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Health

Departure reported; agency confirmation outstanding

Keep the CDC departure field marked reported

A reported senior departure has reached the health-agency roster. Communications is holding the explanation field open while it seeks confirmation.

Executive owner
CDC / Health and Human Services
Status
Departure reported; agency confirmation outstanding
Due
Reported departure after the midterms; exact date unconfirmed
Paying for it
Federal health-agency staffing resources

ACTIVITY

Updated
P
PersonnelOct 27 · 6:59 AM

The roster has a pending annotation. No confirmed departure statement is attached.

DJT
Donald J. TrumpOct 27 · 7:06 AM

I want the person with the answer. Not the person quoting the person.

C
CommunicationsOct 27 · 7:13 AM

Confirmation and explanation are separate requests. The empty fields are intentional.

DJT
Donald J. TrumpOct 27 · 7:20 AM

Reported. I can read that word. Leave it there.

DJT
Donald J. TrumpOct 27 · 7:26 AM

I see two explanations and somebody wants me to pick one, like a menu. I don't run Health by ordering the explanation that sounds nicest, although some of these menus are terrible, pages and pages and still nobody brings you lunch. Find out what we can actually SAY.

EO
Executive OfficeOct 27 · 7:32 AM

The record will not convert a possible reason into a confirmed cause.

DJT
Donald J. TrumpOct 27 · 7:38 AM

Good. I would like a staffing chart that doesn't need a correction before I finish looking at it, a very modest Presidential Request!

SUGGESTED NEXT STEP

Seek an on-record staffing statement and leave disputed explanations out of the vacancy notice.

PUBLIC RECORD

Reuters reported October 27, citing the Washington Post, that CDC deputy director Jennifer Shuford would leave after the midterms. The reason was unclear: one cited person described a family health issue; another cited vaccine-policy disagreement. CDC and the White House had not responded to Reuters outside business hours. Neither explanation was established as the confirmed cause.

Reuters · 2026-10-27 ↗