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Up to $48M of expired anthrax vaccine thrown out annually, says DHS official

Up to 2 million doses of expired anthrax vaccination worth $48 million gets thrown out annually from the federal stockpile, said a Homeland Security Department official during an April 17 congressional hearing.

Rand: Health preparedness strong, but questions remain about assessment tool

Cities Readiness Initiative assessment scores are high, but are they accurate?

Risk prioritization for nuclear attack response lacking at local levels, says HHS OIG

State and local governments don't manage their radiological and nuclear terrorist threat response plans according to risk prioritization, says the Health and Human Services Department inspector

NIC criticizes transfers of youths to the adult justice system

Youth transferred to the adult corrections system recidivate at a higher rate than those kept in the juvenile justice system, and the adult system struggles to keep youth safe and provide them

GSA official: Agencies will likely customize FedRAMP

The General Services Administration is getting closer to debuting its Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program, or FedRAMP , but that does not necessarily mean the cloud computing

Preparation enabled successful H1N1 response

Preparation paid off in the federal government's response to the H1N1 pandemic in 2009, according to a Government Accountability Office report (.pdf) released June 27. The test that detected the

Big data will transform healthcare, says ONC

Big data will revolutionize healthcare, says a new five-year strategic plan from the Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology. The plan, released for public comment on