COVID-19: opportunities to improve federal response and recovery efforts : report to the Congress
- Collection:
- Health Policy and Services Research
- Contributor(s):
- United States. Government Accountability Office. issuing body. United States. Congress. issuing body.
- Publication:
- Washington, DC : United States Government Accountability Office, June 2020
- Language(s):
- English
- Format:
- Text
- Subject(s):
- COVID-19 -- economics Government Regulation Pandemics -- legislation & jurisprudence United States
- Genre(s):
- Technical Report
- Abstract:
- Why GAO did this study. The outbreak of COVID-19 quickly spread around the globe. As of June 17, 2020, the United States had over 2 million reported cases of COVID-19, and over 100,000 reported deaths, according to federal agencies. Parts of the nation have also seen severely strained health care systems. Also, the country has experienced a significant and rapid downturn in the economy. Four relief laws, including the CARES Act, were enacted as of June 2020 to provide appropriations to address the public health and economic threats posed by COVID-19. In addition, the administration created the White House Coronavirus Task Force. The CARES Act includes a provision for GAO to report bimonthly on its ongoing monitoring and oversight efforts related to the COVID-19 pandemic. This initial report examines key actions the federal government has taken to address the COVID-19 pandemic and evolving lessons learned relevant to the nation’s response to pandemics, among other things. GAO reviewed data and documents from federal agencies about their activities and interviewed federal and state officials as well as industry representatives. GAO also reviewed available economic, health, and budgetary data. What GAO recommends. GAO is making 3 new recommendations for agencies and 3 matters for consideration for Congress that are detailed in this Highlights and in the report.
- Copyright:
- The National Library of Medicine believes this item to be in the public domain. (More information)
- Extent:
- 1 online resource (1 PDF file (vii, 392 pages))
- Illustrations:
- Illustrations
- NLM Unique ID:
- 9918284256506676 (See catalog record)
- Permanent Link:
- http://resource.nlm.nih.gov/9918284256506676