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DOD Animal Research: Improvements Needed in Quality of Biomedical Research Database

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Report Type Reports and Testimonies
Report Date Dec. 14, 1998
Report No. NSIAD/HEHS-99-24
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Summary:

Members of Congress raised concerns in 1992 about the lack of disclosure about the military's use of animals in research. In response, the Defense Department (DOD) began submitting annual reports to Congress in 1994. The following year, DOD established the Biomedical Research Database, which contains information on research projects and training programs involving animals being conducted by its laboratories, military hospitals and bases, and contractors. GAO found that the database has improved public access to information about DOD's use of animals in its research activities. However, GAO also found instances in which the information in the database was inaccurate, incomplete, and inconsistent. Although GAO did not identify the full extent of these problems, the problems GAO identified suggest that DOD needs to improve the accuracy and extent of the information in the database.

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