Department of Health and Human Services

White House pitches billions in supplemental funding for upcoming continuing resolution

With a short-term continuing resolution nearly inevitable to start the upcoming fiscal year, the White House submitted a lengthy list of budget anomalies…

Budget

AP/Alex Brandon

FILE - In this April 5, 2009 file photo, the Department of Health and Human Services building is seen in Washington. A government audit finds that more than 1 in 4 cases of possible sexual and physical abuse against nursing home patients apparently went unreported to police. The Health and Human Services inspector general's office faults Medicare for failing to enforce a federal law that requires nursing homes to immediately notify police. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, File)

Should political appointees have access to a car service all day?

Federal Newscast

This undated image provided by the United States District Court for the Northern District of California shows two fake CDC COVID-19 Vaccination Record Cards that are part of a criminal complaint. With more than 600 colleges and universities now requiring proof of COVID-19 inoculations, an online industry has sprung up offering fake vaccine cards. Dozens of students interviewed by the Associated Press said they were aware of fake covid-19 vaccination cards, though none admitted to actually using one. (U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California via AP)

Senator wants agencies to take bigger role in going after fake vaccine cards

Federal Newscast

Deltek

Breaking down the $118B, ‘healthy’, federal IT marketplace

IT Modernization

FILE - In this Dec. 15, 2020, file photo, a droplet falls from a syringe after a health care worker was injected with the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine at a hospital in Providence, R.I. Genesis Healthcare, the nation’s largest nursing home operator which has 70,000 employees at nearly 400 nursing homes and senior communities, told its workers this week they will have to get COVID-19 vaccinations to keep their jobs — a possible shift in an industry that has largely rejected compulsory measures for fear of triggering an employee exodus that could worsen already dangerous staffing shortages. (AP Photo/David Goldman, File)

VA, HHS expand vaccines mandate to nearly all health care workers

Workforce

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Father and son working on laptop. businessman working from home and watching child. spending time with kid. Young man working on computer. StartUp. Freelance concept. successful modern family.

NSA wants you to be careful where you log in to telework

Federal Newscast

Partnership for Public Service

Federal doctors are Sammies finalists for work on Ebola vaccines and treatments

People

After years of contentious negotiations, HHS, NTEU agree to labor relations reset

Unions

Alejandro Mayorkas, nominee to be Secretary of Homeland Security, testifies in Washington

Senate report advocates FISMA reforms after finding slow progress on agency cybersecurity

Cybersecurity

Medical full body screening software on tablet and healthcare devices

CMS needs to improve oversight of medical device cybersecurity

Cybersecurity

FILE - In this Jan. 27, 2021, file image from video, Jeff Zients, White House coronavirus response coordinator, speaks as Dr. Anthony Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases and chief medical adviser to the president., Dr. Marcella Nunez-Smith, chair of the COVID-19 health equity task force, Dr. Rochelle Walensky, director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, and Andy Slavitt, senior adviser to the White House COVID-19 Response Team,, appear on screen during a White House briefing on the Biden administration's response to the COVID-19 pandemic in Washington. (White House via AP, File)

GAO: Agencies could’ve been more transparent in pandemic response OTA’s

Federal Newscast

Whistleblower claim leads to more efficient contracting practices at HHS

In today’s Federal Newscast, the Department of Health and Human Services will strengthen internal controls when using Other Transaction Authorities, for…

Federal Newscast

First Transgender Presidential Appointee: HHS Assistant Secretary Dr. Rachel Levine on Biden Administration’s Commitment to Health Equity

This week hosts Mark Masselli and Margaret Flinter welcome Dr. Rachel Levine, Assistant Secretary for Health at the US Department of Health and Human Services,…

Conversations on Health Care

The underlying process for GWACs hasn’t changed since 1994; ADI says it’s time

Acquisition

The Alliance for Digital Innovation, an industry association, is proposing seven changes to the GWAC model to bring it into the 21st Century.

Department of Health and Human Services

White House pitches billions in supplemental funding for upcoming continuing resolution

Should political appointees have access to a car service all day?

Senator wants agencies to take bigger role in going after fake vaccine cards

Breaking down the $118B, ‘healthy’, federal IT marketplace

VA, HHS expand vaccines mandate to nearly all health care workers

NSA wants you to be careful where you log in to telework

Federal doctors are Sammies finalists for work on Ebola vaccines and treatments

After years of contentious negotiations, HHS, NTEU agree to labor relations reset

Senate report advocates FISMA reforms after finding slow progress on agency cybersecurity

CMS needs to improve oversight of medical device cybersecurity

GAO: Agencies could’ve been more transparent in pandemic response OTA’s

Whistleblower claim leads to more efficient contracting practices at HHS

First Transgender Presidential Appointee: HHS Assistant Secretary Dr. Rachel Levine on Biden Administration’s Commitment to Health Equity

The underlying process for GWACs hasn’t changed since 1994; ADI says it’s time

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