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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)

House Democrats want OPM, OMB to halt plans to collect federal worker health data

A coalition of lawmakers said the Trump administration’s plans to require insurers to hand over federal worker data could put those employees in jeopardy.

Apr 20, 2026 By Madison Alder

Petty Officer 3rd Class Amber Degouveia, a health series technician assigned to Coast Guard Base Alameda Medical in California, administers the intranasal flu vaccine to a Coast Guard member in October 2015. (Image credit: U.S. Coast Guard / Petty Officer 2nd Class Barry Bena)

VA admits to improperly disclosing COVID-19 vaccine data for 500,000 staff

The agency removed a spreadsheet containing personal details including vaccination status following an internal investigation.

Nov 30, 2022 By Nihal Krishan

NIST’s health cyber guidance aligns with its newer frameworks

The draft publication comes 14 years after the last revision of (SP) 900-66.

Jul 26, 2022 By Dave Nyczepir

Oki Mek, HHS; Greg Sisson, DOE — Oki Mek, right, and Greg Sisson participate in a panel discussion June 20, 2019, at Cloud Smart Talks presented by Nutanix and produced by FedScoop (FedScoop)

HHS AI chief sees promise in emulating the DOD

The challenge for Oki Mek is getting more funding, personnel and convening authority.

Oct 20, 2021 By Dave Nyczepir

US Indian Health Service to replace health information system

The agency seeks a set of commercial solutions to improve American Indians' and Alaska Natives' access to health services.

Aug 12, 2021 By Dave Nyczepir

doctor, hospitals, research, science, medicine, study, data — (Getty Images)

NIH launches coronavirus research platform, but hospital data sharing could take time

The National COVID Cohort Collaborative (N3C) will allow for collection and analysis of clinical, laboratory and diagnostic data from hospitals and other health-care institutions.

Jun 19, 2020 By Dave Nyczepir

Mona Siddiqui speaks at the roundtable on Balancing Privacy With Health Data Access. (Denis Largeron)

Report: Why health data privacy needs more than HIPAA

In this op-ed, experts from the Center for Open Data Enterprise detail a new report that helps stakeholders understand the state of health data privacy, shortcomings in…

Sep 24, 2019 By Joel Gurin Paul Kuhne

NIST to Host Health Info Security Conference

The National Institute of Standards and Technology and the Department of Health and Human Services Office for Civil Rights will co-cost the fifth annual Safeguarding Health information:…

Apr 17, 2012