Center for Investigative Reporting sues Department of Health and Human Services

The Center for Investigative Reporting (CIR) has sued the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) over its alleged failure to respond to reporters’ Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) requests.  

Almost 13,000 FOIA cases have piled up after multiple firings of FOIA staff at the Food and Drug Administration, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the Administration for Children and Families (ACF) and National Institutes of Health, the suit charges. 

The plaintiffs demand that three FOIA requests — by reporters Julia Metraux, Madison Pauly and Julia Lurie — be answered and the requested information provided. 

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