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The sudden dismissal of public records staff at health agencies threatens government accountability

  • Written by Reshma Ramachandran, Assistant Professor of Medicine, Yale University

Mass layoffs at the Department of Health and Human Services are continuing as the agency makes good on its intention, announced on March 27, 2025, to shrink its workforce by 20,000 people. Among workers dismissed in early April were several teams responsible for fulfilling requests for access to previously unreleased government data, information...

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