Food and Drug Administration: Resources for Division of Scientific Investigations Have Been Reduced
HRD-86-136FS
Published: Aug 28, 1986. Publicly Released: Sep 29, 1986.
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Pursuant to a congressional request, GAO obtained information on the activities of the Food and Drug Administration's (FDA) Division of Scientific Investigations (DSI), specifically whether: (1) there have been major reductions in the DSI work force since 1981; (2) FDA filled vacant positions in DSI; (3) travel funds have been reduced; and (4) the location of the DSI office away from FDA headquarters has affected its program activities.
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