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 2007-03-29 monographic deposited born digital 18 p. GA 1.13:GAO-07-687T https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GAOREPORTS-GAO-07-687T P0b002ee18037ad6c f:d07687t DGPO 2010-08-12 2011-03-24 GAOREPORTS-GAO-07-687T machine generated eng fdlp REPORT GAOREPORTS-GAO-07-687T GAO-07-687T Accountability Anthrax Biological warfare Collection procedures Contamination Disease detection or diagnosis Evaluation methods Federal facilities Homeland security Internal controls Investigations by federal agencies Postal facilities Strategic planning Testing Policies and procedures Affirmative responsibility determinations Testimony A67464 In September and October 2001, contaminated letters laced with Bacillus anthracis were sent through the mail to two U.S. senators and members of the media. Postal facilities in New Jersey, Washington, D.C., and elsewhere became heavily contaminated. The anthrax incidents highlighted major gaps in civilian preparedness to detect anthrax contamination in buildings. GAO was asked to describe and assess federal agencies' activities to detect anthrax in postal facilities, assess the results of agencies' testing, and assess whether agencies' detection activities were validated. https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GAOREPORTS-GAO-07-687T/html/GAOREPORTS-GAO-07-687T.htm https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GAOREPORTS-GAO-07-687T/pdf/GAOREPORTS-GAO-07-687T.pdf GAO-07-687T https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GAOREPORTS-GAO-07-687T Testimony GAO-07-687T; Anthrax Detection: DHS Cannot Ensure That Sampling Activities Will Be Validated; Accountability Anthrax Biological warfare Collection procedures Contamination Disease detection or diagnosis Evaluation methods Federal facilities Homeland security Internal controls Investigations by federal agencies Postal facilities Strategic planning Testing Policies and procedures Affirmative responsibility determinations