Federal Workers Are Facing a New Reality

Elaine Godfrey: “‘At least 50 percent of my time is devoted to trying to deal with the repercussions, the shock’ of having hundreds of colleagues suddenly disappear, including many researchers who oversaw studies, one senior National Institutes of Health scientist based in Bethesda, Maryland, told me.”

“What outside observers haven’t yet grasped, he and other federal employees said, is just how far things have spiraled out of control.”