Food and Drug Administration

FILE - This Oct. 14, 2015, file photo shows the Food and Drug Administration campus in Silver Spring, Md. On Tuesday, April 17, 2018, U.S. health officials proposed steps to improve the government’s system for overseeing medical devices, which has been subject to years of criticism for failing to catch problems with risky implants and medical instruments. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik, File)

Medical devices are the soft cybersecurity underbelly for health care providers

For hackers, internet-connected medical devices have become an attractive target more vulnerabilities that stay unpatched compared to computers.

Cybersecurity

A due to limited supplies sign is shown on the baby formula shelf at a grocery store Tuesday, May 10, 2022, in Salt Lake City. Parents across much of the U.S. are scrambling to find baby formula after a combination of supply disruptions and safety recalls have swept many of the leading brands off store shelves. (AP Photo/Rick Bowmer)

Federal agencies’ roles in helping to solve the baby formula shortage

Congress

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First HHS chief AI officer sees promise in 100 AI use cases, but challenges moving them forward

All About Data

Smith Pachter McWhorter PLC

Agency cancels third-party software license but original vendor still claims infringement

Contracting

Exclusive

CIOs at HHS, TSA, CTO at Justice leaving federal service

Reporter's Notebook

Through new Office of Digital Transformation, FDA putting business ahead of IT

Ask the CIO

Biden picks ex-FDA chief Robert Califf to again lead agency

People

FILE - This Thursday, Aug. 2, 2018, file photo shows the U.S. Food and Drug Administration building behind FDA logos at a bus stop on the agency's campus in Silver Spring, Md. On Friday, Sept. 24, 2021, The Associated Press reported on stories circulating online incorrectly asserting that experts with the Food and Drug Administration revealed that the COVID-19 vaccines are killing at least two people for every person they save. But FDA experts did not say this, and strongly refuted this false claim in an email to The Associated Press. A speaker who is not affiliated with the FDA made these statements during the open public hearing portion of a Sept. 17 FDA vaccine advisory panel meeting. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin, File)

FDA takes hands-on approach to upskill workforce under data modernization action plan

Big Data

An Air Force member takes a selfie while getting her shot of the Pfizer vaccine for COVID-19 at a military base in Lima, Peru, Monday, March 8, 2021. (AP Photo/Martin Mejia)

Punishments start for troops who refuse vaccines

DoD Reporter's Notebook

GSA loses 3 technology execs; DHS, Air Force, FDA gain new ones

Reporter's Notebook

FILE - In this Jan. 22, 2021, file photo, a certified medical assistant prepares doses of the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine at a vaccination center at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas. With more than 40 million doses of coronavirus vaccines available, U.S. health authorities said they're confident both seniors and other vulnerable Americans seeking booster shots and parents anticipating approval of initial shots for young children will have easy access. (AP Photo/John Locher, File)

Veterans Affairs gearing up to offer COVID-19 booster shots to vets and employees

Federal Newscast

White House

Federal Service Impasses Panel back in action

In today’s Federal Newscast, the Federal Service Impasses Panel is back to work with all new members.

Federal Newscast

FILE - U.S. Army medic Kristen Rogers of Waxhaw, N.C. fills syringes with the Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccine, Wednesday, March 3, 2021, in North Miami, Fla. Critics in Florida say a doctor’s signature required for some people to get vaccinated is adding onerous barriers for some eligible residents, especially low-income or minority people who may not have health insurance or access to a primary care doctor. (AP Photo/Marta Lavandier)

Army says soldiers must be vaccinated by Dec. 15 or face consequences

Army Reserve and Army National Guard soldiers will have until the end of June next year.

Army

John Kirby

DoD will seek to require COVID-19 vaccine for all troops by mid-September at the latest

Pentagon Spokesman John Kirby says DoD may move the timeline closer if COVID rates continue to spike.

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