Food and Drug Administration
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No cable, canceled field trips and other unexpected results of a government shutdown.
January 19, 2018 -
DoD and FDA want to deliver medical products to service members faster, but is is compromising safety?
January 16, 2018 -
The Food and Drug Administration will begin a new hiring pilot this year in attempt to drastically cut down the time it takes to hire for mission critical positions.
January 02, 2018 -
The Justice Department as well as the Drug Enforcement Agency are implementing new measures in it's ongoing battle to stem the tide of opioid addiction.
January 02, 2018 -
The Food and Drug Administration, like many federal agencies, is working toward more efficient data optimization and a secure cloud strategy.
November 29, 2017 -
The Food Safety Modernization Act requires Food and Drug Administration inspectors to check out certain high-risk food factories at regular intervals.
November 21, 2017 -
On this episode of CyberChat, host Sean Kelley, former chief information security officer at the Environmental Protection Agency and deputy chief information officer at the Veterans Affairs Department, addresses medical device cybersecurity.
October 11, 2017 -
When medical device manufacturer Medtronic developed what amounts to an artificial pancreas, it had the potential to help millions with Type One diabetes.
September 22, 2017 -
The Food and Drug Administration — and in particular its ability to collect crucial fees — is at stake in a new legislative proposal.
August 15, 2017 -
Todd Simpson, the chief information officer at the Food and Drug Administration, said its cloud advisory board and innovation lab work together to bring new capabilities to bear while also reducing costs and duplication.
July 27, 2017 -
The Government Accountability Office's two-year assessment found there are gaping vulnerabilities where federal policy and industry standards haven't kept up with the developing technology.
May 16, 2017 -
The Food and Drug Administration is saving time on cyber incident responses by integrating its watch desk and engineers within a single command center, and integrating its tools to provide more holistic views of its systems.
April 25, 2017 -
To meet the cybersecurity challenge, agency IT executives are pushing ahead with programs to update and modernize their underlying systems. They're also working to automate many of the cybersecurity processes to network staff can concentrate on the threats. Todd Simpson, the chief information officer of the Food and Drug Administration, shares more on Federal Drive with Tom Temin.
April 19, 2017 -
FDA Chief Information Officer Todd Simpson has developed an IT cost allocation model so mission areas can pay for what they use, instead of just a flat fee.
April 10, 2017 -
Heading toward April, the Trump administration was operating on several fronts, following the withdrawal of Republican-led legislation revising health care law.
March 30, 2017