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A pilot program is underway for an electronic performance management system within HRSA to improve retention and recruitment efforts.
Members of the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee say the Pentagon pulled $15 billion worth of spending on technology projects under the national security system umbrella leading to less transparency and a poor FITARA grade.
The House Oversight and Government Reform Committee will release the fourth Federal IT Acquisition Reform Act (FITARA) report card June 13 detailing agency progress in implementing the 2015 law.
Federal Medicaid dollars are spent by the states. The Health and Human Services Department requires states to have Medicaid Fraud Control Units that hunt for theft or patient abuse. And they do get results. Richard Stern is the director of the Division of Medicaid Fraud Policy and Oversight in the HHS inspector general's office. He talked with Federal Drive with Tom Temin about their accomplishments in 2016.
The Health Cybersecurity and Communications Integration Center (HCCIC) not only provides resources and guidance on how to handle cyberattacks against the health care sector, it offers a conduit for communication between the government and industry to share best practices.
In part one of Federal News Radio's special report on the DATA Act, Treasury Department and Office of Management and Budget officials say the three-year implementation is going well, while agency managers breathe a sigh of relief even as they prepare for the next step in standardized federal spending reports.
Department secretaries have been making the rounds this week, outlining their plans to reorganize their agencies and detailing how those strategies may involve or impact their workforce. Health and Human Services Secretary Tom Price offered his view and asked that HHS employees view upcoming reorganization efforts as an opportunity.
In today's Top Federal Headlines, two senior Republican lawmakers have called for reassurances from the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) that is not interfering with its employees’ communications with members of Congress.
President Donald Trump announced a slew of nominees for key administration positions Friday, after the Senate confirmed a new deputy-level Cabinet official this week.
The nation's opioid addiction epidemic is just the sort of phenomenon the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Service Administration was designed to take on. SAMHSA, part of the Health and Human Services Department, is making a major push to improve its data analytics capabilities. Don Cox, SAMHSA's chief information officer, talks to Federal Drive with Tom Temin about the scope of this data-related activity.
The Government Accountability Office's report on reducing agency fragmentation, overlap, and duplication shows the federal government could save tens of billions of dollars — if agencies choose to act on the recommendations and Congress offers its help.
For the eighth year in a row, the Health and Human Services and Veterans Affairs departments will partner with many private organizations to stage a health datapalooza. Greg Downing, executive director for innovation at HHS, tells Federal Drive with Tom Temin what HHS will bring to it, and what its goals are.
The Health and Human Services Department will soon achieve initial operating capability on the Health Cybersecurity and Communications Integration Center (HCCIC). It's modeled after the Homeland Security Department's own NCCIC, a public-private partnership that disseminates information and best practices on cyber risks.
President Donald Trump picks Neomi Rao to lead the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs and Russell Vought to be deputy director at OMB.