FOIA Number: HHS-CDC-21-0778

Emails Show Industry Influence on Florida Cruise Ship Preemption Bill

December 17, 2021
Cruise industry lobbyists were heavily involved in crafting a bill that prevents Florida municipalities from placing restrictions, including those related to public health measures, on cruise ships docking at their ports.

Covid-19 Oversight News: 2021’s Death Toll, Private-Sector Bailouts, and Scrutiny of Trucking Company’s Pandemic Loan

October 12, 2021
American Oversight’s Covid-19 Oversight Hub provides news and policy resources to help you keep track of investigations into the government’s pandemic response. The project brings together a public documents database, an oversight tracker of important ongoing investigations and litigation, regular news updates, and deeper dives into key issues.

News Roundup: More Bogus Audits, Trump’s Covid-19 Postcards, and the Costs of ‘Operation Lone Star’

October 1, 2021
As we wrote last week, it did not matter that the sham “audit” of votes cast in Maricopa County repeated what had already been confirmed by actual independent audits — that Joe Biden defeated Trump. The election review’s primary outcome was in keeping conspiracy theories and lies about voter fraud alive for the multiple months it dragged on.

HHS Records of CDC Communications Concerning Cruise Ship Lobbying

July 15, 2021
Records from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services in response to American Oversight's request for Centers for Disease Control and Prevention communications with Florida politicians and representatives of cruise industry interests. These records include email communications with Norwegian Cruise Line CEO Frank J. Del Rio about Covid-19 travel warning system.

FOIA to HHS Seeking CDC Communications Regarding Cruise Ship Industry Lobbying

June 3, 2021
FOIA request to the Department of Health and Human Services seeking Centers for Disease Control and Prevention communications with Florida politicians and representatives of cruise industry interests.