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CHIPS Act employees had to ‘justify their intellect’ before being let go.
The Department of Commerce laid off 40 people from the office overseeing CHIPS grants after senior department official Michael Grimes held “brief interviews” with employees, reports The New York Times.
...Mr. Grimes asked employees to justify their intellect by providing test results from the SAT or an IQ test, said four people familiar with the evaluations. Some were asked to do math problems, like calculate the value of four to the fourth power or long division.
Last week, Trump called for ending the program.
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