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“This will decimate our ability to function as an institution,” says one senior NIH scientist who had to notify staff that HHS was firing them. “Whatever the opposite of government efficiency is, this process will take us there.”
‘Wrecking ball’: RFK Jr. moves to fire thousands of health agency employees
“The actions taken against the federal workforce thus far by the administration have already dramatically diminished the capacity of CDC to respond adequately, in the way that Americans deserve, to emerging public health threats,” the person said. “And cutting EIS will make Americans and global populations less safe in years to come.”
CDC cuts expected to devastate Epidemic Intelligence Service, a ‘crown jewel’ of public health
“On Friday, an employee still at NNSA told NPR that the firings are now “paused,” in part because of the chaotic way in which they unfolded. Another employee had been contacted and told that their termination had been “rescinded.” But some worried the damage had already been done. Nuclear security is highly specialized, high-pressure work, but it’s not particularly well paid, one employee told NPR. Given what’s unfolded over the past 24 hours, “why would anybody want to take these jobs?” they asked.”
Trump firings cause chaos at agency responsible for America’s nuclear weapons
““This has been slash and burn,” said Nicholas Detter, who had been working in Kansas as a natural resource specialist, helping farmers reduce soil and water erosion, until he was fired by email late Thursday night. He said there seemed to be little thought about how employees and the farmers and ranchers he helped would be impacted.”
Anger, chaos and confusion take hold as federal workers face mass layoffs
“Allowing parks to hire seasonal staff is essential, but staffing cuts of this magnitude will have devastating consequences for parks and communities,” NPCA President Theresa Pierno said in a statement.
US Forest Service fires 3,400 workers, Park Service cuts 1,000
“Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility, a group that defends government workers, said the Agriculture Department’s Food Safety and Inspection Service would be hit especially hard by laying off probationary employees because it has trouble recruiting inspectors required to be present at all times at most slaughterhouses.”
Trump administration initiates new round of layoffs for federal workers with least experience
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“Nearly half of the FDA’s $6.9 billion budget comes from fees paid by companies the agency regulates, including drug and medical device makers, which allows the agency to hire extra scientists to swiftly review products. Eliminating those positions will not reduce government spending.”
Trump administration cuts reach FDA employees in food safety, medical devices and tobacco
““Tribes who receive direct service will be hit the hardest,” one official told ICT. “In communities across the country, if there are not protections for employees providing services for Indian Country and protections for mission-critical occupations, exempt employees, excepted employees and emergency employees, tribes will see a loss of essential services: healthcare, emergency services, childcare and educational services, justice services.”
https://ictnews.org/news/abrupt-federal-layoffs-expected-to-hit-tribal-programs
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“The tax agency grew by about 10 percent last year, as its ranks swelled from roughly 90,000 employees in fiscal year 2023 to 100,000 employees this fiscal year. The IRS has said publicly that personnel critical to the tax filing season are ineligible for the “deferred resignation” plan that encouraged federal personnel to quit. That has fueled speculation that the cuts to IRS personnel will be concentrated among the agency’s tax collection staff, which could reduce the amount of revenue brought into federal coffers even as Musk calls for a reduced deficit.”
Layoffs to hit IRS as DOGE targets tax collections
“Violent political demonstrations erupted and protesters attacked the U.S. Embassy. By the end of the day, most staff were told to evacuate.
But just how they would get back to the United States was unclear: The White House had frozen foreign aid spending about a week earlier and put senior USAID leaders on leave. The agency had stopped paying for employee travel.”
Forced to flee Congo, USAID workers lost everything. They’re suing Trump.
“The USAID inspector-general also revealed last week that almost half a billion dollars’ worth of US-grown food and grain was spoiling at ports and warehouses due to confusion over the funding freeze. The inspector-general was subsequently fired by the Trump administration.”
“The Trump administration has begun firing several hundred Federal Aviation Administration employees, upending staff on a busy air travel weekend and just weeks after a January fatal mid-air collision at Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport.”
Trump begins firings of FAA air traffic control staff just weeks after fatal DC plane crash
“Van Tol said the impact of DOGE’s HUD layoffs would reverberate quickly. “You shut down the CFPB, it’s going to affect real people but it’s likely to be felt over time. You mess with HUD, you’re potentially impacting people right away — immediately.””
DOGE discussing Housing Department layoffs
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“The cuts to National Institutes of Health grants, on pause in federal court, would immediately wipe out well over $100 million in research overhead funding in Georgia alone, and billions of dollars nationwide, with massive ripple effects. Georgia last year received $788 million in NIH funding, and experts said much of that money, even for multiyear projects, now is tied to projects whose budgets don’t work.”
Ossoff, Georgia biomed industry slam Trump’s cuts to biomedical research
“Nearly 1,300 people at the Atlanta-based CDC with jobs classified as “probationary” are being targeted. The category includes recent hires and longtime staffers who, throughout their tenures, have moved into new positions internally within the CDC.”
Georgia CDC jobs slashed amid Trump administration federal workforce cuts
“If the purpose of such cuts is to make sure taxpayer dollars are not wasted and used well, the evaluation and data work that has been terminated is exactly the work that determines which programs are effective uses of federal dollars, and which are not,” Tofig wrote, noting several contracts were nearing their completion.
Crucial research halted as DOGE abruptly terminates Education Department contracts
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