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Department of Health and Human Services
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The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services says it can save $120 billion dollars over the next five years. CMS\'s Jon Blum tells us about two important tools at their disposal.
May 26, 2011 -
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Dick Stapleton from HHS and Mark Pietrasanta from Aquilent join host John Gilroy to discuss best practices that federal agencies can use to engage citizens. May 24, 2011
May 24, 2011 -
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The morale of workers is on the rise after recent events highlighted the work the government does, officials say. Agencies also are taking specific steps to address employee challenges in their own agencies. DoT Secretary Ray LaHood said \"pot shots\" at employees is unacceptable.
May 04, 2011 -
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More details are emerging about the $38 billion dollar deal lawmakers say they reached to keep the government from shutting down. Some cuts were made by pruning money left over from previous years. More than half of the cuts affect education, labor and health programs. A vote in the House is expected as early as Wednesday and the Senate must pass it by Friday to prevent a shutdown.
April 12, 2011 -
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By Jolie Lee Federal News Radio A partial shutdown could happen as soon as this weekend if Congress remains stuck in a budget impasse. The Department of Health and Human Services sent a memo to…
April 06, 2011 -
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The National Institute of Standards and Technology and the Department of Health and Human Services are hosting a workshop next month for labs that want to test the technology.
March 28, 2011 -
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The two agencies plan to implement healthier foods and sustainable options at all concessions in their buildings.
March 24, 2011 -
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The agency plans to follow the model credit card companies use to identify potential problems on the front end instead of trying to chase down the money after the fact. CMS accounts for about 46 percent of all improper payments across the government. Overall, OMB wants to reduce the governmentwide error rate to 4.18 percent by 2013.
March 24, 2011 -
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The federal CIO told House lawmakers that one major reason IT projects fail is the lack of authority agency technology executives have over spending. Kundra said as part of the 25-point IT reform plan, OMB is restricting the roles of all major agency CIOs. He said the Interior Department is the model, and HHS is next.
March 18, 2011 -
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David Silverberg, editor of Homeland Security Today, has an update on the mission to Tokyo.
March 14, 2011 -
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OFSA conducted a survey to point out which departments and agencies were best using open source technologies.
March 08, 2011 -
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A new study that will look at possible health effects of the Gulf of Mexico\'s Deepwater Horizon oil spill on 55,000 cleanup workers and volunteers begins today in towns across Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama, and Florida. We get details from Dr. Dale Sandler with NIEHS.
March 03, 2011 -
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On this week\'s show, host Mike Causey talks with NTEU president Colleen Kelley and Federal Times\' Steve Watkins about different budget plans being considered and how they might hit you, or your agency, in the wallet.
February 16, 2011 -
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Federal News Radio has told you about Text4Baby, a program developed by the Department of Health and Human Services and private companies to provide text updates to expecting parents. Mothers-to-be learn about the growth of…
February 08, 2011
