April 3, 2025 ☼ --washingtonpost ☼ fda ☼ layoffs
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On Tuesday, thousands of Food and Drug Administration workers were laid off. They were shut out from the government offices where they had worked and placed on administrative leave until June 2.
But just hours after employees were shown the door, Barclay Butler, the agency’s new chief operating officer, asked top FDA officials to identify employees to keep working for the next two months, according to an email obtained by The Washington Post.
It appears, according to the email, that the agency needed laid-off employees to help transition as it was shedding workers.