June 2007 Senate Report CDC Off Center Disturbing Report.

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THE UNITED STATES SENATESUBCOMMITTEE ON FEDERAL FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT,GOVERNMENT INFORMATION AND INTERNATIONAL SECURITYMINORITY OFFICEUNDER THE DIRECTION OF SENATOR TOM COBURNRANKING MINORITY MEMBERJUNE 2007CDC OFF CENTER

A review of how an agency taskedwith fighting and preventing disease hasspent hundreds of millionsof tax dollars for failed prevention efforts,international junkets,and lavish facilities, but cannotdemonstrate it is controlling disease.

TABLE OF CONTENTSEXECUTIVE SUMMARY.................................................................................................................. 4I. BACKGROUND....................................................................................................................... 5-7The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)• CDC’s History• CDC’s Funding

• CDC’s History• CDC’s FundingII. FINDINGS.............................................................................................................................… 8CDC Facilities: Lavish Spending or Priority Needs? ................................................. 8-22• CDC’s $106 million R. Harkin Global Communications (and Visitor) Center• CDC’s new $109.8 million Arlen Specter Headquarters and Emergency OperationsCenter has $10 million in furniture• CDC’s $200,000 fitness center includes $30,000 saunas and rotating light shows• CDC’s new Hawaii office announced by Hawaii Senator who oversees CDC fundsCDC Targets Diseases … Results Still Pending: ………………………………..…. 23-80• CDC’s prevention funding for HIV/AIDS: $5 billion over seven years• Of CDC’s $2.6 billion in HIV/AIDS grants, some have no objectives and are “abysmal,â€yet funded anyway• CDC’s domestic HIV/AIDS program: results not demonstrated• CDC-funded events featuring porn stars, transgender beauty pageants, and flirting classes• CDC’s $45 million for conferences featuring prostitutes, protests, and beach parties• CDC announces plan to eliminate syphilis: five years later rates up overall and 68percent among men• CDC’s $335 million kid-targeted media campaign to fight obesity: advertising successbut health impact unknown• CDC addresses serious health issues like land development and bike paths• CDC and guns as a “health problemâ€

CDC’s Statistic Problems and Fraud: ………………………………….…….……... 81-86• CDC revises U.S. obesity deaths by 1,400 percent in nine months• CDC Inspector General investigations find over $1 million in fraud in just three casesIt Pays to be a CDC Employee: …………………….……………………………… 87-103• CDC pays $1.7 million to Hollywood liaison; ex-employee runs liaison shop• CDC’s top financial officers take home a quarter of a million dollars in bonuses• The revolving door: how a former CDC executive lands CDC contracts worth millionsfor minority-owned companies• CDC pays two former employees $250,000 to help build morale• HHS Secretary uses CDC’s leased jet for meetings and speeches: CDC defends useHow CDC Funding is Counterintuitive: ……………………………………........ 104-110• CDC-funded bar night and manual on how to throw an alcohol party• CDC sets bioterrorism results-oriented goals after spending billionsIII. RECOMMENDATIONS.................................................................................................... 111-113IV. CONCLUSION..................................................................................................................... 114APPENDIX.................................................................................................................................115• AIDS Funding ChartSee what's free at AOL.com.