HHS RIF

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Are they putting people on admin leave or providing them severance?

60 days admin leave and then severance.

Some are getting 60 days admin leave but no severance. I haven’t been able to figure out the fact pattern for severance/non severance. The 250 salary cutoff doesn’t seem to hold, and neither does a difference in BU NBU.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:this is what's disgusting: the HHS notice said the reductions "are primarily aimed at administrative positions including human resources, information technology, procurement, and finance" and will “target roles in high-cost regions and employees in programmatic areas that have been determined to be redundant or duplicative with other functions in HHS or across the federal government.” These are among the programs/agencies they have fully cut:

FDA/Center for Tobacco Products (CTP)/ Entire division gone
CDC Freedom of Information Act Office. Entire team
CDC Division of HIV Prevention, entire branch gone, all epidemiologists and health scientists
CDC, National Institutes for Occupational Safety and Health, Health Effects Laboratory Division, Allergy and Clinical Immunology Branch, Entire team
CMS / Office of Equal Opportunity and Civil Rights, whole office
FDA / Human Foods Program / Office of Communications, Education, and Engagement, entire team
National Institute of Organizational Safety and Health / whole offices in Pittsburgh, Cincinnati and Morgantown
FDA/ Center for Drug Evaluation and Research (CDER) / Office of Strategic Programs / Data Standards Staff, entire team
FDA/ Center for Biologics Evaluation and Research/ Office of Management, whole office
FDA/Office of Inspections and Investigations/Office of Management, whole office
FDA/Center for Devices and Radiological Health (CDRH)/Office of Management, whole office
CDC/National Center for Injury Prevention and Control/Division of Violence Prevention, entire team
CDC/Global Health Center/Division of Global HIV and TB/Strategy, Policy, and Communications Branch, entire team
NIH/national Institute on Aging
CDC/NCCDPHP/ Division of Reproductive Health/ Pregnancy Risk Assessment Monitoring
CDC/DEHSP - the entire division has been RIFd
CDC/EEO, whole office
CDC / Natl Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion / Division of Oral Health, nearly every employee in the division
SAMHSA / OTS-CENTER FOR BEHAVIORAL HEALTH STATISTICS & QUALITY / OFFICE OF TREATMENT SERVICES/ Entire Office RIF'd
CDC / Global Health Center / Division of Global HIV and TB -- 7 of 14 Branches within Global HIV were completely RIF'd
FDA/CDER/ Office of New Drug Policy - entire office removed
FDA Office of management: all budget, HR and acquisitions are gone
SAMHSA / Center for Behavioral Health Statistics and Quality / Office of Population Surveys. Entire office RIFed
HRSA/Bureau of Primary Health Care(BPHC), Office of Health Center Investment Oversight, entire office was eliminated

Entire data and evaluation branch at HRSA gone

Looking at this list makes me want to vomit. So many people are going to die without good policies being in place for diseases, drugs and food safety. People don't know what they've got til it's gone.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:How can they just get rid of the FOIA team? Aren't they required by law to respond to such requests?

its duplicative for every agency to have one, there will just be one for the whole government

same with EEO, HR, procurement, etc.

that should work great, right

there's just one president for the whole government, and that is fine

everything is fine

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:this is what's disgusting: the HHS notice said the reductions "are primarily aimed at administrative positions including human resources, information technology, procurement, and finance" and will “target roles in high-cost regions and employees in programmatic areas that have been determined to be redundant or duplicative with other functions in HHS or across the federal government.” These are among the programs/agencies they have fully cut:

FDA/Center for Tobacco Products (CTP)/ Entire division gone
CDC Freedom of Information Act Office. Entire team
CDC Division of HIV Prevention, entire branch gone, all epidemiologists and health scientists
CDC, National Institutes for Occupational Safety and Health, Health Effects Laboratory Division, Allergy and Clinical Immunology Branch, Entire team
CMS / Office of Equal Opportunity and Civil Rights, whole office
FDA / Human Foods Program / Office of Communications, Education, and Engagement, entire team
National Institute of Organizational Safety and Health / whole offices in Pittsburgh, Cincinnati and Morgantown
FDA/ Center for Drug Evaluation and Research (CDER) / Office of Strategic Programs / Data Standards Staff, entire team
FDA/ Center for Biologics Evaluation and Research/ Office of Management, whole office
FDA/Office of Inspections and Investigations/Office of Management, whole office
FDA/Center for Devices and Radiological Health (CDRH)/Office of Management, whole office
CDC/National Center for Injury Prevention and Control/Division of Violence Prevention, entire team
CDC/Global Health Center/Division of Global HIV and TB/Strategy, Policy, and Communications Branch, entire team
NIH/national Institute on Aging
CDC/NCCDPHP/ Division of Reproductive Health/ Pregnancy Risk Assessment Monitoring
CDC/DEHSP - the entire division has been RIFd
CDC/EEO, whole office
CDC / Natl Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion / Division of Oral Health, nearly every employee in the division
SAMHSA / OTS-CENTER FOR BEHAVIORAL HEALTH STATISTICS & QUALITY / OFFICE OF TREATMENT SERVICES/ Entire Office RIF'd
CDC / Global Health Center / Division of Global HIV and TB -- 7 of 14 Branches within Global HIV were completely RIF'd
FDA/CDER/ Office of New Drug Policy - entire office removed
FDA Office of management: all budget, HR and acquisitions are gone
SAMHSA / Center for Behavioral Health Statistics and Quality / Office of Population Surveys. Entire office RIFed
HRSA/Bureau of Primary Health Care(BPHC), Office of Health Center Investment Oversight, entire office was eliminated

Entire data and evaluation branch at HRSA gone

Looking at this list makes me want to vomit. So many people are going to die without good policies being in place for diseases, drugs and food safety. People don't know what they've got til it's gone.

I realized today the end goal is for the whole country to be Mississippi

[Anonymous]

800

[Anonymous]

800 cut from CDER

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Are they putting people on admin leave or providing them severance?

60 days admin leave and then severance.

Some are getting 60 days admin leave but no severance. I haven’t been able to figure out the fact pattern for severance/non severance. The 250 salary cutoff doesn’t seem to hold, and neither does a difference in BU NBU.

If you qualify for retirement (by age and tenure) then you don’t get severance, you are eligible for a pension immediately. But the pension is only a small percentage of what salary would have been,

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:How can they just get rid of the FOIA team? Aren't they required by law to respond to such requests?

its duplicative for every agency to have one, there will just be one for the whole government

same with EEO, HR, procurement, etc.

that should work great, right

there's just one president for the whole government, and that is fine

everything is fine

So that centralized FOIA team is hiring? Other they'll miss the statutory deadlines because of understaffing.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:How can they just get rid of the FOIA team? Aren't they required by law to respond to such requests?

its duplicative for every agency to have one, there will just be one for the whole government

same with EEO, HR, procurement, etc.

that should work great, right

there's just one president for the whole government, and that is fine

everything is fine

So that centralized FOIA team is hiring? Other they'll miss the statutory deadlines because of understaffing.

Somehow, I don't think this administration cares about missing statutory deadlines.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Are they putting people on admin leave or providing them severance?

60 days admin leave and then severance.

Some are getting 60 days admin leave but no severance. I haven’t been able to figure out the fact pattern for severance/non severance. The 250 salary cutoff doesn’t seem to hold, and neither does a difference in BU NBU.

If you qualify for retirement (by age and tenure) then you don’t get severance, you are eligible for a pension immediately. But the pension is only a small percentage of what salary would have been,

I was wondering that too, but those not eligible for severance are not retirement eligible (they weren’t even eligible for the VERA).

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:How can they just get rid of the FOIA team? Aren't they required by law to respond to such requests?

its duplicative for every agency to have one, there will just be one for the whole government

same with EEO, HR, procurement, etc.

that should work great, right

there's just one president for the whole government, and that is fine

everything is fine

You forgot the house on fire meme or at least the /s

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:this is what's disgusting: the HHS notice said the reductions "are primarily aimed at administrative positions including human resources, information technology, procurement, and finance" and will “target roles in high-cost regions and employees in programmatic areas that have been determined to be redundant or duplicative with other functions in HHS or across the federal government.” These are among the programs/agencies they have fully cut:

FDA/Center for Tobacco Products (CTP)/ Entire division gone
CDC Freedom of Information Act Office. Entire team
CDC Division of HIV Prevention, entire branch gone, all epidemiologists and health scientists
CDC, National Institutes for Occupational Safety and Health, Health Effects Laboratory Division, Allergy and Clinical Immunology Branch, Entire team
CMS / Office of Equal Opportunity and Civil Rights, whole office
FDA / Human Foods Program / Office of Communications, Education, and Engagement, entire team
National Institute of Organizational Safety and Health / whole offices in Pittsburgh, Cincinnati and Morgantown
FDA/ Center for Drug Evaluation and Research (CDER) / Office of Strategic Programs / Data Standards Staff, entire team
FDA/ Center for Biologics Evaluation and Research/ Office of Management, whole office
FDA/Office of Inspections and Investigations/Office of Management, whole office
FDA/Center for Devices and Radiological Health (CDRH)/Office of Management, whole office
CDC/National Center for Injury Prevention and Control/Division of Violence Prevention, entire team
CDC/Global Health Center/Division of Global HIV and TB/Strategy, Policy, and Communications Branch, entire team
NIH/national Institute on Aging
CDC/NCCDPHP/ Division of Reproductive Health/ Pregnancy Risk Assessment Monitoring
CDC/DEHSP - the entire division has been RIFd
CDC/EEO, whole office
CDC / Natl Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion / Division of Oral Health, nearly every employee in the division
SAMHSA / OTS-CENTER FOR BEHAVIORAL HEALTH STATISTICS & QUALITY / OFFICE OF TREATMENT SERVICES/ Entire Office RIF'd
CDC / Global Health Center / Division of Global HIV and TB -- 7 of 14 Branches within Global HIV were completely RIF'd
FDA/CDER/ Office of New Drug Policy - entire office removed
FDA Office of management: all budget, HR and acquisitions are gone
SAMHSA / Center for Behavioral Health Statistics and Quality / Office of Population Surveys. Entire office RIFed
HRSA/Bureau of Primary Health Care(BPHC), Office of Health Center Investment Oversight, entire office was eliminated

This is devastating. People will die because of this. Our country is in trouble.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:How can they just get rid of the FOIA team? Aren't they required by law to respond to such requests?

Yes. Response times will be very slow.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:How can they just get rid of the FOIA team? Aren't they required by law to respond to such requests?

Yes. Response times will be very slow.

It's normal for FOIA timelines to not be met, and that has been the case ever since the Act came into being. FOIA requests are often extremely voluminous and time-consuming to address. Missed "deadlines" for responses are the norm, not the exception.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:How can they just get rid of the FOIA team? Aren't they required by law to respond to such requests?

its duplicative for every agency to have one, there will just be one for the whole government

same with EEO, HR, procurement, etc.

that should work great, right

there's just one president for the whole government, and that is fine

everything is fine

So that centralized FOIA team is hiring? Other they'll miss the statutory deadlines because of understaffing.

Somehow, I don't think this administration cares about missing statutory deadlines.

their mandate didn't say anything about FOIA timelines