U.S.

DEPARTMENT

OF HEALTH AND HUMAN

SERVICES

Public Health Service

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Atlanta GA 30333

September 3, 2013

Mr. Chase Murray Legislative Aide Office of The Honorable Robert Woodall United States House of Representatives 1725 Longworth HOB Washington, DC 20515

Dear Mr. Murray: This Icttcr is in response to an inquiry from Representative Woodall regarding his constituent, Mr. Peter Heimlich. On October 11,2010, the United States Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Office of the Inspector General (OIG) received a request for an investigation of the Savc-Avl.ife Foundation (SALF). The complaint alleged that Centers for Disease Control and Prevention awarded millions of public dollars to the Save-A-Life Foundation with little to no oversight and requested that a review be conducted to determine whether those monies were properly administered. Additionally, the complaint questioned the relationship between SALF and a CDC employee who once served as SALF's Corporate Treasurer. After reviewing the complaint, Inspector General Daniel R. Levinson determined that the complaint would be more appropriately addressed administratively by CDC. CDC takes complaints of fraud, waste and abuse very seriously, and fully investigated the matter. CDC's administrative investigation of the matter found that the grant to SALF was administered properly; additionally, CDC found no violations of the criminal contlict of interest statutes found in Title 18 of the United States Code by the employee in question. Information provided by the Inspector General to CDC in relation to its investigation of the SALF matter may not be released except by the Inspector General. All inquiries regarding that investigation should be referred to the HHS Office of the Inspector General for a response. Additionally, Mr. Heimlich's document requests regarding CDC's activities with Save-a-Life Foundation are managed through CDC's Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) process. Our FOIA staff works to respond to all public inquiries on a first in, first out basis and, in a timely manner. Regarding Mr. Heimlich's past requests, CDC has searched for and provided documents to Mr. Heimlich as required by federal laws and regulations.

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Mr. Heimlich has submitted nine requests and one appeal since March. 20 IO. Currently, Mr. Ilcimlich has two open FOIA requests: case number 13-00796 and case number 11-00272. The CDC FOIA Office is currently conducting a search for the records related to those requests. and will inform Mr. Heimlich of our findings upon completion of the search and review of the records. As of this date. Mr. Heimlich has received a complete response for all other rOIA requests and the appeal that he has submitted.

Sincerely.

Chief Operating Officer Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

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