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FDA reverses course on telework after layoffs and resignations threaten basic operations

  • The FDA reversed its return-to-office policy, now allowing some staff to work remotely.
  • Recent staff reductions and resignations raised concerns about jeopardizing essential agency functions.
  • An internal email and three FDA staffers confirmed the policy shift, impacting reviewers handling vaccines and drugs.
  • The email stated, "FDA leadership are allowing review staff and supervisors to resume telework at least two days a week."
  • Former officials suggest the telework change aims to retain staff and rebuild the agency's productivity after cuts.
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Weeks after ordering all employees of the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to return to the office, the agency is reversing the course, allowing some of its most valuable employees to work remotely amid concerns that recent layoffs and resignations could jeopardize basic functions, such as the approval of new drugs. An internal email obtained by The Associated Press states that FDA management is allowing review staff and supervisors to resume …

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Fort Smith/Fayetteville News broke the news in Fort Smith, United States on Thursday, April 3, 2025.
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