Anonymous
03/27/2025 22:47
Subject: HHS RIF
Anonymous wrote:At FDA, reviewers and inspectors are excluded. Anyone know how many employees are in those roles? Once you remove those employees, 3500 additional employees is quite a large percentage of the remaining employees.
We’ve been wondering how “reviewer” is defined because that would affect it big time. I’m a manager of of reviewers, overseeing reviews. Am I excluded? Maybe but cutting 3500 people is hard without including anyone who works on reviews in any capacity such as statisticians, medical officers…
Anonymous
03/27/2025 21:45
Subject: HHS RIF
At FDA, reviewers and inspectors are excluded. Anyone know how many employees are in those roles? Once you remove those employees, 3500 additional employees is quite a large percentage of the remaining employees.
Anonymous
03/27/2025 20:30
Subject: HHS RIF
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:A bureau within HHS was already notified according to a post on Reddit so assume more will be coming soon.
What bureau? Just link the post.
I can’t find the post now, but just a screenshot I sent to a coworker. It was a bureau within Health Resources and Services administration. The mods delete everything over there now it seems like.
Mchb (maternal health) and and hr at Hrsa
Anonymous
03/27/2025 19:03
Subject: HHS RIF
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anything about CDER?
That’s what I’m waiting to hear.
This applies to everyone in every center except reviewers.
Anonymous
03/27/2025 17:54
Subject: HHS RIF
Anonymous wrote:The acting FDA Commissioner just sent a stupid little note cheering the layoffs and asking for “patience, grace, and sanguinity.”
She is a conspicuous dimwit and just the kind of stooge they have needed during this time.
Anonymous
03/27/2025 16:11
Subject: HHS RIF
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:A bureau within HHS was already notified according to a post on Reddit so assume more will be coming soon.
What bureau? Just link the post.
I can’t find the post now, but just a screenshot I sent to a coworker. It was a bureau within Health Resources and Services administration. The mods delete everything over there now it seems like.
Anonymous
03/27/2025 15:59
Subject: HHS RIF
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:The acting FDA Commissioner just sent a stupid little note cheering the layoffs and asking for “patience, grace, and sanguinity.”
Grace and patience will go a long way.
More like Will and Grace a comedy show
Anonymous
03/27/2025 15:56
Subject: HHS RIF
Anonymous wrote:According to NYT layoffs will take place around May 27th. Will people be notified tomorrow then given 60 days notice.
That would make sense. If they work tomorrow and are notified then, the first days of the sixty day period would be Saturday the 27th. 60 days from then is May 27th.
Anonymous
03/27/2025 15:48
Subject: HHS RIF
Anonymous wrote:A bureau within HHS was already notified according to a post on Reddit so assume more will be coming soon.
What bureau? Just link the post.
Anonymous
03/27/2025 15:45
Subject: HHS RIF
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anything about CDER?
That’s what I’m waiting to hear.
Isn't CDER a part of FDA?
Yes
What are you asking? It sounds like review positions are mostly safe, everything else less so. It’s the same information as most of the other centers
Anonymous
03/27/2025 15:44
Subject: HHS RIF
A bureau within HHS was already notified according to a post on Reddit so assume more will be coming soon.
Anonymous
03/27/2025 15:27
Subject: HHS RIF
According to NYT layoffs will take place around May 27th. Will people be notified tomorrow then given 60 days notice.
Anonymous
03/27/2025 15:24
Subject: HHS RIF
Will those cut have any bumping rights?
Anonymous
03/27/2025 14:45
Subject: HHS RIF
Anonymous wrote:Email from HHS:
Personnel cuts, centralization of functions, and consolidation of HHS divisions, including:
• 82,000 full-time employees reduced to 62,000
• 28 divisions consolidated to 15
• 10 regional offices consolidated to 5
• Human Resources, Information Technology, Procurement, External Affairs, and Policy will be centralized.
Re-organization of major OP/DIVS that focus on streamlining operations and centralizing administrative functions:
• FDA will decrease its workforce by approximately 3,500 full-time employees. This reduction will not affect drug, medical device, or food reviewers, nor will it impact inspectors.
• The CDC will decrease its workforce by approximately 2,400 employees. The Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response (ASPR) will move under CDC to enhance coordination of response efforts. This move will add 1,000 personnel to CDC rolls reducing CDC personnel cuts to only 1,400.
• The NIH will decrease its workforce by approximately 1,200 employees by centralizing procurement, human resources, and communications across its 27 institutes and centers.
• CMS will decrease its workforce by approximately 300 employees, with a focus on reducing minor duplication across the agency. This reorganization will not impact Medicare and Medicaid services.
New Organizations include:
• The Administration for a Healthy America (AHA). AHA will consolidate the OASH, HRSA, SAMHSA, ATSDR, and NIOSH, to coordinate chronic care and disease prevention programs and harmonize health resources to low-income Americans more efficiently. Divisions of AHA include Primary Care, Maternal and Child Health, Mental Health, Environmental Health, HIV/AIDS, and Workforce, with support of the U.S. Surgeon General and Policy team.
• The Assistant Secretary for Enforcement will provide oversight of the Departmental Appeals Board (DAB), Office of Medicare Hearings and Appeal (OMHA), and the Office for Civil Rights (OCR) to combat waste, fraud, and abuse.
• The Office of Strategy (OS) will combine the Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation (ASPE) and Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ). This new organization will conduct research that informs the Secretary’s policies and evaluates the effectiveness of the Department’s programs for a healthier America.
• The critical programs within the Administration for Community Living (ACL) that support older adults and people of all ages with disabilities will be split across the Administration for Children and Families (ACF), Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation (ASPE), and Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS).
That’s just the fact sheet they published hours ago with their press release. How kind of them to wait half the day to send it to employees.
Anonymous
03/27/2025 14:26
Subject: HHS RIF
Email from HHS:
Personnel cuts, centralization of functions, and consolidation of HHS divisions, including:
• 82,000 full-time employees reduced to 62,000
• 28 divisions consolidated to 15
• 10 regional offices consolidated to 5
• Human Resources, Information Technology, Procurement, External Affairs, and Policy will be centralized.
Re-organization of major OP/DIVS that focus on streamlining operations and centralizing administrative functions:
• FDA will decrease its workforce by approximately 3,500 full-time employees. This reduction will not affect drug, medical device, or food reviewers, nor will it impact inspectors.
• The CDC will decrease its workforce by approximately 2,400 employees. The Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response (ASPR) will move under CDC to enhance coordination of response efforts. This move will add 1,000 personnel to CDC rolls reducing CDC personnel cuts to only 1,400.
• The NIH will decrease its workforce by approximately 1,200 employees by centralizing procurement, human resources, and communications across its 27 institutes and centers.
• CMS will decrease its workforce by approximately 300 employees, with a focus on reducing minor duplication across the agency. This reorganization will not impact Medicare and Medicaid services.
New Organizations include:
• The Administration for a Healthy America (AHA). AHA will consolidate the OASH, HRSA, SAMHSA, ATSDR, and NIOSH, to coordinate chronic care and disease prevention programs and harmonize health resources to low-income Americans more efficiently. Divisions of AHA include Primary Care, Maternal and Child Health, Mental Health, Environmental Health, HIV/AIDS, and Workforce, with support of the U.S. Surgeon General and Policy team.
• The Assistant Secretary for Enforcement will provide oversight of the Departmental Appeals Board (DAB), Office of Medicare Hearings and Appeal (OMHA), and the Office for Civil Rights (OCR) to combat waste, fraud, and abuse.
• The Office of Strategy (OS) will combine the Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation (ASPE) and Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ). This new organization will conduct research that informs the Secretary’s policies and evaluates the effectiveness of the Department’s programs for a healthier America.
• The critical programs within the Administration for Community Living (ACL) that support older adults and people of all ages with disabilities will be split across the Administration for Children and Families (ACF), Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation (ASPE), and Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS).
Personnel cuts, centralization of functions, and consolidation of HHS divisions, including:
• 82,000 full-time employees reduced to 62,000
• 28 divisions consolidated to 15
• 10 regional offices consolidated to 5
• Human Resources, Information Technology, Procurement, External Affairs, and Policy will be centralized.
Re-organization of major OP/DIVS that focus on streamlining operations and centralizing administrative functions:
• FDA will decrease its workforce by approximately 3,500 full-time employees. This reduction will not affect drug, medical device, or food reviewers, nor will it impact inspectors.
• The CDC will decrease its workforce by approximately 2,400 employees. The Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response (ASPR) will move under CDC to enhance coordination of response efforts. This move will add 1,000 personnel to CDC rolls reducing CDC personnel cuts to only 1,400.
• The NIH will decrease its workforce by approximately 1,200 employees by centralizing procurement, human resources, and communications across its 27 institutes and centers.
• CMS will decrease its workforce by approximately 300 employees, with a focus on reducing minor duplication across the agency. This reorganization will not impact Medicare and Medicaid services.
New Organizations include:
• The Administration for a Healthy America (AHA). AHA will consolidate the OASH, HRSA, SAMHSA, ATSDR, and NIOSH, to coordinate chronic care and disease prevention programs and harmonize health resources to low-income Americans more efficiently. Divisions of AHA include Primary Care, Maternal and Child Health, Mental Health, Environmental Health, HIV/AIDS, and Workforce, with support of the U.S. Surgeon General and Policy team.
• The Assistant Secretary for Enforcement will provide oversight of the Departmental Appeals Board (DAB), Office of Medicare Hearings and Appeal (OMHA), and the Office for Civil Rights (OCR) to combat waste, fraud, and abuse.
• The Office of Strategy (OS) will combine the Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation (ASPE) and Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ). This new organization will conduct research that informs the Secretary’s policies and evaluates the effectiveness of the Department’s programs for a healthier America.
• The critical programs within the Administration for Community Living (ACL) that support older adults and people of all ages with disabilities will be split across the Administration for Children and Families (ACF), Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation (ASPE), and Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS).