CDC keeps public relations risk assessments secret

Instead of releasing information to the public, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention for years has engaged in "environmental scanning to determine emerging threats to the agency's reputation." The agency's employees have generated 4,000 pages of documents assessing risks posed by The Atlanta Journal-Constitution's reporting. But the CDC is keeping them secret, despite the Obama administration's directives that federal agencies presume government records are open to the public under the federal Freedom of Information Act (FOIA). CDC sits on documents