WASHINGTON (AP) — Thousands of Food and Drug Administration employees are returning to the office to find overflowing parking lots, cramped workspaces and missing equipment. The FDA is the latest federal agency scrambling to meet the Trump administration’s return-to-office mandate. Monday was the first day that all FDA staffers were required to report to the agency’s headquarters in Maryland.
Staffers who spoke with The Associated Press described long lines to park and get through security, followed by hours of hunting for office space and supplies. Employees also confronted broken desks, missing chairs and locked offices for which they didn’t have keys.
