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Department of Health and Human Services (HHS)

ATLANTA, GEORGIA – AUGUST 06: A general view of the Center for Disease Control headquarters is seen in Atlanta, Georgia, United States on August 06, 2022. (Photo by Nathan Posner/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)

CDC sent RIF notices, then pulled some back. The result is chaos, advocates and workers say

Roughly half of the reduction-in-force notices sent to CDC staff last week were rolled back, workers and advocates said. The error adds to existing administrative disorder.
WASHINGTON – APRIL 11: Department Of Health and Human Services, Hubert H. Humphrey Building on April 11, 2015 in Washington, D.C. (Photo By Raymond Boyd/Getty Images)

HHS has a new DOGE-affiliated technology chief

Zachary Terrell is the chief technology officer at the Department of Health and Human Services, FedScoop has learned. He is also serving at NSF.
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HHS rolls out ChatGPT across the department

A departmentwide email noted that the generative AI tool, like others, is “particularly good at summarizing long documents” and cautioned workers to “be skeptical” of outputs.
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