American Oversight sued the CDC in 2020 after the agency improperly rejected several FOIA requests related to the pandemic.

Records from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention released in response to American Oversight’s request for communications containing terms related to the coronavirus and coronavirus testing.

Records released in response to American Oversight's request for communications of officials at the Department of Health and Human Services. The responsive records span the early days of the pandemic, from January to March.

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American Oversight letter to Department of Justice counsel representing the Centers for Disease Control in connection with a lawsuit filed May 15, 2020, against the CDC to compel compliance with Freedom of Information Act requests. The letter requests CDC to take prompt action to ensure that records that may be responsive to American Oversight’s FOIA requests are preserved, in light of reports that CDC Director Robert Redfield instructed staff to delete a politically sensitive email.

On Friday, the CDC released more than 700 pages of records sought by American Oversight in our lawsuit for the pandemic-related communications of top officials.

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.

Records from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in response to American Oversight's request for any directives, orders, decision memoranda, or guidance from the White House regarding public statements, public appearances, or communications or press strategy on the coronavirus. These records include explicit instructions not to talk with political commentator Greta Van Susteren at Voice of America.

Records from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in response to American Oversight's request for documents regarding Covid Task Force meetings.