Search results
Results from the Health.Zone Content Network
In April 2020 political strategist and lobbyist Michael Caputo was appointed by the White House as assistant secretary for public affairs of the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), in control of the department's communications strategy. [9] [10] Caputo appointed Paul Alexander, a Ph.D. health researcher, as his top advisor. [11]
In April and May 2020, United States President Donald Trump dismissed the inspectors general (IGs) of five cabinet departments in the space of six weeks. [1] [2] The inspectors general removed were Michael K. Atkinson, Intelligence, on April 3; Glenn Fine (acting), Defense, April 7; Christi Grimm (acting), Health and Human Services, May 1; Mitch Behm (acting), Transportation, May 15; and Steve ...
The deputy secretary is assisted by a principal associate deputy secretary of health and human services, two associate deputy secretaries, and three staff assistants. [4] The position of deputy secretary was originally held by an under secretary until the position was retitled in August 1990.
After 141 years under the Treasury Department, the Service came under the Federal Security Agency in 1939, then the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare (HEW) in 1953, and finally the United States Department of Health and Human Services (HHS). Prior to 1970, the surgeon general was traditionally selected from career uniformed officers. [7]
The Federal Security Agency (FSA) was established on July 1, 1939, under the Reorganization Act of 1939, P.L. 76–19.The objective was to bring together in one agency all federal programs in the fields of health, education, and social security.
Alejandro Nicholas Mayorkas [15] was born in Havana, Cuba, on November 24, 1959. [4] When he was one year old, his parents fled with him and his sister to the United States in 1960 as refugees, following the Cuban Revolution.
A member of the Republican Party, Hargan previously acted in this role in 2007 under the George W. Bush administration. On October 10, 2017, President Donald Trump appointed Hargan as acting United States Secretary of Health and Human Services, [3] which he held until January 29, 2018, when Alex Azar assumed the office. [4]
Secretary of Health and Human Services [a] 12 August 3, 1979: January 20, 1981: 4 Samuel Pierce: Secretary of Housing and Urban Development 13 January 23, 1981: January 20, 1989: Republican Reagan [13] 5 Louis W. Sullivan: Secretary of Health and Human Services 12 March 1, 1989: January 20, 1993: George H. W. Bush [14] 6 Mike Espy * Secretary ...