Medicare, Medicaid chief to leave
Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services administrator Mark McClellan, who has spearheaded the biggest reforms in Medicare since its inception, has resigned, effective in October.
HHS needs more detailed health IT plans
The Health and Human Services Department has made progress in several areas toward a national strategy to implement health IT but it needs to develop a plan with detailed milestones to meet the goals for electronic health records, according to the Government Accountability Office.
Education Department awards student aid contract
The Education Department has awarded Perot Systems Corp. a $17.4 million contract for systems development, operations and maintenance for an integrated partner management system for the Office of Federal Student Aid.
IRS plans mainframe support
The IRS is seeking maintenance, support and software services for its IBM mainframe systems.
GAO: Federal Reserve needs better controls over auction systems
Fed banks did not consistently identify and authenticate users to prevent unauthorized access for Treasury Department securities auctions, GAO said.
IRS move to Treasury e-travel to be costly
Officials believe it is not in the tax agency's best interest to change from its current electronic travel system to the Treasury Department's version.
NIH proposes genetic-studies database
The National Institutes of Health seeks comments on a proposed policy to let researchers access from a repository the data resulting from NIH-funded, genomewide association studies.
Howard on deck to be VA CIO
President Bush today said he intends to nominate Robert Howard to be assistant secretary of Veterans Affairs for Information and Technology and CIO.
SSA may have overpaid millions in death benefits
The Social Security Administration's disparate systems and manual intervention result in an unknown amount of overpayments, according to the agency's inspector general.
CDC makes virus gene database widely available
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has made available genetic blueprints for more than 650 genes of influenza viruses in a database accessible to researchers worldwide to encourage more research on influenza.
HHS awards contract for HSPD-12
Lockheed Martin will integrate its BioUnique Identity Management system among several Health and Human Services Department agencies.
HUD plans integrated financial-management system
The Housing and Urban Development plans to seek enterprisewide implementation and integration of the PeopleSoft financial-management system as part of the agency's accounting and financial modernization.
OMB changes tack on agency financial reporting
Guideline changes include expanding the definitions for material weakness and significant deficiency to align more closely with the private sector.
FDA expands e-submissions, automates drug data
The Food and Drug Administration has proposed automating how drug companies register themselves and list their products with the agency.
Louisiana's four steps to identification
The Louisiana State Police subject DNA to a multistep process to achieve the most accurate identification possible of unclaimed human remains.
NIH app helps Louisiana identify Katrina's victims
OSIRIS examines DNA data, improves profile matching.
Software glitch reveals loan data
The Education Department said that up to 21,000 student loan borrowers who may have had their personal information viewed on the Federal Student Aid Web site will receive credit monitoring.
Bush orders transparent health price, quality data
President Bush signed an executive order that requires agencies to provide enrollees in their health care services information about the quality and price of common procedures. Agencies have until Jan. 1, 2007, to comply.
HHS awards health IT program management pact
The Health and Human Services Department awarded BearingPoint Inc. a contract valued at up to $13.7 million to provide program management services to the Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology.
Social Security awards HSPD-12 contract to Probaris
The Social Security Administration awarded a contract to Probaris Technologies Inc. of Philadelphia, for its enterprise Web platform to assist SSA in implementing Homeland Security Presidential Directive 12.
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