Sequester, Shutdown Hurt FDA Recruitment, Morale – Hamburg
This article was originally published in The Tan Sheet
Executive Summary
The FDA commissioner tells a House subcommittee that a job candidate questioned whether the “uncertainty” of government work was worth leaving academia, creating another hurdle for agency efforts to fill senior leadership positions.
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