WIKIMEDIAMedia reports swirled late last week concerning the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP). CBS News reported that “the science division of [OSTP] was unstaffed as of Friday as the three remaining employees departed this week.”
Three OSTP staffers did leave last week, but it was because their prearranged tenures at the office had expired, according to an administration official familiar with the situation. “I saw that there were some tweets and what-not saying that it’s zero,” the official tells The Scientist. “That is not true. We have plenty of PhDs that are still on staff that are working on science. All of the work that was being done by the three who left on Friday had been transitioned to other staffers.”
At least one of the tweets that the official is referring to came from Eleanor Celeste, who announced leaving OSTP, where she was the assistant director for biomedical and forensic sciences. “science division out. mic drop,” she tweeted on ...
