The Department of Health and Human Services directed agency leaders to halt external communications, including press releases, guidance and social media, through Feb. 1, according to a memo from the acting secretary.
The memo, which was sent to agency leaders by acting HHS Secretary Dorothy Fink, outlines that the HHS agencies should refrain from sending any documents for publication in the Federal Register until they can be “reviewed and approved” by a presidential appointee. The directive was sent to the heads of operating divisions and heads of staff divisions at HHS.
The freeze was first reported by Politico.
