Overview

• An internal email from new COO Lynda Chapman tells all CDC employees to resume regular on‑site operations by Monday, September 15.
• The agency reports significant progress on repairs at the Roybal campus and will relocate staff whose work areas remain affected, with a Response and Recovery team coordinating the transition.
• Investigators say the August 8 attack involved nearly 500 shots; five firearms and more than 500 shell casings were recovered, Officer David Rose was killed, and the gunman, identified as Patrick Joseph White, died by suicide.
• The Georgia Bureau of Investigation says White expressed distrust of Covid‑19 vaccines in writings recovered by authorities.
• The return plan follows a period of remote work and organizational turmoil, including President Donald Trump’s firing of Director Susan Monarez, several senior resignations, reported notices of about 600 permanent terminations, and HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. saying Deputy HHS Secretary Jim O’Neill will serve as acting CDC director.