ATLANTA, Ga. (Atlanta News First) - Employees from the Atlanta-based Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) were among the more than 4,000 federal workers who received layoff notices on Friday.

A federal court filing in response to two unions trying to stop the reductions in force revealed that employees from seven departments were laid off. In the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), which the CDC is under, between 1,100 and 1,200 workers were let go.

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According to CNN, the following CDC departments were affected:

Office of Public Health Data, Surveillance, and Technology

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