President Donald Trump wasted no time this week launching his agenda for the federal government, issuing scores of executive orders and directives from the White House, including some that affect how US health agencies communicate with the public, conduct hiring, and address public health issues.
Elizabeth Halpern, a partner at Hogan Lovells, noted that the executive order on federal return to office was not surprising, but fulfills a campaign promise.
« We’ll have to see what effect that has probably over the longer term as far as whether federal employees, the people we work with most at the agencies we deal with, will want to stay in their jobs with that in place, » said Halpern…