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Cuts and Gains: Budget details at a glance
More details are emerging about the $38 billion dollar deal lawmakers say they reached to keep the government from shutting down. Some cuts were made by pruning money left over from previous years. More than half of the cuts affect education, labor and health programs. A vote in the House is expected as early as Wednesday and the Senate must pass it by Friday to prevent a shutdown.
Tags: budget , Congress , 2011 budget , continuing resolution , Defense , DHS , TSA , EPA , NIH , HHS , czars , DoJ , FBI , SEC , IRS , NEA , shutdown , Suzanne Kubota
HHSInnovates awards online health tools
Health and Human Services recognizes six software tools that are leading the way in innovation for the agency.
Tags: Health and Human Service , Kathleen Sebelius , innovation , health care , NASA , NIH , CDC , IHS , John Buckner
FDA gets a food safety mandate, without the money
A $1.4 billion overhaul of the food safety system, giving the FDA new power to increase inspections at food processing facilities and force companies to recall tainted products. Commissioner Dr. Margaret Hamburg joins us with an update.
Tags: Federal Drive , management , Margaret Hamburg , food safety , tainted food
Partnerships forming for health care reform
As the Nation implements recently enacted health reform legislation, our regional businesses are uniquely qualified to assist the federal government to transform Health IT. Maryland is home to HHS, NIH, FDA, NIST, SSA, and the new Cyber Security Command Center and all of these agencies work with businesses to innovate health information technology. Montgomery County's Barbara Ashe tells us about a way to bring the sectors together.
Tags: Federal Drive , management , contracting , Montgomery County Chamber of Commerce , Montgomery County Chamber Community Foundation , Barbara Ashe , HHS , NIH , NIST , SSA , Cyber Security Command Center , health care reform
FDA's Sharfstein highlights transparency gains
Josh Sharfstein discusses his time with FDA before he leaves his post as principal deputy commissioner.
Tags: Josh Sharfstein , transparency , Dorobek Insider , management
Study: FDA policy hides some foods' trans fats
Consumers can inadvertently exceed their daily allotment of harmful fats, according to a new study, through a loophole that allows food companies to mask the nutritional value of their products.
Tags: trans fats , Food and Drug Administration , Case Western University , Case Western Reserve University , Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine , Eric Brandt , food , KFC , Kraft , Paul D. Shinkman , Kristi King
Deadly weight loss product recalled
This is the time of year when many of us are promising to shake those extra pounds. But you might want to make sure you don't have one particular weight loss product in your medicine cabinet.
Tags: recall , Food and Drug Administration , weight loss , Fruta Planta , Reduced Weight Fruta Planta , Chinese Weight Loss Solution
Army develops blood test for brain trauma
The test can be used to test for concussion on young athletes, infants with "shaken baby syndrome" and combat troops.
Tags: Federal Drive , DoD Report , Army , head trauma , concussion , shaken baby syndrome
Agencies discuss how to measure government performance
What's the best way to use the measurements developed for government in the past few years? We ask a panel of experts for their opinion.
Tags: Federal Drive , Meeting Mission Goals Through Technology , General Dynamics IT , technology , Herb Jackson , GPO , Jim Dyer , NRC , Malcolm Bertoni , management
Agencies see IT Dashboard as starting point
EPA CIO Jackson said he wants to dig deeper to improve programs and save money on technology systems. Others are using the data on the dashboard to have a common language across the department.
Tags: technology , Malcolm Jackson , John Teeter , Darren Ash , EPA , OMB , HHS , NRC , IT Dashboard , AFCEA , Project management , Jason Miller
