Dear Colleagues,
The Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) issued an internal memo on Jan. 21 that places an immediate pause on the issuance of documents and public communications from the NIH, CDC, and FDA, including regulations, guidance, notices, and grant announcements, through Feb. 1. The UWM Office of Research is aware of this, monitoring the situation and assessing potential impacts.
While this directive affects the federal health agencies within DHHS only, other federal agencies may be pausing their own public communications. On January 20, the U.S. Department of Energy issued its own internal memo stating that, until further notice, it will review all communications and there will be delays in funding actions. At this time, we are not aware of other agencies (e.g., National Science Foundation, Department of Defense, NASA) that have paused or are planning to pause their public communications.
We will share additional updates as information becomes available. We appreciate your patience and understanding.
— Kristian O’Connor, Interim Vice Provost for Research & Graduate School Dean