From: Snipes, Kurt Sent: Monday, ianuary 26, 201.5 5:24 PM To: Sally Glaser Cc: Dee West; Dennis Deepen (ddeapen@hsc.uscedu) Subject: RE: Reporter from Pt. Reyes Light Thanks Saiiy, sounds good. i am having to work all my stuff through my Office of Public Affairs which handles our PMS, so I have yet to actually talk with him. When we try to get him to focus his requests, he immediately jumps to an interview. i did check with CDC a few months ago but they had not been contacted We?ll de?niteiy talk tomorrow. Kurt Kurt Snipes, Phi) Chief, Chronic Disease Surveillance Research Branch California Department of Public Health 203.4 Presider?rt oi the California Biyisioii, American Cancer Society 916.449.3541 From: Sally Glaser Sent: Monday, January 26, 2015 5:13 PM To: Snipes, Kurt Cc: Dee West; Dennis Deepen Subject: RE: Reporter from Pt. Reyes Light Kurt, We should definitely discuss this on tomorrow?s Directors? caii. indeed, Tina Clarke taiired to Peter Byrne last fall (for 15 hours, including yideoiog the entire conversation). I understa rid he talked to Rosemary (Sh-assg and i don't know if he talked to anyone in Qeonis? shop. He has communicated with SEER and now them for a lot of stuff, and all three CA SEER registries have just received release forms for that roux indeed, let?s get on the same page! Thanks. From: Snipes, Kurt (CDPH-CDIC) Sent: Monday, January 26, 2015 5:09 PM To: Sally Glaser Subject: Reporter from Pt. Reyes Light Hi Sally, Just wondering if you or your staff have been in any contact with a reporterirom the Pt. Reyes Light newspaper asking about quality of CCR data from the Bay Area. i think he is specifically interested in breast cancer, but wants everything we have looking at all data quality, and we have been dealing with a flow of public records act requests for the past several months. if Scarlett or anyone else has been contacted by this fellow l?wouid love to talk with them, and to let you know that this may percolate up. i am going to have to provide the various QC audits i can out my hands on, they might include breast cancer in your region. i will have to relook at the reports that will go out and will let you know. Please let me know if you have heard from this reporter, and whom you would like me to coordinate with at going forward. From: Oliva, Greg P) Sent: Tuesday, January 27, 2015 3:59 PM To: Sherin, Kevin Cc: Snipes, Kurt Conens, Matt Subject: Re: review: Description of documents (for Agency) Kevin, if am not mistaken think the challenge is that we are not likely to get this reporter to see our side given past history and knowledge of the types of stories he is interested in. We just want a casual conversation to discuss his ask, refining it, minimizing it. He wants an "interview". Not the rules of engagement that favor our side. Sent from my lPhone On Jan 27, 2015, at 5:54 PM, "Sherin, Kevin wrote: Horse at morgue is a good analogy. Sometimes though we need to build a relationship with reporters. I learned that at naccho and as local health official. Kevin Sherin MD, MPH Deputy Director, Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion California Department of Public Health Sent from my iPhone On Jan 27, 2015, at 5:52 PM, "Snipes, Kurt wrote: Matt decided against a call at this time, lconcurreci. i believe reporter said he would like to talk by phone and conduct an interview. Kort Snipes, Chief, Chronic Disease Surveillance St Research Branch California {Department of Public Hea ith 916.449.5543 From: Sheri-n, Kevin Sent: Tuesday, January 27, 2015 5:41 PM To: Snipes, Kurt Cc: Conens, Matt Oliva, Greg Subject: Re: review: Description of documents (for Agency) Were you ever able to chat with this reporter about the scope of his reo?uest. Yes. it appears the horse is at the morgue. From: Olive, Greg Sent: Tuesday, January 27, 2015 10:39 PM To: Snipes, Kurt Subject: RE: review: Description of documents {for Agency) 1 was going to phone Matt tomorrow. am trying somehow thinks we can make some magic and have a tea party with this guy and make everything go away. i think Matt is prebehiy too kind or not empowered to tell him otherwise. This is challenging and not just on this front. He has a vision of how things should or could he. am jaded by how things are. From: Snipes, Kurt Sent: Tuesday, January 27, 2015 10:34 PM To: Olive, Greg Subject: RE: review: Description of documents (for Agency) lam not touching this any further unless asked. It?s in Matt's court. Kurt Snipes, Chief, Chronic Disease Surveillance Research Branch Calif. Dept, Public Heaith 916.449.5541 916.834.2056 i From: Oliva, Greg Sent: Wednesday, January 28, 2015 1:59:03 AM To: Sherin, Kevin Cci Snipes, Kurt Conens, Matt, Subject: Re: review: Description of documents (for Agency) Kevin, if am not mistaken i think the challenge is that we are not likely to get this reporter to see our side given past history and knowledge of the types of stories he is interested in. We just want a casual conversation to discuss his ask, refining it, minimizing it. He wants an "interview?. Not the rules of engagement that favor our side. Sent from my iPhone On Jan 27, 2015, at 5:54 PM, "Sherin, Kevin wrote: Horse at morgue is a good analogy. Sometimes though we need to build a relationship with reporters. learned that at naccho and as local health official, From: Sent To: Cc: Subject: I do get Sherin, Kevin P) Tuesday, January 27, 2015 7:09 PM Oliva, Greg Snipes, Kurt Conens, Matt (CDPHOPA) Re: review: Description of documents (for Agency) that. i wonder who he works for. is there a relationship with someone worth building. Editor owner. Strategies Kevin Sherin MD, MPH Deputy Director, Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion California Department of Public Health 916-445-0663 Sent from my iPhone On Jan 27, 2015, at 5:59 PM, "Olive, Greg wrote: Kevin, if] am not mistaken think the challenge is that we are not likely to get this reporter to see our side given past history and knowledge of the types of stories he is interested in, We. just want a casual conversation to discuss his ask, refining it, minimizing it. He wants an ?interview?. Not the rules of engagement that favor our side. Sent from my iPhone On lan 27, 2015, at 5:54 PM, ?Sherin, Kevin wrote: Horse at morgue is a good analogy. Sometimes though we need to build a relationship with reporters. I learned that at naccho and as local health official. Kevin Sherin MD, MPH Deputy Director, Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion California Department of Public Health 916445-0663 Sent from my iPhone On Jan 27, 2015', at 5:52 PM, "Snipes, Kurt wrote: Matt decided against a call at. this time, i concurred. i believe reporter said he would like to talk by phone and conduct an interview. Kurt Snipes, Chief, Chronic Disease Surveiilance gt Research Branch 1 From: Kenneth To: Carole D@UCDavis Cc: Arti Kathieen Date: 12/09/2014 12:26 PM Subject: Re: Media inquiry re: California Cancer Registry Carole, Thanks for the further into about the writer and the potential significance oi the story. i have passed along a few questions to Arti, and we will further discuss before deciding how best to respond to his questions. He raises some interesting and seemingly good questions, although as someone who used to live and practice emergency medicine in Marin County I also wonder how accurate is his characterization of Marin County. There are more disadvantaged persons living in Marin than a cursory perception might lead one to conclude. Based on the below, I also am not sure what is his underlying point since the cases get entered into the registry according to tissue diagnosis, not utilization of mammography. Ken Kenneth W. Klzer, MD, MPH Distinguished Protessor, University of California Davis School of Medicine and Betty Irene Moore School of Nursing, and Director, institute tor Pepulation Hearth Improvement, UC Davis Health System 4800 2nd Avenue, Suite 2600 Sacramento, CA 95817 TEL 916.734.4754 From: Garcia To: Kenneth Arti Cc: Manda Kathleen Date: 12/09/2014 10:30 AM $ubisct: Re: Media inquiry re: California Cancer Registry Hi, Arti and Ken, I followed up with Peter the reporter who is doing a story for the Point Reyes Light newspaper, to get more details so we?re better prepared to respond to his questions about the cancer registry and Marin County breast cancer data. This is more than just a small newspaper story. is an investigative reporter/science writer whose biog is picked up by Scientific American and Wired magazine Let's discuss further with Ken when you have a moment. - is interested in the collection and interpretation of the data and its potential shortcomings. Specifically, he said that there's a very strong argument that the increased breast cancer incidence in counties such as Marin County could be an artifact caused by the 2 From: Oliva, Greg Sent: Sunday, January 25, 2015 7:43 PM To: Snipes, Kurt (CDPH-CDIC) Subject: RE: PRA CCR QC audits Thanks! Hopefully no bite. From: Snipes, Kurt (CDPH-CDIC) Sent: Sunday, January 25, 2015 3:36 PM To: Oliva, Greg Subject: RE: PRA - CCR QC audits Can't ensure won't bite us, the data quality audits, not what was originally asked for, are just part of our internal QC program, The way the original request was submitted did not make me think they were after internal QC audits. Kurt Snipes, Chief, Chronic Disease Surveillance Research Branch Calif. Dept. Public Health 916.449.5541 916.834.2056 From: Ollya, Greg Sent: SatUrday, January 24, 2015 1:57:57 AM To: Snipes, Kurt (CDPH-CDIC) Subject: RE: PRA CCR QC audits Kurt, I think Kevin needs some level of assurance that this is not going to bite us. We may not be able to ensure that. He connected the dots between report location and region audit discrepancies. Hey, in our initial response before the PRA did we say we did not have ?audits?? Thanks! From: Snipes, Kurt (CDPH-CDIC) Sent: Friday, January 23, 2015 4:43 PM To: Sherin, Kevin Cc: Oliva, Greg Subject: RE: PRA CCR QC audits Audits reveal various discrepancies from time to time, we then ask registries to provide a corrective action plan in our review of their progress reports. Data gets corrected prior to submitting to federal funders. Kurt Snipes, Chief, Chronic Disease Surveillance 8a Research Branch California Department of Public Health