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“… Work that was halted, according to employees and contractors, included the U.S.’s efforts to stop the spread of an
Ebola outbreak in Uganda, an outbreak of the Marburg virus disease in Tanzania, and a multicountry outbreak of Mpox.
Most employees of a field hospital in Gaza were abruptly terminated last week, said Adam Hamawy, a plastic surgeon working nearby. The hospital administrator sent a text message to the terminated staff, saying they would be paid a final $400.
Waivers have now been granted to allow certain emergency humanitarian programs to get funds, although employees and recipients said they had received limited guidance about how to interpret which programs qualify.
… Nicholas Gottlieb, the agency’s director of employee and labor relations, later sent an email saying that after review, he found the decision to put dozens of senior employees on leave unjustified and that there had been no evidence of misconduct.
Two hours later, he emailed to say that he himself had been put on leave, according to employees.
… Termination notices often arrived outside normal working hours. Some contractors started hearing that their colleagues had lost their jobs in the morning and watched the hours tick by until their notices arrived at night. For some overseas, dismissal has meant trying to figure out how to get back to the U.S. with their families.
…On Saturday, DOGE representatives sought access to sensitive systems at USAID’s building in Washington.
Security officials at the agency initially resisted the DOGE team’s requests, which some people familiar with the confrontation said included demands for access to personnel information.
The security officials, John Voorhees and his deputy, then were put on administrative leave for not complying, people familiar with the episode said.
“We spent the weekend feeding USAID into the wood chipper,” Musk said on social media. “USAID is a criminal organization.” …”
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