What is happening here as well, is that many career scientists at e.g., NIAID are transitioned to Schedule P/C, meaning that they can be terminated at will.
The purge across our scientific and public health institutions continues, as congress is completely asleep at the steering wheel.
Kristian G. Andersen
Late in the afternoon on Friday (yesterday), HHS/NIH did 2 things:
1) They RIFd more employees (despite the extreme staffing shortages).
2) They sent announcements to supervisors letting them know people in their chain of command will be moved to the career/policy “at will” status.
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