US FDA's Streamlined Hiring Pilot Restarts After Delay

Recruiting for “Cures”-funded positions resulted in two hires, then got an HHS review; onboarding time should be reduced significantly, but finding the money to pay the higher salaries remains a challenge under the new process.

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The US FDA has officially launched its “Reimagining Hiring” pilot program approximately one year after Commissioner Scott Gottlieb announced the creation of a streamlined recruitment process to fill open user fee-funded positions at the agency.

The official start of the pilot program on July 30 was postponed approximately six months to allow more time for...

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