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FDA sees high vacancy rates for drug manufacturer inspectors

The vacancy rate for these FDA investigators nearly doubled between November 2021 and June 2024.

Hiring/Retention

‘An extraordinary opportunity’: How HHS uses shared certificates in hiring
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Workforce

She proved you can reform a large agency stuck in its ways

Tom Temin Commentary

Why artificial intelligence will never replace your job

Federal Newscast

Senate takes big step to avoid government shutdown

Technology

Real-time feedback is central to FDA’s upcoming goals for customer experience
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Artificial Intelligence

The FDA ponders whether artificial intelligence can help with drug approval

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Technology

CX Exchange 2023: FDA’s Josh Lehman on how his agency’s not so different from Zappos — employees come first

FILE - A sign for the Food and Drug Administration is seen in Silver Spring, Md., on Thursday, Dec. 10, 2020. On Wednesday, March 30, 2022, federal health advisers narrowly ruled against an experimental drug for the debilitating illness known as Lou Gehrig’s disease, a potential setback for patient groups who lobbied for the medication’s approval. A majority of advisers to the FDA voted 6-4 that a single study from Amylyx Pharmaceuticals failed to establish the drug's effectiveness in treating the deadly neurodegenerative disease known also as ALS, for amyotrophic lateral sclerosis. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

Management

FDA is told to tighten up its procedures for IT procurement

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Federal Insights

FDA looks to keep tabs on ‘common efforts’ to improve public health through master data management
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FILE - Traders work on the floor at the New York Stock Exchange in New York, Aug. 10, 2022. Stocks teetered between small gains and losses in morning trading on Wall Street Thursday, Sept. 15, 2022 which left major indexes well in the red for the week. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig, File)

Agency Oversight

Are senior federal employees violating ethics rules en masse?

Sunlight shines on the U.S. Capitol Dome in Washington, Friday, Jan. 7, 2022. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky)

Budget

Biden signs continuing resolution into law averting government shutdown, FDA furloughs

FILE - This Aug. 2, 2018 file photo shows the U.S. Food and Drug Administration building behind FDA logos at a bus stop on the agency's campus in Silver Spring, Md. The Food and Drug Administration has issued a negative review of a closely watched experimental drug for the debilitating illness known as Lou Gehrig’s disease. The review comes ahead of a meeting this week for outside experts to vote on the drug for ALS. The drug has been the focal point of a lobbying campaign by patients, their families and lawmakers. FDA reviewers said Monday, March 28, 2022 the single study from Amylyx Pharmaceuticals was “not persuasive” due to missing data, errors in enrolling patients and other problems. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin, File)

Congress

Deadline approaches to pass bill affecting employment for 3,500 FDA workers

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Veterans Affairs

Veterans Affairs is looking at treating some mental health problems with psychedelics

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Technology

USDA’s new answer to cutting food waste by 50%: Jelly ice

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People

This FDA lawyer was instrumental in limits on cigarette marketing

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People

This FDA scientist's work helps public health officials find sources of tainted food faster

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Federal Newscast

Agency leaders trying to get along better with federal employee unions

FILE - Rep. Dina Titus, D-Nev., speaks during a House Foreign Affairs Committee hearing in Washington on Feb. 28, 2020. All of Nevada's elected representatives in Congress and Carson City have filed for re-election, including Titus, a Democrat from Las Vegas who submitted her candidacy papers Friday, March 18, 2022, the last day to file for June primaries ahead of midterm elections in November. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster, File)

Agency Oversight

Members of Congress want FDA to develop guidance avoiding animal testing

FILE - This Oct. 14, 2015, file photo shows the Food and Drug Administration campus in Silver Spring, Md. On Tuesday, April 17, 2018, U.S. health officials proposed steps to improve the government’s system for overseeing medical devices, which has been subject to years of criticism for failing to catch problems with risky implants and medical instruments. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik, File)

Cybersecurity

Medical devices are the soft cybersecurity underbelly for health care providers

A due to limited supplies sign is shown on the baby formula shelf at a grocery store Tuesday, May 10, 2022, in Salt Lake City. Parents across much of the U.S. are scrambling to find baby formula after a combination of supply disruptions and safety recalls have swept many of the leading brands off store shelves. (AP Photo/Rick Bowmer)

Congress

Federal agencies' roles in helping to solve the baby formula shortage

All About Data

First HHS chief AI officer sees promise in 100 AI use cases, but challenges moving them forward

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Contracting

Agency cancels third-party software license but original vendor still claims infringement

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