Return of Obama Staffers to HHS Brings ‘Wealth of Knowledge’ (1)

Senior staffers from the Obama administration are returning to the Department of Health and Human Services as the Biden administration takes the reins of an agency battling Covid-19 without any confirmed officials.

The department’s senior staff will be responsible for doing much of the work to implement Biden’s policy goals. Most of the top officials running the department are doing so in an acting capacity because the Senate has yet to confirm any of President Joe Biden’s health nominees.

The returning HHS senior staff are veterans of the department and bring a “wealth of knowledge,” said Al Fitzpayne, former ...