Overview

• More than 1,000 CDC employees received layoff notices during the shutdown-driven reduction.
• A federal health official said many notices were erroneous and are being rescinded for measles response leaders, Ebola responders, Epidemic Intelligence Service officers, and the Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report team.
• Some groups will not return, including the agency’s Washington office, the injury prevention director’s office, and the violence prevention policy division.
• Other affected units include the Center for Forecasting and Outbreak Analytics, the CDC library, the occupational safety office, and human resources and ethics.
• The layoffs were part of more than 4,000 federal cuts announced during the shutdown, and the final number of CDC separations remains unclear.