Epi-X is an internet-based secure website for the exchange of information regarding developing public health events. Reports are exchanged with state epidemiologists, state health officers, and other key public health officials. Provisional and secure information is regularly posted on Epi-X. The Epi-X user base is restricted to public health officials at the local, state, federal, and international levels. Private health-care practitioners who do not otherwise hold a government position are not given access to Epi-X.