2) the efforts under way to use OEHS reports to address both immediate and long-term health issues of servicemembers deployed in support of OIF. https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GAOREPORTS-GAO-05-632/html/GAOREPORTS-GAO-05-632.htm https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GAOREPORTS-GAO-05-632/pdf/GAOREPORTS-GAO-05-632.pdf GAO-05-632 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GAOREPORTS-GAO-05-632 Other Written Product GAO-05-632; Defense Health Care: Improvements Needed in Occupational and Environmental Health Surveillance During Deployments to Address Immediate and Long-Term Health Issues; Data collection Health hazards Military forces Military personnel Military policies Noncompliance Occupational health standards Reporting requirements Safety standards Standards evaluation Hazardous substances DOD Operation Iraqi Freedom Persian Gulf War Volume 111 Page 1629 111 Stat. 1629 Volume 118 Page 1811 118 Stat. 1811 Public Law 105-85