Dozens of CDC employees were notified late Friday night that they were being terminated. The agency's Washington office was terminated, as well as employees in the Global Health Center and the National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases. "Entire offices are being eliminated, including people in senior leadership roles." At least some officers in the Epidemic Intelligence Service were dismissed. The EIS officers are nicknamed "disease detectives" because they are frequently charged with investigating outbreaks and are part of a storied CDC training program. Some fellows in the Laboratory Leadership Service, who work on improving lab safety, also got notices. Leaders in the agency's Public Health Infrastructure Center also received notices, as well as the employees in the Office of Science. Since before the government shutdown began, the Office of Management and Budget has previewed plans to use the government funding stalemate to terminate federal workers.