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CDC/ATSDR) Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) Request Log January-June 2019 Description of document: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry (CDC/ATSDR) Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request log January-June 2019 Requested date: 18-August-2019 Release date: 28-August-2019 Posted date: 09-December-2019 Source of document: FOIA Request CDC/ATSDR Attn: FOIA Office, MS-D54 1600 Clifton Road, NE Atlanta, GA 30333 Fax: (404) 235-1852 Email: [email protected] The governmentattic.org web site (“the site”) is a First Amendment free speech web site, and is noncommercial and free to the public. The site and materials made available on the site, such as this file, are for reference only. The governmentattic.org web site and its principals have made every effort to make this information as complete and as accurate as possible, however, there may be mistakes and omissions, both typographical and in content. 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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES Public Health Service Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Atlanta GA 30333 August 28, 2019 Sent Via Email This letter is regarding to your Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry (CDC/ATSDR) Freedom oflnformation Act (FOIA) request of August 18, 2019, assigned #19-01086-FOIA, for: "The CDC/ATSDR FOIA Office provides monthly reports to CDC/ATSDR Management on FOIA Administration, FOIA Requests, and FOIA backlogs. I request a copy of the most recent five such monthly reports." A responsive record in the form of two Excel spreadsheets is being released to you in part. After a careful review of all data, some information was withheld from release pursuant to 5 U.S.C. §552 Exemption (b)(6). EXEMPTION6 Exemption 6 protects information in personnel and medical files and similar files when disclosure would constitute a clearly unwarranted invasion of personal privacy. The information that has been withheld under Exemption 6 consists of personal information, such as names of private citizens, laboratory sample numbers, and other private information. We have determined that the individuals to whom this information pertains have a substantial privacy interest in withholding it. In addition, please be informed that our FOIA office does not furnish a monthly report to management; instead, we post our monthly statistics on our FOIA website found at https://www.cdc.gov/od/foia/resources/ references.htm. You may contact our FOIA Public Liaison at 770-488-6277 for any further assistance and to discuss any aspect of your request. Additionally, you may contact the Office of Government Information Services (OGIS) at the National Archives and Records Administration to inquire about the FOIA mediation services they offer. The contact information for OGIS is as follows: Office of Government Information Services, National Archives and Records Administration, 8601 Adelphi Road-OGIS, College Park, Maryland 20740-6001, e-mail at [email protected]; telephone at 202-741-5770; toll free at 1-877-684-6448; or facsimile at 202-741-5769. If you are not satisfied with the response to this request, you may administratively appeal by writing to the Deputy Agency Chief FOIA Officer, Office of the Assistant Secretary for Public Affairs, U.S. Page 2 Department of Health and Human Services, Hubert H. Humphrey Building, 200 Independence Avenue, Suite 729H, Washington, D.C. 20201. Please mark both your appeal letter and envelope "FOIA Appeal." Your appeal must be postmarked or electronically transmitted by November 26, 2019. Sincerely, Roger Andoh CDC/ATSDRFOIA Officer Office of the Chief Operating Officer Phone: (770) 488-6399 Fax: ( 404) 235-1852 Enclosures #19-01086-FOIA FOIA Log January 1 2019 - March 31 2019 FOIA Log- January 1, 2019-March 31, 2019 Request ID Received Date Requester Name Organization Request Description 19-00191-FOIA 1/9/2019 Keys (#22458017), Clay - copies of FOIA requests # 13-00242, 13-00247, 13-00293, 13-00326 19-00207-FOIA 1/2/2019 Jabour, Melissa Atlee Hall, LLP Any and all information, documents and/or reports generated and/or produced as a result of the Center for Disease Control and Prevention's on- site investigation of WellSpan York Hospital from July 26 through August 14, 2015, including, but not limited to the "Trip Report" or "Epi-2" report; and any and all documents and/or reports generated as a result of the CDC's inspection of any LivaNova or Sorin 3T heater-cooler devices, which were owned by York Hospital. (Date Range for Record Search: From 07/26/2015 To 01/01/2016) 19-00213-FOIA 1/25/2019 Freudenthal, Emmanuel - respective copy of the following records: 1. A copy of all of contracts between the CDC and any subcontractors involved in the collection, transport, processing, storage and shipping of Ebola samples from Liberia, Sierra Leone and/or Guinea between 2013 and now. 2. A list of security incidents related to the transportation, storage, tracking, and use of Ebola samples collected in Liberia, Sierra Leone and/or Guinea. 3. A list of all the projects funded by the CDC with ‘Ebola’ in the name or the description between 2013 and today. 4. The final reports, if they exist, or the annual reports of all the projects funded by the CDC under the Consolidated and Further Continuing Appropriations Act, 2015 (H.R. 83) and the HHS Public Health and Social Services Emergency Fund (PHSSEF). i.e. those that have the word ‘Ebola’ and that would be the projects that are listed in the reply to Point 3. 19-00217-FOIA 1/9/2019 Finnegan, Adam - respective copies of the following conference sponsored by the CDC and FDA: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Proceedings of the First National Conference on Lyme Disease Testing, Dearborn, Michigan, 1990. Centers for Disease Control and Food and Drug Administration, Washington, DC, November 1–2, 1990. 19-00226-FOIA 1/14/2019 Jabour, Robin Atlee Hall, LLP Any and all raw data, data collection, background data and reports that pertain to an article written by Meghan Lyman, et al., entitled "Invasive Nontuberculous Mycobacterial Infections Among Cardiothoracic Surgical Patients Exposed to Heater-Cooler Devices," published in May 2017 in Emerging Infectious Diseases journal. (Date Range for Record Search: From 07/01/2015 To 12/01/2017) 19-00228-FOIA 1/23/2019 Fultz, Diane Atlee Hall, LLP All raw data, testing results from patient isolates, testing results from Sorin 3T heater-cooler units, and any results from comparison testing between the machine isolates and patient isolates from Hershey Medical Center in Hershey, Pennsylvania. (Date Range for Record Search: From 07/01/2015 To 12/01/2017) 19-00229-FOIA 1/23/2019 Fultz, Diane Atlee Hall, LLP All raw data, testing results from patient isolates, testing results from Sorin 3T heater-cooler units, and any results from comparison testing between the machine isolates and patient isolates from Penn Presbyterian Medical Center in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. (Date Range for Record Search: From 07/01/2015 To 12/01/2017) Page 1 of 40 Pages FOIA Log January 1 2019 - March 31 2019 FOIA Log- January 1, 2019-March 31, 2019 Request ID Received Date Requester Name Organization Request Description 19-00231-FOIA 1/10/2019 Hagemann, Hannah The Monterey County Herald Pursuant to the federal Freedom of Information Act, 5 U.S.C. 552, I request the following information: all documents, budgets, studies, reports related to the health risks of continued, multi-year exposure to wildfire smoke. I would like to receive the information in electronic format. I would like to receive the information in electronic format. I am making the request as a reporter and student currently studying at the UC Santa Cruz Science Writing Graduate program; this request is made as part of newsgathering and not for commercial use. As a representative of the news media I am only required to pay for the direct cost of duplication after the first 100 pages. I ask that you waive any and all applicable fees associated with this request. Through this request, I am gathering information on firefighter health and safety. Release of this information is in the public interest because it will contribute significantly to the public understanding of government operations and activities, particularly on the realm of firefighter health, and the health risks of continued exposure to wildfire smoke. If you deny this request for a fee waiver, please advise me in advance of the estimated charges if they are to exceed $100. If my request is denied in whole or part, I ask that you justify all deletions by reference to specific exemptions of the Act. I will also expect you to release all segregable portions of otherwise exempt material. I reserve the right to appeal your decision to withhold any information or to deny a waiver of fees. I also ask that you provide expedited review of this request which concerns a matter of urgency. The information sought relates to a currently unfolding story, specifically, that the first study investigating the respiratory health of forest firefighters is happening now. Second, delaying release of the information harms the public interest in knowing what actions are being taken to understand the health risks of firefighters’ exposure to wildfire.
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