Identifier
Created
Classification
Origin
09STATE44615
2009-05-01 18:42:00
UNCLASSIFIED
Secretary of State
Cable title:
TFFLU01: TASK FORCE FORMATION REGARDING THE
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UNCLAS STATE 044615
INFORM CONSULS
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: AEMR ASEC AMED CASC KFLO MARR PREL
PINR, AMGT, KFLU, TF
SUBJECT: TFFLU01: TASK FORCE FORMATION REGARDING THE
2009-H1N1 INFLUENZA OUTBREAK
UNCLAS STATE 044615
INFORM CONSULS
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: AEMR ASEC AMED CASC KFLO MARR PREL
PINR, AMGT, KFLU, TF
SUBJECT: TFFLU01: TASK FORCE FORMATION REGARDING THE
2009-H1N1 INFLUENZA OUTBREAK
¶1. At 1200 EDT on 04/30/09 the Executive Secretary
directed that the Bureau of Oceans and International
Environmental and Scientific Affairs upgrade the
Influenza Monitoring Group MGSF01 to Task Force TFFLU01
to coordinate all State Department activities regarding
the 2009-H1N1 Influenza Outbreak. Contact information
for the Task Force is as follows:
For internal State Department business or other official
business, call (202) 647-6613. The unclassified fax is
(202) 647-6779. Congressional and public inquiries
should be directed to (888) 407-4747 or from overseas,
(202) 501-4444. Media inquiries during regular hours
should be directed to the Press Office at (202) 647-2492
or after hours via the Operations Center at (202) 647-
¶1512. The Task Force secure telephone numbers are: STE-
III (202) 647-5567; STE-III fax: (202) 647-8373. The
unclassified email address for the Task Force is
TaskForce-3@state.gov; The classified email address for
the Task Force is TaskForce-3@state.sgov.gov.
Department of State personnel may email the Task Force
at the 'TaskForce-3' email collective address on both
the classified and unclassified email systems.
An Influenza Outbreak webpage, which includes Task Force
situation reports, is available at
http://www.intelink.sgov.gov/wiki/Portal:Cris is_Pandemic_Influenza
Please note that this web address is case
sensitive.
¶2. The Task Force is under the direction of Special
Representative for Avian and Pandemic Influenza Robert
¶G. Loftis. The Task Force includes representatives of
the following bureaus and offices: OES, WHA, CA, PA,
A/OEM, EEB, USAID and other regional bureaus or offices
may be added to the group as needed.
¶3. The Task Force is the center of all Department
activity regarding this situation. All cables related
to the Task Force should include the SIPDIS caption as
well as the following tags: KFLU, AEMR, ASEC, AMED,
CASC,KFLO, TBIO, KSAF, KPAO, PREL, PINR, AMGT, TF. All
cables and other documents related to the Task Force
should include the same indicator which appears at the
beginning of the subject line of this message:
TFFLU01; rpt TFFLU01.
¶4. MINIMIZE CONSIDERED
CLINTON