Virginia Tech and the April 2007 massacre
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Virginia Tech's internal reviews of the April 16 massacre
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On May 9, 2007, Virginia Tech President Charles Steger directed three internal reviews in the wake of the April 16 tragedy on the Virginia Tech campus. He directed the chairs "to look at strengths and weaknesses of our existing systems/infrastructure and how they may be improved or augmented to address emergency situations that might arise in the future." These reviews are internal in structure and focus and not intended to be forensic in nature. Says Steger, "I asked for the creation of two different, but concurrent review processes. The external review commissioned by Governor Kaine is essentially investigatory in nature, while ours is a forward looking review of university policy, resources, and infrastructure through the prism of April 16."
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Report to the President on Issues Raised by the Virginia Tech Tragedy
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The President directed top officials at the Departments of Education, Justice, and Health and Human Services to participate in a federal review of the broad questions raised by the shooting tragedy at Virginia Tech. HHS Secretary Mike Leavitt will lead the effort to report back to the President with recommendations about helping to avoid such tragedies. The final report was released June 13, 2007
