Lawsuit: DOGE, HHS Used “Hopelessly Error-Ridden” Data to Fire 10,000 Workers

HHS Cutting 10,000 More Jobs as DOGE Carries Out Mission to Gut the Government

The Department of Health and Human Services announced it’s cutting 10,000 jobs. Combined with the wave of early retirements and buyouts since Trump came to power, the department will lose roughly a quarter of its workforce, going from 82,000 down to 62,000 employees. Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. said agencies will also be consolidated as part of the plan. The cuts will gut key agencies, including the CDC, FDA and NIH, and set back decad

Lawsuit Alleges HHS Used Error-Ridden Data to Fire 10,000 Health Workers

A lawsuit filed on June 3 accused Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and other officials of using faulty data to carry out mass terminations at the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS). The suit states that workers at the department saw problems in the termination notices they received on April 1, including erroneous performance ratings. One of the plaintiffs, Catherine Jackson, 68, who worked for the department’s Office of Child Ca…

Lawsuit: DOGE_ HHS used “hopelessly error-ridden” data to fire 10_000 workers

The US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) teamed up with DOGE to fire 10,000 employees while relying on "hopelessly error-ridden" personnel records, a filed yesterday

HHS relied on ‘error-ridden’ data to cut 10,000 jobs, former staff allege in lawsuit

The Department of Health and Human Services faces a lawsuit from recently fired employees arguing that HHS leaders used flawed and inaccurate data to slash more than 10,000 jobs through a reduction-in-force. Attorneys representing seven former HHS employees, in a class-action lawsuit filed Tuesday with the U.S. Court for the District of Columbia, claim the department knew it was relying on “hopelessly error-ridden” data when it carried out the m…

Lawsuit: DOGE, HHS used “hopelessly error-ridden” data to fire 10,000 workers

Firing spree allegedly based on incorrect employee scores and other basic errors.

Laid off by DOGE, federal workers are finding roles in state and local government

Groups like the newly formed Civic Match are pairing laid-off federal workers with local government roles, although demand may outpace the number of jobs available.