Tuesday, April 08, 2003

CDC REPLY TO MY FOIA REQUEST

The following brief letter arrived via snail mail yesterday. I am quite pleased the Centers for Disease Control has responded so quickly to my FOIA request for their report on the investigation conducted last year, at my request, on the Stop AIDS Project of San Francisco.

My question was simple. Is the Stop AIDS Project effective at preventing new HIV infections among gay men in this town?

CDC dispatched four investigators in August to assess how the project uses CDC HIV prevention grants and to determine if the group is successful at meeting its stated objective; to stop AIDS. Yet, eight months later, no report has been issued by CDC.

Let’s hope the agency finally releases its findings on the Stop AIDS Project, under the provisions of FOIA.
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April 4, 2003

Dear Mr. Petrelis:

This letter is an interim response to your April 1, 2003, letter to Dr. Julie Gerberding, Director, CDC, pertaining to the Stop AIDS Project.

Your letter is being handled as a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request.

A response will be provided as quickly as possible.

Sincerely yours,
Lynn Armstrong
CDC/ATSDR FOIA Officer
Office of Communication
404-639-7270
Fax: 404-639-7395

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