President Trump's 90-day federal hiring freeze appears to offer some broad exemptions for key positions at the US FDA.
FDA Gets Broad Exemptions From Federal Hiring Freeze In HHS Memo
Advisory committees will need to be 'legally mandated' in order add special government employees, but many positions at FDA appear as though they can be filled, internal memo suggests – though how specific those exemptions are is unclear.
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