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  2. Institute for Technology Assessment and Systems Analysis

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    The history of ITAS and its preceding institutions dates back to the 1950s. [5] In 1958 the Study Group for Systems Research (SfS) was founded in Heidelberg by Helmut Krauch. [ 6 ] [ 7 ] In 1975, a part of the SfS was integrated in the Institute for Applied Systems Engineering and Nuclear Physics (IASR) of Nuclear Research Center Karlsruhe led ...

  3. United States Department of Health and Human Services

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    Website. www.hhs.gov. The United States Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) is a cabinet-level executive branch department of the U.S. federal government created to protect the health of the U.S. people and providing essential human services. Its motto is "Improving the health, safety, and well-being of America". [3]

  4. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services - Wikipedia

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    Website. www.cms.gov. The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) is a federal agency within the United States Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) that administers the Medicare program and works in partnership with state governments to administer Medicaid, the Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP), and health insurance ...

  5. Office of Inspector General, U.S. Department of Health and ...

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    The Office of Inspector General (OIG) for the United States Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) is responsible for oversight of the United States Department of Health and Human Service 's approximately $2.4 trillion portfolio of programs. Approximately 1,650 auditors, investigators, and evaluators, supplemented by staff with expertise ...

  6. United States Public Health Service Commissioned Corps

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    Today, the commissioned corps is under the United States Public Health Service (PHS), a major agency now of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), established by Congress in 1979 and 1980. It was previously established in 1953 as the U.S. Department of Health, Education and Welfare (HEW), and it is still led by the surgeon general.

  7. North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services

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    At the time, NCDHHS had around 18,000 employees and a budget of around $18 billion. [26] Wos declined her $128,000 salary and was instead paid a token $1. [27] A new performance audit of the Department of Health and Human Services for 2012 was released on January 31, 2013.

  8. Health Resources and Services Administration - Wikipedia

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    The Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) is an agency of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services located in North Bethesda, Maryland. It is the primary federal agency for improving access to health care services for people who are uninsured, isolated or medically vulnerable. Comprising six bureaus and twelve offices ...

  9. History of timekeeping devices - Wikipedia

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    History of timekeeping devices. A marine sandglass. It is related to the hourglass, nowadays often used symbolically to represent the concept of time. The history of timekeeping devices dates back to when ancient civilizations first observed astronomical bodies as they moved across the sky. Devices and methods for keeping time have gradually ...