The HHS Officials Being Paid Six Figures to Do Nothing - The Atlantic

Their sheer number suggests that the United States government has spent tens, if not hundreds, of millions of dollars since the start of April on idled health workers. "I'm being paid to not work," Aryn Backus, a health-communications specialist with the CDC's now-dismantled Office on Smoking and Health who has been on leave for months as part of the contested reduction in workforce, told me. In some cases, federal officials are being paid a lot to not work. I spoke with nearly a dozen officials indefinitely stuck in the rubber room whose annual salaries range from about $150,000 to $400,000…

https://www.theatlantic.com/health/2025/09/nih-administrative-leave/684191/ 

 

Two top Noaa officials linked to Trump’s ‘Sharpiegate’ incident put on leave

Two men led inquiry into 2019 debacle involving incorrect hurricane projections that tarnished federal agency's record…

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/jul/25/noaa-officials-leave-trump-sharpiegate

 

After paying people to leave, USDA scrambles to fill positions : NPR

"We are now all at home, being paid to stay home while they announce, less than 24 hours later, our jobs," said one APHIS employee who accepted deferred resignation and now sees their position on the list of openings. "What logic metric is being used to justify this?"

https://www.npr.org/2025/05/03/nx-s1-5384961/usda-deferred-resignation-federal-workers-aphis

Head of Office of Children’s Health Protection placed on 'administrative leave' for no given reason - Daily Kos

The Environmental Protection Agency has placed the head of Children's Health Protection on "administrative leave." This appears to be a first step toward either getting rid of the whole office or sidelining its function. ....
https://www.dailykos.com/stories/1798892