FOIA request to the Department of Health and Human Services seeking guidance provided to contractors regarding a coronavirus ad campaign.

Joint Status Report filed by American Oversight, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, and the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services in American Oversight's lawsuit over the department’s practice of rejecting valid Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) requests — including requests related to the coronavirus pandemic.

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The Department of Health and Human Services' Centers for Disease Control and Prevention stated that it had no records responsive to American Oversight's request for directives, orders, memoranda, or guidance regarding Covid-19 testing, including records concerning whether to use the World Health Organization's test and nationwide testing kit data.

If there were any hopes that Secretary of State Mike Pompeo would, after having been accused of Hatch Act violations this summer, tone down his political activities as the election drew nearer, his recent pledge to release the emails of former Secretary Hillary Clinton has put those expectations to rest.

Records from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in response to American Oversight's request for email communications concerning changes to the CDC’s guidance on coronavirus transmission.

FOIA request to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention seeking communications and guidance provided to contractors regarding a coronavirus ad campaign.

FOIA request to the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases seeking communications and guidance provided to contractors regarding a coronavirus ad campaign.

FOIA request to the National Institute of Health seeking communications and guidance provided to contractors regarding a coronavirus ad campaign.

FOIA request to the Department of Health and Human Services seeking communications with Pfizer about a potential Covid-19 vaccine.