Overview

• Roughly 1,300 CDC staff received reduction-in-force notices late Friday, and the union says about 700 were reinstated by Saturday with roughly 600 still out.
• HHS officials said incorrect notifications were caused by a system coding error and that those employees were never formally separated.
• Reinstated roles include teams for the Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report, measles and Ebola responses, Epidemic Intelligence Service officers, the National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases, the Global Health Center, and the Public Health Infrastructure Center, as measles cases reached 1,563 this year.
• Cuts that remain in effect include the CDC’s Washington office, Violence Prevention programs, and the Office of the Director at the Injury Center.
• OMB said government-wide RIFs have begun, with court filings indicating more than 4,100 federal workers affected across agencies as unions move to block the actions.