[BurgessKoch]

There were more than 454,000 confirmed coronavirus cases around the world as of Wednesday afternoon and at least 20,500 deaths tied to the infection, according to Johns Hopkins University. In the United States, there have been over 61,000 cases, which have resulted in at least 849 deaths.

The CDC has been criticized for weekslong COVID-19 testing delays, including a botched initial effort at producing a coronavirus test kit on a large scale, with the flaws only being discovered after the tests had been sent out to hundreds of labs across the country. The replacement took weeks, although the U.S. has ramped up its testing by orders of magnitude in the past week ...

[Robert DeLong]

Christi Grimm

Ms. Grimm holds a Master of Public Administration from New York University and a Bachelor of Arts from the University of Colorado, Denver. She is also a graduate of Harvard University’s Kennedy School of Senior Managers in Government. Ms. Grimm has received the Secretary’s Award for Excellence in Management and the Council of the Inspectors General on Integrity and Efficiency Award for Excellence in Management.

In January 2020, Christi Grimm became the Principal Deputy Inspector General of the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), Office of Inspector General (OIG). As Principal Deputy Inspector General, she leads an independent and objective organization of more than 1,600 auditors, evaluators, investigators, lawyers, and management professionals who carry out OIG’s mission of protecting the integrity of HHS programs as well as the health and welfare of program beneficiaries. Ms. Grimm is responsible for the oversight of more than 100 programs administered by HHS agencies such as the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), Administration for Children and Families, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Food and Drug Administration, and National Institutes of Health

[Harpotoo]

Well what are they gonna COMPARE this supposed 1st time ever modern pandemic response to?-)

[pepsi_junkie]

I work on multimillion dollar jobs and sort of specialize in going in to failing ones and turning them around. A basic mantra I've always lived by is 'when there's a problem, focus on solving it and moving forward. Plenty of time later to figure out who to blame'

Announcing investigations into reponse (implication: poor response) right in the midst of the situation does nobody any good. People there will be looking over the shoulders, scared to make decisions. Others will be trying to take it as an opportunity to divide us all. I have to assume the IG is a damned resistance slob.

[elpadre]

the mere fact this investigation is going on will have an adverse affect on the good work being done. This is a bad move. I suggest the Senate should investigate the entire IG structure and operation. The must be oversight of the IG.

[databoss]

Our sick government.

[faucetman]

Dear HHS, covfefe

[FenwickBabbitt]

In 2018 Trump put the HHS in charge of overseeing our defenses against natural and military biological threats. It sounds to me like the HHS is more or less doing an internal review to find way to improve in the future, which is always a good idea after something like this. It’s too bad the propaganda press won’t play it that way though.

[pas]

Captain hindsight to the rescue.

[mass55th]

Washington State Senator Patty Murray is behind the push for the investigation:

Murray asks government watchdog to investigate Trump administration’s testing missteps

[mikec256]

Yes, this type event happens all the time. They know exactly what should be done, by whom, and when. All documented procedures.