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Topics on this page: Summary of Activities that Continue | Summary of Activities that will Not Continue | Summary of Contingency Staffing Plan
Summary of Activities that Continue
The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) will continue activities funded through the Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Trust Fund (PCORTF). PCORTF activities are focused on building data capacity for conducting patient-centered outcomes research designed to produce new scientific evidence that better informs and supports health care decisions of both providers and patients.
Summary of Activities that will Not Continue
Oversight of AHRQ's appropriated activities, including extramural research grants and contracts, research related activities, activities related to creating tools, and dissemination activities, will end.
Summary of Contingency Staffing Plan
In the event of a lapse of appropriations, 10 (10%) of AHRQ staff will be retained including 2 who are exempt (their activities or position are already funded or otherwise exempt) and 4 who are Commissioned Corps staff. Of the 105 staff members, 95 are on the Furlough list.
Exempt Staff:
A total of 2 staff will be exempt. This includes PCORTF staff, who will continue to oversee all activities related to the PCORTF.
Excepted Staff:
Four Public Health Service Commissioned Corps Officers will continue working as excepted. Four additional AHRQ staff fall into the category of those whose work is “necessarily implied” from the authorized continuation of or the need to phase down other activities.
These four AHRQ staff, including the AHRQ Director, Deputy Director for Programs, Director, Office of Communications and the Executive Officer will continue to work as necessary to ensure the orderly phase down and suspension of non-funded activities.