The Department of Health and Human Services laid off employees Saturday evening that impacted a number of their biggest agencies as President Donald Trump’s administration continues to shrink the size of the federal government, according Bloomberg.
Some of the biggest agencies that felt the impact were the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, the Food and Drug Administration, and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, per emails obtained by Bloomberg.
Some of the folks that were laid off on Saturday were employees that evaluate the safety of medical devices and conduct oversight of Affordable Care Act exchanges, but the full scope of the layoffs remain unclear as of this article, per the report.
Bloomberg says that the emails that were received by those who were laid off informed them that they will be placed on administrative leave and receive four weeks of pay and were signed by Jeffrey Anoka, the acting head of human resources at HHS.
This comes following Trump’s executive order that was issued last Tuesday that is federal agencies to enact “large-scale” employee cuts.
Trump’s administration is taking immediate action across a number of sectors, even as heads of the FDA, CMS, and CDC have not yet been confirmed, and following the swearing in of Robert F. Kennedy Jr., who is serving as the head of HHS, last Thursday.