Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Archives

GOP lawmakers want additional details on CMS subcontractor breach timeline

They seek information about why it took two months to notify Congress about the incident, which exposed the data of 254,000 Medicare beneficiaries.

5 days ago By John Hewitt Jones

President Joe Biden visited a bridge along NH 175 spanning the Pemigewasset River on November 16, 2021 in Woodstock, New Hampshire. The visit to the bridge, listed in poor condition since 2013, follows the signing of the $1.2 trillion infrastructure bill on Monday. (Photo by John Tully/Getty Images)

Biden 2024 budget calls for IT spending boosts at VA, Social Security, GSA and CISA

The budget request focuses on supporting federal agencies with pressing IT modernization needs and those that provide critical federal services in need of improved customer experience.

Mar 9, 2023 By Nihal Krishan

A view outside the New York Stock Exchange as the city continues Phase 4 of re-opening following restrictions imposed to slow the spread of coronavirus on September 30, 2020 in New York City. (Photo by Noam Galai / Getty Images)

State Department awards Palantir $99M data management contract at Bureau of Medical Services

The five-year contract will be used by the agency’s bureau to establish a new enterprise data management platform called Project Axiom.

Mar 8, 2023 By John Hewitt Jones

Contractor involved with FAA outage among 17 companies protesting $50B IT contract

Spatial Front is one of several small businesses bringing a fresh legal challenge over the CIO-SP4 solicitation.

Feb 16, 2023 By John Hewitt Jones

A close-up of the administration building at National Institutes of Health. (NIH photo)

Department of Health and Human Services appoints Jennifer Wendel as deputy CIO

Jennifer Wendel joined the HHS agency last month after a 26-year career at the FBI.

Feb 13, 2023 By John Hewitt Jones

President Joe Biden greets panel participants before speaking about the new health research agency, ARPA-H, during an event at the White House complex March 18, 2022 in Washington, DC. Pictured (L-R) are Dr. Dustin Tyler, Haptix researcher at Case Western University; Dr. Alondra Nelson, Acting Director, Office of Science and Technology Policy; and Dr. Francis Collins, Science Advisor to the President. (Photo by Win McNamee/Getty Images)

Kevin Duvall joins ARPA-H in dual-hatted IT leadership role

He will serve as as acting chief information officer and acting chief technology officer at the agency.

Jan 23, 2023 By John Hewitt Jones

U.S. Department of Health and Human Service Chief Information Officer Karl Mathias. (Image credit: HHS / Chris Smith).

HHS CIO Mathias says tree-based AI models helping to combat Medicare fraud

The prototype technology is allowing quicker identification of criminal activity, according to the IT leader.

Jan 18, 2023 By Nihal Krishan

The US Department of Health and Human Services building is shown in Washington, DC, 21 July 2007. (Photo credit should read SAUL LOEB/AFP via Getty Images)

Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services CIO expects agency to move claims management systems to the cloud

Rajiv Uppal says the HHS department has so far moved over 90 of its 200+ IT systems away from agency-managed data centers.

Jan 17, 2023 By John Hewitt Jones

WASHINGTON – AUGUST 15: The exterior of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services is seen August 15, 2006 in Washington, DC. (Photo by Alex Wong/Getty Images)

HHS chief data officer: Federal employees face outsized barriers to data sharing

“When somebody is asked to share data with someone else, the first thing they are thinking is ‘this is a very daunting process.’”

Jan 17, 2023 By John Hewitt Jones

WASHINGTON, DC – NOVEMBER 04: Early morning fog envelopes the U.S. Capitol dome behind the U.S. House of Representatives. (Photo by Samuel Corum/Getty Images)

Consolidated Appropriations Act includes $50M for Technology Modernization Fund

The legislation also allocates funding for specific IT modernization projects at a range of agencies including the Department of Justice.

Dec 29, 2022 By John Hewitt Jones