Wednesday, May 21, 2025

Executive Gov: House Lawmakers Want HHS to Provide Info on National Strategy for COVID-19 Contact Tracing Efforts

“Three House lawmakers asked Alex Azar, secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services, to provide information on Trump administration’s comprehensive plan to strengthen the country’s contact tracing efforts in response to the COVID-19 pandemic.”

“The lack of a national strategy ‘jeopardizes the success of ongoing COVID-19 response efforts’ and ‘raises potential privacy concerns as technology is increasingly used in contact tracing without federal coordination and oversight,’ the lawmakers wrote in a Thursday letter to Azar…”

“They also asked the HHS secretary to respond to several questions by May 14. The lawmakers, for instance, want to know…” Read the full article here.

Source: House Lawmakers Want HHS to Provide Info on National Strategy for COVID-19 Contact Tracing Efforts – By Jane Edwards, May 1, 2020. Executive Gov.

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Jackie Gilbert
Jackie Gilbert
Jackie Gilbert is a Content Analyst for FedHealthIT and Author of 'Anything but COVID-19' on the Daily Take Newsletter for G2Xchange Health and FedCiv.

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