CDC Employees Raise Concerns About 'Serious Issues' At Agency In Memo

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CDC Employees Raise Concerns About 'Serious Issues' At Agency In Memo

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Article Date: 02 Feb 2007 - 5:00 PST

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Employees from the National Center for Zoonotic, Vector-Borne and Enteric

Diseases at _CDC_ (http://www.cdc.gov/) have raised concerns about " very

serious issues " with the agency that have affected their ability to perform

their

jobs, according to an internal memo obtained by the _Atlanta

Journal-Constitution_

(http://www.ajc.com/metro/content/metro/stories/2007/01/30/0130MeshMorale.html)

.. According to the Journal-Constitution, the memo represents " the

latest documentation of serious, _ongoing problems_

(http://www.kaisernetwork.org/daily_reports/rep_index.cfm?hint=3 & DR_ID=42453)

at the public health

agency. " The memo, written last month by ZVED Director Lonnie King, highlights

the

results of interviews with more than 100 CDC employees. According to the memo,

CDC employees cited concerns about " dilution of our scientific capacities, "

a lack of resources, and ineffective systems and leadership. The memo states,

" There is frustration, anger and a sense of things spinning out of control.

....