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Science 29 September 2006:
Vol. 313. no. 5795, p. 1867
DOI: 10.1126/science.313.5795.1867b
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An anonymous Web-based tip line for addressing low morale at the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has logged 75 comments since it was launched last week by congressional Representative Henry Waxman (D-CA). "We were surprised" at the number of responses, says Karen Lightfoot, a spokesperson in Waxman's office. More than a dozen high-level officials have left CDC since 2004, and the agency is reorganizing. Waxman started the tip line to get insiders' views of "the potential impact on public health" of the changes, Lightfoot says. CDC spokesperson Thomas Skinner says, "We certainly want to be supportive of efforts that further open the lines of communication."




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