Department of Health and Human Services
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The Government Accountability Office's sixth annual report on "fragmentation, overlap and duplication," put the spotlight once again on the DoD, Treasury Department the Department of Health and Human Services for the "significant opportunities for cost savings and revenue enhancement [that] exist in these three areas."
April 13, 2016 -
The Department of Health and Human Services' inspector general highlighted several areas agencies should focus on when developing IT projects, including creating a badgeless culture with industry partners, better integration of policy and technology and a “ruthless prioritization” of capabilities.
March 24, 2016 -
Emergency management agencies say existing social media channels are often their best way to crowdsource and collect important information during a major weather event or natural disaster. Agencies such as FEMA and the Health and Human Services Department are adapting their strategy to embrace the "social listening" concept.
March 24, 2016 -
Greg Downing, executive director for Innovation at the Department of Health and Human Service's Idea Lab and Chad Heilig, associate director for data science from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, talk to Federal Drive with Tom Temin about the Venture program, which helps employees make headway against big challenges HHS faces.
March 17, 2016 -
The Office of Information Policy published data on FOIA request processing from the annual reports of 100 agencies.
March 15, 2016 -
Anne Rung, the administrator in the Office of Federal Procurement Policy, and Tony Scott, the federal chief information officer, sent a memo to all CFO Act agencies detailing the requirements for the new labs as well as announcing a pilot to expand the use of digital acquisition capabilities across the government.
March 10, 2016 -
The Office of Personnel Management is granting Direct-Hire Authority to certain federal agencies so they can fill needed jobs to fight the Zika threat.
March 04, 2016 Dr. Kurt Heisler, senior policy advisor for Technology and Innovation, Administration on Children, Youth, and Families at the Department of Health and Human Services, discusses innovation, data visualization, and how to interpret big data. March 1, 2016
February 29, 2016-
Most of the increase in the government's improper payments during 2015 comes from a higher rate of payment errors in the Medicaid program.
February 26, 2016 -
Reported improper payments are likely to increase as agencies improve their ability to ferret out overpayments and underpayments
February 25, 2016 -
Agencies need clearer hiring authorities from the Office of Personnel Management to successfully recruit and hire new tech talent, said Beth Killoran, acting CIO at the Health and Human Services Department. HHS has a 40 percent vacancy rate among its cyber and IT infrastructure workforce.
February 18, 2016 -
Here's a breakdown of major agencies and the proposed funding amounts for fiscal 2017, which are included the President Obama's $1.1 trillion budget.
February 09, 2016 -
Women of Washington hosts Aileen Black and Gigi Schumm talk to Joanne Chiedi, principal inspector general at the Department of Health and Human Services.
January 29, 2016 -
GSA awarded six vendors a spot on a blanket purchase agreement to provide integration and implementation services for Salesforce tools.
January 25, 2016 -
Adriane Burton, the Health Resources and Services Administration’s chief information officer, said she is using data analytics tools to better understand the agency’s business needs.
January 08, 2016