An official from the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP) told The Hill the department's science division is staffed, despite a report saying the last three employees of the division left last week.

However, an OSTP official told The Hill there are currently 35 employees in OSTP, and 12 employees in the department's science division, adding that the division is organized and divided differently under the Trump administration compared to the Obama administration.

"Science division out. Mic drop, former OSTP assistant director for biomedical and forensic sciences Eleanor Celeste said on Friday in a tweet.

science division out. mic drop. pic.twitter.com/RoYTJqLoXa

"By COB today, number of staffers in White House OSTP's Science Division = 0, Obama era OSTP staffer Kumar Garg tweeted on Friday.

By COB today, number of staffers in White House OSTP's Science Division = 0. https://t.co/o4dsn4y3hO

There were more than 100 employees in OSTP during the Obama administration.

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WH refutes reports that Science and Technology office unstaffed - The Hill