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
Director, Natural Resources and Environment
U.S. Government Accountability Office
Associate Director, Strategic Human Resource Policy
U.S. Office of Personnel Management
Principle Deputy Assistant Secretary, Office of the Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
Director, Office of Human Capital Management
U.S. Department of Agriculture
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
Chief Executive Officer
American Veterinary Medical Association
Executive Vice President
National Association of Federal Veterinarians
Executive Director
Association of American Veterinary Medical Colleges
U.S. Senate Committee on Homeland Security & Governmental Affairs
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