CREW FILES FOIA REQUESTS WITH HHS AND CDC REGARDING $11 MILLION CONTRACT WITH COMPANY OF FORMER HHS SECRETARY TOMMY THOMPSON

Contact:

Naomi Seligman Steiner 202.408.5565 nseligman@citizensforethics.org

Related Documents

• 6/6/08 - CREW FOIA Request to HHS // 251 kb
• 6/6/08 - CREW FOIA Request to CDC // 252.7 kb

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6 Jun 2008 // Following up on news reports that Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) had awarded an $11 million contract to Logistics, a company headed by former HHS Secretary Tommy Thompson, Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington (CREW) sent two Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) requests today to the HHS [including one to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), the subject of the awarded contract].

CREW's FOIA requests seek documents related to contacts between Logistics and HHS since Mr. Thompson left the agency. The contract in question tracks the health of workers exposed to toxic debris from the 9/11 attacks on the World Trade Center.