Department of Health and Human Services
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Kristen Finne is the manager of the program, called emPOWER, and a finalist in this year's Service to America Medals program.
October 11, 2019 -
In today's Federal Newscast, a major reorganization is taking place among the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's top management offices.
October 08, 2019 -
After determining the Department of Health and Human Services bargained in "bad faith" with the National Treasury Employees Union, an independent arbitrator has directed both parties to return to the collective bargaining table. HHS, however, can appeal the arbitrator's decision.
October 07, 2019 -
Through big-data tools, the Department of Health and Human Services; top watchdog has an upper hand bringing bogus health care claims to court.
September 30, 2019 -
In today's Federal Newscast, the National Treasury Employees Union wants the Supreme Court to reverse a lower court's decision on age discrimination in the federal workforce.
September 25, 2019 -
In today's Federal Newscast, Rep. Brian Mast (R-FL) and other congressmen are pleading with Veterans Affairs Department to let them keep their offices in agency facilities.
September 23, 2019 -
HHS inspector general is urging Indian Health Service management to get a grip on what it takes to fix healthcare issues.
September 20, 2019 -
Shannon Sartin earned a SAMMIES nomination as one of the people driving the expansion of online services at CMS.
September 13, 2019 -
The Department of Health and Human Services is cancelling many of its interagency agreements with DoD, affecting 18 separate shared services including the Employee Assistance Program.
September 10, 2019 -
In today's Federal Newscast, the White House says it's considering a new approach to helping agencies adopt artificial intelligence.
September 10, 2019 -
Without warning, DoD's Employee Assistance Program for civilian employees was suspended as of Sept. 1. Defense officials say they are working to restore the services, but have not offered a timeline.
September 08, 2019 -
In today's Federal Newscast, the Defense Department is looking to hire an ethicist who can guide defense agencies on the application of artificial intelligence.
September 04, 2019 -
The Department of Health and Human Services’ Program Support Center is not answering the phone or email for many of its customers and decided it doesn’t have the authority to transfer contracts back to their home agencies.
August 19, 2019 -
The Department of Health and Human Services and the Defense Information Systems Agency are thinking beyond passwords when it comes to network security, and taking a step in identity management that has long been contemplated in government, but not actually implemented.
August 16, 2019 -
The list boils the issues down to 25 recommendations the OIG thinks would have big impacts on program effectiveness or cost savings, including Medicaid.
August 16, 2019