In a memo sent to all employees July 24, FDA Commissioner Scott Gottlieb said the agency will not send reduction in force (RIF) notices on Aug. 1 to employees who could lose their jobs if user fees are not reauthorized by Oct. 1, when the fiscal year ends.
Gottlieb wrote in the memo that "because we can reasonably expect that there will be timely reauthorization of the user fee programs by Congress by Sept