The CDC's Employee Speech Policies
Documents released in our FOIA lawsuit for the CDC's policies on employee speech
This reading room contains all of the documents produced to date in Knight Institute v. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) lawsuit the Knight Institute filed on April 2, 2020, seeking records relating to restrictions on the ability of CDC employees to speak with members of the press and the public.
Our FOIA lawsuit was prompted by widespread reporting that the CDC has been sidelined in the government’s public response to the COVID-19 pandemic and that the Office of the Vice President has been controlling CDC communications and limiting the ability of CDC scientists to speak to the public or to the press.
On June 9, 2020, the CDC released its first set of documents in response to our request. We received four documents, two of which contained redactions concealing critical details about the role of the Office of the Vice President in controlling CDC communications. We will publish additional documents here as we receive them.
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Email from Jeffrey Lancashire re: ALL correspondence with media must now be cleared through Atlanta
Series of emails about new media clearance process. Partially redacted.
7/6/2020
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Email from Jill Ashman re: ALL correspondence with media must now be cleared through Atlanta
Series of emails, including questions and answers, about new media clearance process. Partially redacted.
7/6/2020
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Email from Jill Ashman re: ALL correspondence with media must now be cleared through Atlanta
Series of emails, including questions and answers, about new media clearance process. Partially redacted.
7/6/2020
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Email from Renee Gindi re: ALL correspondence with media must now be cleared through Atlanta
Email commenting on new media clearance process. Partially redacted.
7/6/2020
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Calendar invitations from Kate Galatas to CDC communications officers
Calendar invitations from the CDC Deputy Communications Director to various individuals.
7/6/2020
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Email from Erin Connelly re: communication clearance policies
Series of emails describing efforts to clarify communications clearance policies. Partially redacted.
7/6/2020
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Email from Donna Pickett re: ALL correspondence with media must now be cleared through Atlanta
Email sharing new media clearance process with additional instructions.
7/6/2020
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Email from Jeffrey Lancashire re: ALL correspondence with media must now be cleared through Atlanta
Series of emails, including questions and answers, about new media clearance process. Partially redacted.
7/6/2020
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Email from Erin Connelly re: communications clearance policies
Email answering question from Nancy Messonnier regarding communications clearance policies. Partially redacted.
7/6/2020
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Email from Jeffrey Lancashire re: ALL correspondence with media must now be cleared through Atlanta
Email from Jeffrey Lancashire discussing new changes to media clearance process.
7/6/2020