McKinsey & Company - California COVID-19 models, reports and emails, 2020
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| Tracking # |
P017692-013023 |
| Submitted | Jan. 30, 2023 |
| Est. Completion | None |
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From: Erin Marie Miller
To Whom It May Concern:
Pursuant to the Michigan Freedom of Information Act, I hereby request the following records:
1. All reports about COVID-19 prepared by the global consulting firm McKinsey & Company that were provided to the California Department of Public Health (CDPH) between the dates of 3/1/2020 and 7/1/2020.
2. All emails originating from any email address ending in " @mckinsey.com " that were sent to/from/between any of the following individuals between the dates of 3/1/2020 and 5/1/2020:
- Gov. Gavin Newsom
- Sonia Angell
- Sandra Shewry
- Tomas J. Aragon
Please make sure to include any attachments to those emails.
If it is not possible for your agency to conduct a search for emails originating from a specific domain, such as @mckinsey.com, please let me know and I can provide you with a specific list of McKinsey email addresses to search for instead.
McKinsey & Co. is a global management consulting firm whose work regarding various government responses to COVID-19, including vaccination efforts, have come under scrutiny recently in the U.S. (https://www.propublica.org/article/how-mckinsey-is-making-100-million-and-counting-advising-on-the-governments-bumbling-coronavirus-response) and in France (https://www.nytimes.com/2021/02/22/business/france-mckinsey-consultants-covid-vaccine.html). The firm's government contracts were also the subject of a recent public records lawsuit in Tennessee (https://finance.yahoo.com/news/tennessee-sued-not-releasing-covid-221610057.html). McKinsey & Co. also recently came under scrutiny in the national press over potential conflicts of interest related to the firm's relationships with pharmaceutical companies and regulators (https://www.nytimes.com/2022/04/13/business/mckinsey-purdue-fda-records.html).
During the pandemic in 2020, the State of California had contracts with McKinsey and Company, which are disclosed on the state's COVID-19 contract disclosure website: https://covid19.ca.gov/contracts/
Based on that information, fully understanding how CDPH and State officials interacted with McKinsey & Co. when developing California's COVID-19 response, including the information and advice that was provided to CDPH and State officials by McKinsey & Co. regarding COVID-19, is of the highest importance to the public. The requested information should be made available to the public with as few redactions as possible, and at the lowest fee possible, as soon as possible.
When providing the records related to this request, please specifically certify that no other responsive documents related to this request exist.
The requested information will be made available to the general public, and this request is not being made for commercial purposes. Disclosure of the requested information to me is in the public interest because it is likely to contribute significantly to public understanding of the operations and/or activities of the government, and is not primarily in my commercial interest.
In order to help determine my status to assess fees, you should know that I am a freelance journalist whose work is published regularly by print and digital news outlets and magazines. You can view my portfolio at www.erinmariemiller.com/clips. I have previously been determined a media requester by federal agencies in other FOIA requests. As a member of the media, I request a waiver of all fees. In the event that there are fees, I am willing to pay up to $25 for the requested information. If the fee for this request exceeds this amount, please notify me in writing for permission prior to beginning work on the request.
I would prefer the request filled electronically, by e-mail attachment if available or CD-ROM if not.
Please send all documents related to this request to this email address.
Thank you in advance for your anticipated cooperation in this matter. I look forward to receiving your response to this request within 5 business days, as the statute requires.
Sincerely,
Erin Marie Miller
From: California Department of Public Health
State of California - Health and Human Services Agency
Tomas J. Aragon, M.D. Dr. P.H
Director and State Public Health Officer California Department of Public Health Gavin Newsom, Governor
Thank you for contacting the California Department of Public Health (CDPH) to obtain public records.
Your Public Records Act (PRA) request dated January 30, 2023, is being processed. Reference Number P017692-013023 has been assigned for tracking purposes. Please refer to this reference number for use when accessing the CDPH Public Records Center Portal to monitor the progress of your request.
CDPH strives to answer all requests for public records in as timely a manner as possible. Under California law, CDPH must respond to your inquiry no later than ten calendar days from receipt of the request to notify you whether records will be disclosed. Note that some records are exempted from disclosure. If the requested records are exempt, we will inform you in writing as to why.
The Public Records Act (see Govt. Code §6250 et. seq.) provides that CDPH may extend the response period for up to 14 calendar days should it be necessary to search for records located at off-site facilities or if the request involves a voluminous amount of records. We will notify you within 10 days of receipt of your request if a 14-day extension is necessary. If fees are involved, CDPH will need to collect the fees before releasing the records. However, there is typically no fee for records released electronically through the Public Records Center Portal.
The 10- and 14-day response periods are to allow CDPH time to determine how long it will take to disclose the requested records. Depending on the number of records requested or other factors, a response may take longer. CDPH will do its best to provide documents on a rolling basis as they become available and to keep you informed as to the timing and type of records to be released.
Please visit the CDPH Public Records Center Portal to monitor request progress, communicate with CDPH staff processing your request and to submit future requests.
California Department of Public Health
From: Erin Marie Miller
Following up on this request, I would like to correct a typo in the language of my original FOIA request. This request is being made under the California Freedom of Information Act.
From: Muckrock Staff
To Whom It May Concern:
I wanted to follow up on the following California Public Records Act request, copied below, and originally submitted on Jan. 30, 2023. Please let me know when I can expect to receive a response. You had assigned it reference number #P017692-013023.
Thanks for your help, and let me know if further clarification is needed.
From: Muckrock Staff
To Whom It May Concern:
I wanted to follow up on the following California Public Records Act request, copied below, and originally submitted on Jan. 30, 2023. Please let me know when I can expect to receive a response. You had assigned it reference number #P017692-013023.
Thanks for your help, and let me know if further clarification is needed.
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