The Response:

Letter from O&I to the CDC regarding reorganization & management of resources.

• As part of its public health oversight responsibilities, the Committee on Energy and Commerce monitors the management of HHS agencies, including the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). The Committee’s oversight interest is to ensure that the CDC effectively manages its financial resources and its reorganization....we request that the CDC provide the following by November 6, 2006
   

Activists Respond to O&I's CDC Request
Recommendations for Committee
November 6, 2006

We ask for the opportunity to respond with considerations and recommendations pertinent to this investigation. The purpose for this request is to advise the committee that CDC "Reorganization" has really meant privatizing an agency established to protect public's interest. Reorganization delegate entrusted responsibilities to the private sector, through non-profits, shifting away from serving the public good, to serving special interests. Privatization lacks accountability, transparency, oversight, and compromises the public’s safety through weakened agency enforcement.