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 2006-02-28 monographic deposited born digital 34 p. GA 1.13:GAO-06-481T https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GAOREPORTS-GAO-06-481T P0b002ee180394017 f:d06481t DGPO 2010-08-12 2011-03-23 GAOREPORTS-GAO-06-481T machine generated eng fdlp REPORT GAOREPORTS-GAO-06-481T GAO-06-481T First responders Health care programs Health hazards Health research programs Lessons learned Locally administered programs Medical examinations Monitoring Performance measures Program management State-administered programs FDNY WTC Medical Monitoring Program HHS WTC Federal Responder Screening Program Testimony A47937 After the 2001 attack on the World Trade Center (WTC), nearly 3,000 people died and an estimated 250,000 to 400,000 people in the vicinity were affected. An estimated 40,000 people who responded to the disaster--including New York City Fire Department (FDNY) personnel and other government and private-sector workers and volunteers--were exposed to physical and mental health hazards. Concerns remain about the long-term health effects of the attack and about the nation's capacity to plan for and respond to health effects resulting from future disasters. Several federally funded programs have monitored the physical and mental health effects of the WTC attack. These monitoring programs include one-time screening programs and programs that also conduct follow-up monitoring. GAO was asked to assess the progress of these programs and examined (1) federally funded programs implemented by state and local government agencies or private institutions, (2) federally administered programs to monitor the health of federal workers who responded to the disaster in an official capacity, and (3) lessons learned from WTC monitoring programs. GAO reviewed program documents and interviewed federal, state, and local officials and others involved in WTC monitoring programs. This statement updates information GAO provided to Congress on September 10, 2005. https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GAOREPORTS-GAO-06-481T/html/GAOREPORTS-GAO-06-481T.htm https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GAOREPORTS-GAO-06-481T/pdf/GAOREPORTS-GAO-06-481T.pdf GAO-06-481T https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GAOREPORTS-GAO-06-481T Testimony GAO-06-481T; September 11: Monitoring of World Trade Center Health Effects Has Progressed, but Program for Federal Responders Lags Behind; First responders Health care programs Health hazards Health research programs Lessons learned Locally administered programs Medical examinations Monitoring Performance measures Program management State-administered programs FDNY WTC Medical Monitoring Program HHS WTC Federal Responder Screening Program Volume 88 Page 143 88 Stat. 143 Volume 115 Page 220-221 Volume 115 Page 2230 115 Stat. 220-221 115 Stat. 2230 Volume 116 Page 820 116 Stat. 820 Volume 117 Page 11 117 Stat. 11 Volume 119 Page 2680 119 Stat. 2680 Public Law 93-288 Public Law 107-38 Public Law 107-117 Public Law 107-206 Public Law 108-7 Public Law 109-148