OFFICE OF REGULATORY AFFAIRS DECENTRALIZATION PLAN TO REDUCE HQ STAFF

Executive Summary

OFFICE OF REGULATORY AFFAIRS DECENTRALIZATION PLAN TO REDUCE HQ STAFF by 10%-15% per year over five years will require "moving more and more activities out to the field organizations," FDA Deputy Associate Commissioner for Regulatory Affairs Gary Dykstra told the PDA/FDA Joint Conference in Bethesda, Md, Sept, 20, "We have to do the same amount of work with less people" because of budget constraints and staff reductions mandated as part of Vice- President Gore's National Performance Review report, Dykstra explained.