Anonymous wrote:Question about years of service added to RIF. Can any employment attorneys confirm if this is legitimate. It says years of service are added for performance ratings. Can this be used for the MRA plus 10 calculation?

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Anonymous wrote:Was the entire division of Radiogical Health and Devices at FDA canned or just certain offices?

This is pretty scary.

No. The reviewers are intact and so are the OSEL scientists.

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Anonymous wrote:What about HHS contractors? Are they cutting contracts, the “USAID” way?

35% cuts to contracts is the current instruction. Spouse’s office has been ordered to submit justifications for all their contractors.

Thank you. Do you know what contracts are on the chopping block?

Anonymous wrote:ACF is totally gone? What happens to their functions and task; just wow.

Anonymous wrote:So it is the day after and so depressing. Yesterday there was adrenaline and news. Today spouse is sleeping and will get up and start searching. This was a career a passion not just a job. Going from a hundred miles a minute to nothing.

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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

"NIH/national Institute on Aging" is NOT eliminated at all.

Anonymous wrote:Really wish there was clear guidance if the RIFs are done or if more are to come. Conflicting info on Reddit and everywhere else.

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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

If we were at war and a foreign enemy had taken over our government, they would not close programs like these. Think about that.

Anonymous wrote:Okay….so we now know that consolidating and re-organizing for Government efficacy means looking at an org chart and cutting based on offices names that could be left-leaning or that, frankly, they just didn’t understand. No need to actually know what offices or people do. No need for a plan or people in place actually qualified to answer questions on what happens next…(just in case we had any doubt)

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Anonymous wrote:What about HHS contractors? Are they cutting contracts, the “USAID” way?

35% cuts to contracts is the current instruction. Spouse’s office has been ordered to submit justifications for all their contractors.

Thank you. Do you know what contracts are on the chopping block?