Source: http://in.reuters.com/article/2014/1...0SI3IR20141023
U.S. security agency ill-prepared to deal with pandemic -audit
WASHINGTON Fri Oct 24, 2014 5:02am IST
Oct 23 (Reuters) - The U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS), which protects sites ranging from land borders and airports to the White House, may not be able to maintain operations in a pandemic due to inadequate supplies of protective gear and drugs for its staff, according to a government report on Thursday.
An audit, conducted by the DHS Office of Inspector General (OIG) and posted on a congressional website, said the sprawling bureaucracy has bought more than $16 million of gear and anti-viral drugs since 2006, often without determining how much it needed or keeping track of where supplies were stored.
The report was released ahead of a House of Representatives committee hearing, scheduled for Friday, to examine the Obama administration's response to the Ebola outbreak that has killed at least 4,877 people, mainly in West Africa, and infected two Texas healthcare workers since arriving on U.S. soil last month...
U.S. security agency ill-prepared to deal with pandemic -audit
WASHINGTON Fri Oct 24, 2014 5:02am IST
Oct 23 (Reuters) - The U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS), which protects sites ranging from land borders and airports to the White House, may not be able to maintain operations in a pandemic due to inadequate supplies of protective gear and drugs for its staff, according to a government report on Thursday.
An audit, conducted by the DHS Office of Inspector General (OIG) and posted on a congressional website, said the sprawling bureaucracy has bought more than $16 million of gear and anti-viral drugs since 2006, often without determining how much it needed or keeping track of where supplies were stored.
The report was released ahead of a House of Representatives committee hearing, scheduled for Friday, to examine the Obama administration's response to the Ebola outbreak that has killed at least 4,877 people, mainly in West Africa, and infected two Texas healthcare workers since arriving on U.S. soil last month...
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