Department of Health and Human Services
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With a short-term continuing resolution nearly inevitable to start the upcoming fiscal year, the White House submitted a lengthy list of budget anomalies it believes Congress should include in a temporary stop-gap funding bill.
September 07, 2021 -
In today's Federal Newscast, one agency is testing the idea of not having cars at their executives' beckon call.
September 02, 2021 -
In today's Federal Newscast, Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) is calling on federal agencies to crack down on fake vaccine cards.
August 17, 2021 -
By any measure, the federal market for information technology is enormous -- close to 8% of the discretionary budget.
August 12, 2021 -
VA Secretary Denis McDonough expanded vaccine requirement to employees under the Hybrid Title 38, and Title 5 VA health care personnel—such as psychologists, pharmacists, social workers, nursing assistants and physical therapists.
August 12, 2021 -
In today's Federal Newscast, in a new advisory, the NSA laid out best practices for securing wireless devices in public settings.
August 06, 2021 -
The COVID-19 pandemic has made it easy to forget that pandemics happen a lot more often than every 100 years. A case in point is the terrifying Ebola outbreak in 2014.
August 04, 2021 -
The Department of Health and Human Services is the latest agency to announce a reset in labor relations with its union, following a Biden administration executive order that restored collective bargaining and official time.
August 03, 2021 -
A Senate report makes the case for reforms to the law governing federal cyber standards after multiple agencies made "minimal progress" on security standards.
August 03, 2021 -
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services not only pay for health care but they accredit the organizations that deliver the programs.
August 02, 2021 -
In today's Federal Newscast, agencies spent billions on urgent COVID-related contracts, but they neglected to report some important award information.
July 27, 2021 -
In today's Federal Newscast, the Department of Health and Human Services will strengthen internal controls when using Other Transaction Authorities, for procurements outside of the Federal Acquisition Regulation.
July 09, 2021 -
This week hosts Mark Masselli and Margaret Flinter welcome Dr. Rachel Levine, Assistant Secretary for Health at the US Department of Health and Human Services, the first transgender presidential appointee approved by the Senate. A pediatrician with a focus on child and adolescent behavioral health, and former Pennsylvania Health Secretary, Dr. Levine focuses on the dramatic toll exacted on the nation’s children by the pandemic, the need to advance health equity for the LGBTQ and all vulnerable populations, and the promise of telehealth to eliminate barriers to care.
July 01, 2021 -
The Alliance for Digital Innovation, an industry association, is proposing seven changes to the GWAC model to bring it into the 21st Century.
June 23, 2021 -
DoD conducted a 100-day review of its critical supply chains at the request of the White House.
June 10, 2021