Big League Politics Editor-In-Chief Patrick Howley asserted that the CDC “willfully violated” multiple federal laws. Some of the laws Howley claimed the CDC flouted include the Information Quality Act, Paperwork Reduction act and Administrative Procedures Act. In a statement provided to the National File, Watchdog group All Concerned Citizens said that the CDC “illegally enacted new rules for data collection and reporting” for COVID-19 cases. These new rules resulted in a 1,600 percent increase in the number of COVID-19 fatalities. Despite being required to maintain full compliance with federal laws even during an emergency, the CDC failed to facilitate mandatory federal oversight and public scientific comment.