FDA Report Recommends Sweeping Revamp Of Agency Hiring Processes

FDA Commissioner Scott Gottlieb plans to pilot a new hiring process starting in 2018 after an internal report unveiled by Gottlieb Wednesday (Nov. 15) revealed FDA's hiring process needs to be fundamentally redesigned. The report found the current system lacks sufficient policy and process documentation, is overly complicated, relies on outdated technology and is mired with conflicts between the centers and FDA's human resource office. “FDA will continue to suffer from a suboptimal recruitment and hiring process unless the entire...