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New DHS supply chain center aims to head off future crises

DHS’s new Supply Chain Resilience Center will aim to marshal stakeholders to help avoid the type of shortages and bottlenecks that roiled the country during…

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(AP Photo/Amanda Andrade-Rhoades)Denis McDonough, Secretary of Veterans Affairs, testifies before the Senate Committee on Veterans' Affairs on Capitol Hill in Washington on Wednesday, July 14, 2021. (AP Photo/Amanda Andrade-Rhoades)

VA sets higher in-office work requirements for teleworking employees this fall

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Defense Department’s new wearable device detects illness before symptoms appear

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In the post-pandemic era, the government is still perfecting its bio-responses

Given everything that happened in the pandemic of 2020, one would think the government would have learned a thing or two about bio responses. It has learned…

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FILE - The Department of Health and Human Services building is seen in Washington, April 5, 2009.  The federal Department of Health and Human Services is failing to meet its responsibilities for leading the nation’s response to public health emergencies ranging from the coronavirus pandemic, to extreme weather disasters and even potential bioterror attacks, a nonpartisan congressional watchdog says in a report Thursday. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, File)

This head of an obscure multibillion-dollar agency, improves health care for millions of Americans

He runs a program most people never heard of, but it has got a $5 billion budget. He is the head of the Bureau of Primary Health Care, nested in the Health…

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Supply chain resiliency: Procurement lessons learned

Feb. 24 marks the one-year anniversary of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. As the conflict continued and Ukraine battled for its sovereignty, the United States, alongside allied nations, provided critical support for Ukraine. Ahead of this one-year anniversary, President Joe Biden reinforced the U.S. pledge of unwavering support to that country.

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