Department of Health and Human Services

Defense Logistics Agency keeps supply of at-home COVID tests flowing

The Postal Service is the public face for the government’s efforts to supply Americans with at-home COVID tests. But behind the scenes, the Defense Department…

Defense

A due to limited supplies sign is shown on the baby formula shelf at a grocery store Tuesday, May 10, 2022, in Salt Lake City. Parents across much of the U.S. are scrambling to find baby formula after a combination of supply disruptions and safety recalls have swept many of the leading brands off store shelves. (AP Photo/Rick Bowmer)

Federal agencies’ roles in helping to solve the baby formula shortage

Congress

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First HHS chief AI officer sees promise in 100 AI use cases, but challenges moving them forward

All About Data

FILE - A young man stands in front of a shelve with hard liquor at a beverage market in Gelsenkirchen, western Germany, June 15, 2007. The German government's drugs czar has proposed raising the age when people can buy beer and win from 16 to 18, and cracking down on alcohol and tobacco advertising. (AP Photo/Martin Meissner, File)

Vets suing Army for not recognizing substance abuse disorders in discharges

Federal Newscast

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)

GAO: HHS needs to find ways to shield its scientists from political strong-arming

Federal Newscast

How telehealth became a proven commodity for Medicare recipients

Technology

HHS aims to merge patient data across networks with new health IT system

IT Modernization

FILE - In this Sept. 14, 2021, file photo, a syringe is prepared with the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine at a clinic at the Reading Area Community College in Reading, Pa. Millions of U.S. workers now have a Jan. 4 deadline to get a COVID vaccine. The federal government on Thursday, Nov. 4, 2021 announced new vaccine requirements for workers at companies with more than 100 employees as well as workers at health care facilities that treat Medicare and Medicaid patients.. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke, File)

How Operation Warp Speed led to a vaccine

Management

Agencies take action to improve federal services for transgender Americans

Workforce Rights/Governance

President Joe Biden speaks about status of the country's fight against COVID-19 in the South Court Auditorium on the White House campus, Wednesday, March 30, 2022, in Washington. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky)

Biden admin. hopes to make government services more inclusive for transgender people

Federal Newscast

FILE - The U.S. Capitol building is seen before sunrise on Capitol Hill in Washington, Monday, March. 21, 2022. With an urgent funding request stuck in Congress, the Health Resources and Services Administration says it can no longer cover medical bills for COVID tests and treatments for uninsured people and will stop taking claims at midnight Tuesday. (AP Photo/Gemunu Amarasinghe, File)

COVID budget impasse halts aid to test and treat uninsured

Budget

After 40 years of service, Vogel offers ways to make federal IT better

Janet Vogel, the former acting CIO and chief information security officer at the Department of Health and Human Services, recently retired after 40 years…

Ask the CIO

DoD adds another piece to the JWCC puzzle

Kelly Fletcher is the new principal deputy CIO for the Defense Department while Okie Mek, the chief AI officer at HHS, is leaving after 20 years of federal…

Reporter's Notebook

Biden COVID plan directs more federal employees to resume in-person work in April

Workforce

The Biden administration is looking to the federal workforce to set an example for the rest of the country’s labor force by having more federal employees return to the office in April.