Half a Million for Phone Interviews
Half a Million for Phone Interviews
The Department of Public Health spent $551,895.96 on telephone interviews for the CDC. Find out more here.
by Amanda Griffin-Johnson
On our transparency website, IllinoisOpenGov.org, I found that in 2008, the Department of Public Health had expenses for telephone interviews for the CDC totaling $551,895.96. The vendor for the charges was Northern Illinois University in DeKalb. Click here to see an article from the CDC’s website regarding telephone interview plans for 2008.
To find these charges on the IllinoisOpenGov site go to “Checks to Businesses & People” and scroll down “Category of Spending” to “Teleph1 Interviews For Cdc.” To download the data, click on the Excel or CSV icon below the search results.