National Institutes of Health

FILE - This June 21, 2013, file photo, shows the seal affixed to the front of the Department of Veterans Affairs building in Washington. In a federal lawsuit filed this week, U.S. Navy veteran from South Carolina says he ended up with “full-blown AIDS,” because government health care workers never informed him of his positive test result in 1995. He says the test was done as part of standard lab tests at a U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs medical center in Columbia, South Carolina. A V.A. spokeswoman says the agency typically does not comment on pending litigation. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak, File)

VA, NIH launch five-year study into Gulf War Illness

In today’s Federal Newscast: The VA and NIH are launching a five-year study into the chronic condition known as Gulf War Illness. The Defense Department…

Federal Newscast

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How the cloud is letting the National Cancer Institute take the IT burden off its mission areas

Ask the CIO

NIH

NIH, National Institutes of Health building

NIH $50 billion IT services contract being buried under protests

Federal Newscast

It’s not a pretty picture, but this agency snaps the same frame every year

Health News

NIH

NIH breaks up its technology executive roles

Reporter's Notebook

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Exclusive

State to name DoD’s Fletcher as its new CIO

CIO News

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Hillary Ingraham of State Department after receiving the Safety, Security and International Affairs medal, along with Holly Herrera and Kiera Berdinner.

Inspiration was on parade at the Sammies

Tom Temin Commentary

Cross-agency working group reviewing gaps in federal cybersecurity capabilities

Cybersecurity

Lawrence Tabak, NIH, National Institutes of Health

Proposed NIH budget boost spending for experimentation, examines lower grant funding for minority scientists

Budget

women in the military, online harassment, DoD

Nowhere safe to hide: What online harassment is doing to service members and the military

Defense

Agencies take action to improve federal services for transgender Americans

Workforce Rights/Governance

Swamp dweller? Be proud of it!

You can’t personally change perceptions of federal employee … or can’t you?

Federal Report

Swamp dweller? Be proud of it!

You can’t personally change perceptions of federal employee … or can’t you?

Tom Temin Commentary

FILE - In this April 5, 2009 file photo, the Department of Health and Human Services building is seen in Washington. A government audit finds that more than 1 in 4 cases of possible sexual and physical abuse against nursing home patients apparently went unreported to police. The Health and Human Services inspector general's office faults Medicare for failing to enforce a federal law that requires nursing homes to immediately notify police. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, File)

Data management emerges as a top performance challenge for Health and Human Services

Agency Oversight

HHS’ inspector general found the department faces significant challenges when it comes to data, managing it and using it. With details, the senior counselor to the OIG, Andrew VanLandingham, joined Federal Drive with Tom Temin.