Entire CDC FOIA Office Fired as Health Agency Moves to Centralize Structure

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s entire Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) office was fired as part of the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) reorganization, a health official confirmed on April 2. Some FOIA employees working in other HHS divisions, including the National Institutes of Health, were among those laid off by HHS this week. The terminations are part of Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s restructuring plan, aimed at streamlining operations, an HHS official told The Epoch Times. The various FOIA offices did not communicate with each other, nor did they report to their parent agency, HHS, the official said. Instead, the offices “all operated in their own silo.”...