US CHIPS Act office lays off about a third of its staff, sources say

About a third of the staff of the Office of the US Department of Commerce, with $ 39 billion, controlled by subsidies for chipsis, which have been released this week, reported two familiar sources.

The Trade Department did not respond to commentary requests.

Last month, Reuters reported that Trump’s new administration, which has started with the dramatic renovation of the Federal Government, reviews the projects provided by current 2022 chips law. This law is designed to promote US internal semiconductor products with grants and loans companies in the chip industry.

About 40 employees lost their work on Monday, said the sources that spoke of anonymity. On Monday, at around 15 o’clock in the evening, when they stopped the staff with the status of expertise, they were stopped, and they came out of 4 in the evening.

Last week, 20 other employees left as part of the government’s delayed resignation program, the man said.

The General Investment Officer of the Office, Todd Fisher, resigned last week, according to Reuters, the e-mail. A source familiar with the situation says that his resignation is planned in recent months.

(Report on Karen Frefeld, David Shepardson and Alexandra Alper. Edit by Paul Simao)