Do you want to express your support for expanded and improved chronic fatigue and immune dysfunction syndrome (CFIDS) research and better care for persons with CFIDS? Or do you have a comment or question for federal agency representatives or elected officials?

Here are some people and agencies you may wish to contact:

• Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS)
• National Institutes of Health (NIH)
• Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
• Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA)
• Food and Drug Administration (FDA)
• Social Security Administration (SSA)
• Congress of the United States 
• President of the United States
• Department of Education
• Department of Labor (DoL)
• Department of Defense (DoD)
• Can't find who you're looking for?
• Sample Letters


Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) 

Julie Gerberding, MD, MPH
Director, Centers for Disease Control
1600 Clifton Rd NE (MS D-14)
Atlanta GA 30333
Phone: 404-639-7000
E-mail: jvg2@cdc.gov

William C. Reeves, MD
Chief, VEHB
CFS Research Program Director
U.S. Centers For Disease Control
1600 Clifton Rd NE, (A-15)
Atlanta GA 30333
Phone: 404-639-1338
E-mail: wcr1@cdc.gov

 

U.S. Congress

• Find your Members of Congress
• Key Committees
• Sample Letters

  Proper format for addressing letters to Members of Congress:

  U.S. Senate:

  The Honorable _________
  United States Senate
  Washington DC 20510

  Dear Senator ___________

  U.S. House of Representatives:

  The Honorable _________
  United States House of Representatives
  Washington DC 20515

  Dear Representative ___________

  
  Department of Defense

  Donald H. Rumsfeld
  Secretary of Defense
  U.S. Department of Defense
  1000 Defense Pentagon
  Washington DC 20301-1000
  Phone: 703-697-5737
  Electronic comments 

  Department of Education  

  Roderick R. Page, PhD
  Secretary
  U.S. Department of Education
  400 Maryland Avenue, SW
  Washington DC 20202-0498
  Phone: 1-800-USA-LEARN (1-800-872-5327)

  Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS)

  Michael O. Leavitt
  Secretary
  U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
  200 Independence Ave SW
  Washington DC 20201
  Phone: 202-619-0257
  Toll Free: 1-877-696-6775
  E-mail:hhsmail@os.dhhs.gov

  Department of Labor  

  Elaine L. Chao
  Secretary
  U.S. Department of Labor
  200 Constitution Ave., NW
  Washington DC 20210
  Phone: 202-693-6000

  Food and Drug Administration (FDA)

  Andrew C. von Eschenbach, M.D.
  Acting Commissioner
  Food and Drug Administration
  5600 Fishers Lane
  Rockville MD 20857
  Phone: 1-888-INFO-FDA (1-888-463-6332)
  Electronic comments 

  Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA)

  Elizabeth James Duke, PhD
  Acting Administrator
  Health Resources and Services Administration
  5600 Fishers Lane, Rm. 14-45
  Rockville, MD 20857
  Phone: 1-888-Ask-HRSA (1-800-275-4772)
  E-mail:comments@hrsa.gov

  National Institutes of Health (NIH)

  Elias Zerhouni, MD 
  Director
  National Institute of Health
  Bethesda MD 20892
  E-mail:ezz6y@nih.gov

  Vivian W. Pinn, MD
  Director
  Office of Research on Women's Health
  Building 1, Room 201
  9000 Rockville Pike
  Bethesda MD 20892-0161
  Phone: 301-402-1770
  E-mail:vp3w@nih.gov

  Office of the U.S. President

  George W. Bush
  President
  United States of America
  1600 Pennsylvania Avenue NW
  Washington DC 20500
  Phone: 202-456-6213
  E-mail: president@whitehouse.gov

  Dick Cheney
  Vice President
  United States of America
  1600 Pennsylvania Avenue NW
  Washington DC 20500
  Phone: 202-456-6213
  E-mail: vice.president@whitehouse.gov

  Laura Bush
  First Lady
  United States of America
  1600 Pennsylvania Avenue NW
  Washington DC 20500
  Phone: 202-456-6213
  E-mail: first.lady@whitehouse.gov

  Social Security Administration  

  JoAnne B. Barnhart
  Commissioner
  Social Security Administration
  6401 Security Blvd.
  Baltimore MD 21235-6401
  Phone: 800-325-0778

  Can't find who you're looking for?

  • The DHHS Directory provides mailing addresses, phone and fax numbers, and e-mail address for employees at the Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) and its subordinate agencies (including CDC, NIH, FDA, HRSA, etc.).
  • The FirstGov website contains links to many government resources.