Department of Health and Human Services

The Council of Inspectors General honors one of its own

Ruth Ann Dorrill, Regional IG for Evaluation and Inspections at the Department of Health and Human Services, is this year’s recipient of the June Gibbs…

People

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Data management emerges as a top performance challenge for Health and Human Services

Agency Oversight

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Could AI help stave off the brain drain of federal retirement?

Retirement

Wikipedia

Department of Health and Human Services building

HHS AI strategy hinges on culture shift, knowledge exchange

Artificial Intelligence

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What are the top federal professional services opportunities in FY22?

Contracting

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Health and Human Services takes a new step in efforts to reduce improper payments

Agency Oversight

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Web of policies not syncing up into single federal AI strategy, report warns

Artificial Intelligence

Health and Human Services gets advice for building data capacity on one of its top priorities

Big Data

HUD rolls out AI risk management platform to fight fraud in grant spending

Artificial Intelligence

White House pitches billions in supplemental funding for upcoming continuing resolution

Budget

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

In today’s Federal Newscast, Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) is calling on federal agencies to crack down on fake vaccine cards.

Federal Newscast

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

By any measure, the federal market for information technology is enormous — close to 8% of the discretionary budget.

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

VA Secretary Denis McDonough expanded vaccine requirement to employees under the Hybrid Title 38, and Title 5 VA health care personnel—such as psychologists, pharmacists, social workers, nursing assistants and physical therapists.