Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Archives

The David J. Sencer CDC Museum in Atlanta, Ga. (CDC photo)

CDC data chief announces departure from agency

Alan Sim announced he’s leaving his role as CDC’s chief data officer.

Jul 7, 2025 By Madison Alder

HHS names new technology policy, health IT leader

Thomas Keane is the second official to serve in the assistant secretary for technology policy role created under former President Joe Biden.

Jun 3, 2025 By Madison Alder

WASHINGTON – APRIL 11: Department Of Health and Human Services, Hubert H. Humphrey Building on April 11, 2015 in Washington, D.C. (Photo By Raymond Boyd/Getty Images)

Ex-Palantir executive Clark Minor listed publicly as HHS’s chief information officer

Taking over for Jennifer Wendel, Minor has been at the health department for months but his title wasn’t previously clear.

May 13, 2025 By Madison Alder

Sen. Jacky Rosen, D-Nev., speaks to supporters at the Nevada Democratic Party’s election results watch party at Aria Resort & Casino early on Nov. 6, 2024 in Las Vegas. (Photo by Ethan Miller/Getty Images)

Senate Democrat wants answers on HHS technology staff cuts

Sen. Jacky Rosen is asking HHS Secretary Kennedy to provide information about staffing levels in department CIO offices and IT shops.

Apr 29, 2025 By Madison Alder

FDA Building 21 stands behind the sign at the campus’s main entrance and houses the Center for Drug Evaluation and Research. The FDA campus is located at 10903 New Hampshire Ave., Silver Spring, MD 20993. (FDA / Wikimedia Commons)

FDA tech officials complied with DOGE’s requests for data. The staff reductions still came.

Officials at the Food and Drug Administration who spoke to FedScoop believe that information from a recent “data call” on critical and essential systems informed staff reductions.

Apr 21, 2025 By Madison Alder

Elon Musk shows off a shirt that says “DOGE” as he walks on the South Lawn of the White House in Washington, D.C., on March 9, 2025. (Photo by Oliver Contreras / AFP) (Photo by OLIVER CONTRERAS/AFP via Getty Images)

Judge OK’s labor groups’ challenge to DOGE data work at DOL, CFPB, HHS

A lawsuit seeking relief from DOGE’s accessing of PII at the agencies can move forward on claims that the Administrative Procedure Act may have been violated.

Apr 17, 2025 By Matt Bracken

HHS announces 10,000 additional job cuts, restructuring aligned with DOGE

When combined with retirements and deferred resignation, HHS’s workforce is set to go from 82,000 to 62,000 full-time employees.

Mar 27, 2025 By Madison Alder

Protesters gather outside of the Theodore Roosevelt Federal Building headquarters of the U.S. Office of Personnel Management on February 03, 2025 in Washington, DC. The group of federal employees and supporters are protesting against Elon Musk, tech billionaire and head of the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), and his aids who have been given access to federal employee personal data and have allegedly locked out career civil servants from the OPM computer systems. (Photo by Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images)

Agencies take cautious approaches to OPM email asking for list of accomplishments

Federal agency responses included giving workers a template and warning to write responses as if they’re going to “be read by malign foreign actors.”

Feb 24, 2025 By Madison Alder

Elon Musk joins President Donald Trump during an executive order signing in the Oval Office at the White House on Feb. 11, 2025 in Washington, D.C. (Photo by Andrew Harnik/Getty Images)

Federal judge denies request to block DOGE, Musk from seven agencies’ data systems

The state attorneys general who sought the temporary restraining order failed to demonstrate irreparable harm, the judge ruled.

Feb 18, 2025 By Matt Bracken

Federal judge orders HHS, CDC, FDA to restore webpages, datasets

The three health agencies were directed to restore those websites as they were Jan. 30 by the end of the day Tuesday.

Feb 12, 2025 By Madison Alder