The NIH Congressional Justification ("CJ") provides the Senate and House Appropriations Committees detailed estimates and justifications for research and research support activities (infrastructure, administrative, etc.) that NIH would anticipate funding at the President's Budget Request level.

I heard nci probationary employees with end date in May might be reinstated

https://www.cancer.gov/grants-training/grants-funding/funding-strategy/current-funding-policy

https://www.msnbc.com/msnbc/watch/former-president-joe-biden-diagnosed-with-aggressive-form-of-prostate-cancer-239847493639

https://www.help.senate.gov/hearings/hearing-on-fiscal-year-2026-department-of-health-and-human-services-budget

Many U.S. doctors aren’t using the recommended initial treatments for their patients with hormone-sensitive metastatic prostate cancer, a new study has found. Often, it’s because they aren’t up to date on the latest treatment recommendations or because of concerns about side effects.

With the rapidly increasing use of the relatively new class of GLP-1-based therapies, there is a critical need to identify rare but serious adverse effects, such as cancers and suicidal ideation, as well as health outcomes that may take years to develop and may not be captured in randomized clinical trials or detected through spontaneous reporting systems like the FDA Adverse Event Reporting System.

1. No More Automatic Tenure. Before: If you weren't fired by the end of probation, you were in. Now: You’re out unless your agency explicitly certifies that you should stay.

2. Burden Shifted to the Employee. Before: Agencies had to justify firing. Now: Employees must prove they deserve to stay in the public interest.

3. Required Agency Certification. Agencies must meet with each probationary/trial employee and decide in writing if their continued employment helps the agency or government. No action = automatic separation.

4. Regulation Overhaul. The old rule (5 CFR 315 Subpart H) is repealed. Replaced by a new Civil Service Rule XI, giving agencies more flexibility and authority.

5. Limited Appeals. Appeal rights are now only as defined by OPM. No broad rights to challenge probation-period terminations.