Department of Health and Human Services
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In today's Federal Newscast, veterans are suing the Army for refusing to give soldiers with alcohol and drug addictions honorable discharges.
May 02, 2022 -
In today's Federal Newscast, a new study from the Government Accountability Office finds the Health and Human Services Department needs to take steps to protect career scientists from political interference.
April 21, 2022 -
Some 28 million people on Medicare used telehealth in the first year of the pandemic, according to the Department of Health and Human Services.
April 14, 2022 -
Health IT officials at the Department of Health and Human Services aim to securely combine health data across networks to ease customer experience.
April 13, 2022 -
As the federal health apparatus contemplates whether a second COVID-19 booster shot is a good idea, it's good to recall the national effort that resulted in vaccines in the first place.
April 06, 2022 -
On Transgender Day of Visibility, the White House announced agency actions to improve federal services and customer experience for LGBTQ+ Americans.
April 04, 2022 -
In today's Federal Newscast, the White House wants to boost inclusion for transgender people in federal services.
April 01, 2022 -
A federal agency says it's running out of money to cover medical bills for COVID tests and treatments for uninsured people and will stop taking claims at midnight Tuesday
March 22, 2022 -
Janet Vogel, the former acting CIO and chief information security officer at the Department of Health and Human Services, recently retired after 40 years of federal service.
March 18, 2022 -
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 service.
March 07, 2022 -
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.
March 03, 2022 -
The military has seen increased suicides in recent years. Nearly 500 service members died by suicide in 2019.
March 03, 2022 -
Karl Mathias, the CIO for the U.S. Marshals Service since 2015, will join HHS as its CIO on March 14.
March 02, 2022 -
A federal watchdog says the government's main health agency is failing to meet its responsibilities for leading the national response to public health emergencies including the COVID-19 pandemic, extreme weather disasters and even potential bioterrorist attacks
January 27, 2022 -
In today's Federal Newscast, the Government Accountability Office says it’s unclear whether HHS is ready to lead some pandemic response efforts that used to be led by the Defense Department.
January 20, 2022