The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius announced the “Communities Putting Prevention to Work” initiative this past Friday. The availability of Recovery Act Funds for this community prevention and wellness initiative will be a key to building a healthier nation. The initiative includes helping communities improve nutrition, as well as motivate [...]

Robert A. Harding is a major general who retired from the Army in 2001 after serving for 33 years. He was recently tapped by President Barack Obama to head the TSA. He subsequently withdrew his nomination. Previously, Harding was CEO and president of Harding Security Associates, a security consultant firm specializing in homeland security assignments. [...]

President Obama will today tap Robert Harding, the retired Army major general, to lead TSA. Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano will make the announcement around noon today, according to administration sources. Harding retired from the Army in 2001 after a 33-year-long career in the military. Some of his roles in the Army included most recently [...]

The Health and Human Services Department and the National Institute of Standards and Technology are creating a program that will enable vendors to obtain certifications for their electronic health record systems, so they can qualify for economic stimulus law incentives. In a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking on March 2, the HHS described the two-phase certification [...]

The Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Lisa Jackson has become part of the Twitter community. She joined Twitter just yesterday, March 4, and she already has 1,434 followers as of this morning. Start following her here: @lisapjackson This is one way the EPA, and Jackson in particular, will work to be more open and transparent. The [...]

The Office of Personnel Management is expected to release new retirement statements. John Berry, the Director of OPM, said that the glitches in the system that affected as many as 12,000 retirees would be revised by sometime in mid-April. Currently, with the paper system that is in place it can take anywhere from 5-40 business [...]

Mary Wakefield was named administrator of the Health Resources and Services Administration by President Barack Obama Feb. 20, 2009. Wakefield was previously at the University of North Dakota, where she served as associate dean for rural health at the School of Medicine and Health Sciences. She was also a tenured professor and director of the [...]

Thomas R. Frieden became director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and administrator of the Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry in 2009.  Frieden has worked to control both communicable and noncommunicable diseases in the United States and around the world. From 1992 to 1996, he led New York City’s program that [...]

Physicians, healthcare directors and chief technology officers were among those who according to ExecutiveBiz’s list of the top 10 government health IT leaders have made an impact in their field and will help form the future of health IT. Five of those who made the cut include: National Coordinator for Health Information Technology Dr. David [...]

David Drabkin is moving to Northrop Grumman from his position as deputy chief acquisition officer and acting chief acquisition office at GSA. He will be the new director of acquisition policy for Northrop Grumman and will report to Larry Lanzillotta, the corporate vice president of customer relations. According to Lanzilotta, “The extensive acquisition expertise David [...]