Thank you, Chair.
Members may recall that there was an outbreak of avian influenza in 2004, and the agency at the time was quite severely criticized for how they dealt with it. We found in this audit that they had learned from that. They have improved their practices and policies. When there were subsequent outbreaks in 2007 and 2009, we looked at how they managed those outbreaks. We found they followed their policies and procedures. They do much better training and they do exercises. So we believe they have made significant progress over that five-year period.
Now they need to complete the same work for other diseases, but they have dealt with the diseases they believe are the highest risk.