Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. revealed that some programs and employees cut in a recent drastic reorganization will be reinstated after admitting errors in the process. The decision to eliminate various programs aimed at public health, including a CDC initiative tracking juvenile lead exposure, led to widespread lay-offs, with Kennedy stating that personnel should not have been affected. He defended the restructuring efforts as essential for efficiency, indicating a strategic chaos approach - implying that reinstatements were part of the plan rather than a simple mistake.
Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. acknowledged that in a recent reorganization, some programs and employees that were axed will be reinstated.
Kennedy explained that mistakes were made during the cuts, with some federally funded programs vital to public health being reinstated after having mistakenly been targeted for elimination.
In a restructuring attempt aimed at streamlining operations, Kennedy defended the sweeping layoffs and significant program eliminations as necessary for moving forward with an efficient HHS.
Kennedy implied that the approach to cutting staff and programs was intentionally chaotic, suggesting that reinstatements were part of an overarching strategy rather than an oversight.
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