
Agencies failed to close gaps from biological incident preparedness exercises, Government Accountability Office finds
The Departments of Homeland Security, Defense, Health and Human Services and Agriculture regularly run interagency exercises to test preparedness for biological attacks. However, the Government Accountability Office (GAO) says the Covid-19 pandemic showed a lack of action in response. Chris Currie, director of homeland security issues at GAO, said the exercises his office analyzed, taking […]