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 2006-12-05 monographic deposited born digital 16 p. GA 1.13:GAO-07-233T https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GAOREPORTS-GAO-07-233T P0b002ee1803a0303 f:d07233t DGPO 2010-08-12 2011-03-28 GAOREPORTS-GAO-07-233T machine generated eng fdlp REPORT GAOREPORTS-GAO-07-233T GAO-07-233T Claims processing Compensation claims Federal funds Hazardous substances Health hazards Occupational safety Program evaluation Program management Radiation exposure hazards Safety standards Workers compensation Program goals or objectives Program implementation Testimony A63887 The Energy Employees Occupational Illness Compensation Program Act (EEOICPA) was enacted in 2000 to compensate Department of Energy employees and contractors who developed work-related illnesses such as cancer and lung disease. Energy administered Subtitle D of the program. Subtitle B of the program is administered by the Department of Labor, which uses estimates of workers' likely radiation exposure to make compensation decisions. The estimates, known as dose reconstructions, are performed by the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) under the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS). The act specified that the President establish an Advisory Board on Radiation and Worker Health to review the scientific validity of NIOSH's dose reconstructions and recommend whether workers should be part of special exposure cohorts whose claimants can be compensated without dose reconstructions. A recent memorandum from the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) to Labor has raised concern about potential efforts to unduly contain the cost of benefits paid to claimants. This testimony presents GAO's past work on program performance and the work of the advisory board. It also highlights GAO's ongoing work relevant to issues raised by the OMB memorandum. GAO interviewed key officials and reviewed contract and other agency documents. https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GAOREPORTS-GAO-07-233T/html/GAOREPORTS-GAO-07-233T.htm https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GAOREPORTS-GAO-07-233T/pdf/GAOREPORTS-GAO-07-233T.pdf GAO-07-233T https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GAOREPORTS-GAO-07-233T Testimony GAO-07-233T; Energy Employees Compensation: GAO's Prior Work Has Identified Needed Improvements in Various Aspects of the Program; Claims processing Compensation claims Federal funds Hazardous substances Health hazards Occupational safety Program evaluation Program management Radiation exposure hazards Safety standards Workers compensation Program goals or objectives Program implementation Public Law 106-398 Public Law 108-375