DOD animal research : controls on animal use are generally effective, but improvements are needed : report to the Chairman and Ranking Minority Member, Committee on Armed Services, House of Representatives / United States General Accounting Office.
- United States. General Accounting Office
- Date:
- [1999]
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Credit: DOD animal research : controls on animal use are generally effective, but improvements are needed : report to the Chairman and Ranking Minority Member, Committee on Armed Services, House of Representatives / United States General Accounting Office. Source: Wellcome Collection.
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![ee, “COOUNtability * Integrity * Reliability INFORMATION SER 17 MAY 2002 iY VICE International Affairs Division B-278778.1 July 8, 1999 The Honorable Floyd Spence Chairman The Honorable Ike Skelton Ranking Minority Member Committee on Armed Services House of Representatives In 1992 and 1994 the House Committee on Armed Services held hearings on concerns that had been raised by the public and animal welfare interest groups about Department of Defense (DOD) research projects that utilize animals and inadequate public disclosure of DOD’s activities involving the use of animals. DOD’s Inspector General also investigated DOD’s animal use projects and made several recommendations to improve oversight and public accountability. In response to the recommendations, DOD made several changes, including a new and publicly available database of animal use projects,’ new practices for preparing and reviewing research, and an annual animal use report to Congress. However, the public and animal welfare groups have continued to raise questions about whether DOD uses animals, particularly higher-order animals such as nonhuman primates, cats, dogs, and farm animals, appropriately. In light of these concerns, your Committee directed us to examine DOD’s management and oversight of its animal research programs.” As agreed with your offices, we examined to what extent projects funded or performed by DOD utilizing animals (1) were directed toward military objectives; (2) unnecessarily duplicated other research; and (8) incorporated alternatives that reduced, replaced, or refined the use of animals. We reviewed relevant legislation, regulations, policies, and procedures and interviewed DOD and other federal officials as well as representatives from animal] research and animal welfare interest groups. We also reviewed 'TIn an earlier report we discussed strengths and limitations of the database. See DOD Animal Research: Improvements Needed in Quality of Biomedical Research Database (GAO/NSIAD/HEHS-99-24, Dec. 14, 1998). * House Report 103-499 by the House Armed Services Committee in consideration of the National Defense Authorization Act for FiscalYear 1995.](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b32230618_0003.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
