After RFK Jr.’s ‘radical transparency’ pledge, HHS shutters much of its communications, FOIA operations
After health secretary RFK Jr.’s ‘radical transparency’ pledge, HHS has shuttered much of the agency's communications and FOIA operations.
The Department of Health and Human Services made major cuts to teams across its agencies that handle communications, media relations, and Freedom of Information Act requests as part of mass layoffs Tuesday, a move that workers say will cripple the department’s ability to relay critical health information to the public and run counter to secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s vow to promote “radical transparency.”
At the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the majority of the media relations team was cut, as were workers who process FOIA requests, run the CDC’s website, and manage social media accounts, said Kevin Griffis, who stepped down as director of the agency’s communications several days ago.
