HHS Protect
National Nuclear Security Administration awards $89.9M deal to Palantir for safety platform
The platform will integrate data from agency sites to measure the health of its safety programs.
HHS gets new acting chief data officer
Kevin Duvall is the third acting CDO in eight months for the department.
HHS launches ‘Design-A-Thon’ to better capture COVID diagnostic data
The COVID-19 At-Anywhere Diagnostics Design-a-thon seeks to find a solution that will capture, harmonize, and transmit diagnostic data to healthcare providers and public health officials.
VA open to alternatives to Palantir for coronavirus tracking
VA and HHS quickly awarded multimillion-dollar contracts to the Silicon Valley company for its data services at the pandemic's outset citing urgency.
HHS appoints Perryn Ashmore acting CIO, CDO
Ashmore will pick up where José Arrieta, who resigned to spend more time with his kids, left off with major initiatives like HHS Protect.
HHS CIO Arrieta resigns mid-pandemic
José Arrieta oversaw the launch of HHS Protect, the system informing White House coronavirus decisions, but health experts protested the sidelining of the CDC.
