"Many of the officials who were sent the reassignments have been on administrative leave since last spring, when they were abruptly ousted from their roles without explanation."
"Accepting these new roles would represent a major career shake-up and force a move across the country, as many senior HHS officials are based in Maryland or near Atlanta."
"For several of the reassigned officials, April 1 will mark the one-year anniversary of when they were put on administrative leave, shortly after HHS initially proposed to reassign them."
"The two officials who recently received reassignments also told me that last week is the first time they've heard from HHS since May or June 2025."
The Department of Health and Human Services reassigned several top officials to the Indian Health Service after they had been on administrative leave for nearly a year. The officials received unexpected notifications about their new roles, with a deadline to accept or decline. Accepting the reassignments would require significant career changes and relocations across the country. If they decline, they risk being removed from federal service entirely. Many of these officials had not heard from HHS since their initial leave began.
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