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Kennedy moves to eliminate notice and public comment requirements for certain HHS decisions
The US Department of Health and Human Services has reversed an obscure requirement called the Richardson Waiver, which requires a period of notice and an opportunity for public comment on a wide range of decisions related to “agency management or personnel or to public property,
US health secretary Kennedy proposes ending public comment on HHS decisions
U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is seeking to eliminate public participation in many of his department's policy decisions, a move that appears to contradict his pledge to Congress of "radical transparency.
RFK Jr. moves to eliminate public comment on HHS decisions
The move comes during a time of major upheaval across federal health agencies, and as the public waits to see how Kennedy will enact his pledge of “radical transparency” at the department.
RFK Jr. issues rule barring public comment on HHS rulemaking
Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. on Friday released a policy prohibiting public comments during his department’s rulemaking process, ending more than 50 years of the
RFK Jr. orders HHS to end 'extra-statutory' notice, public comment process in rulemaking
Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is closing the main avenue for members of the public to weigh in on pending health regulations and policy changes. | The HHS secretary said the public feedback mechanism is an obligation that imposes burden on the department.
HHS aims to rescind public comments
HHS has shared plans to revoke a policy March 3 that requires public notice and comment for certain agency management areas.
Kennedy proposes ending public comment on HHS decisions
Health secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is proposing to end public comment on decisions made by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, a document from the health agency showed on Friday. The document,
Kennedy Proposes Scrapping Public Comment on Major US Health Policies
Health secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is proposing to end public comment on decisions made by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, a document from the health agency showed on Friday. The document,
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HHS scraps transparency practices for policymaking
The Health and Human Services Department will no longer provide public notice or accept comments on a wide variety of policy ...
HHS Lays Off Lawyers Executing the Medicare Drug Price Cuts
At least three government lawyers working on defending a major Biden-era drug pricing law were laid off in mass cuts across ...
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Trump memo directs federal agencies, HHS to fire more employees and submit agency reorg plans
The Department of Health and Human Services and other federal agencies have been instructed to implement more mass firings, a ...
HHS weighs rescinding Moderna bird flu vaccine contract
The Trump administration confirmed it is reevaluating a $590 million human bird flu vaccine contract awarded to Moderna in ...
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Transparency Missing in Action at HHS Despite Leaders’ Calls for Clarity
In the five weeks since Donald Trump returned as U.S. president, the FDA, NIH and CDC have been thrown into disarray, with ...
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Lummis: President Trump made the right choice in choosing Kennedy to lead HHS
Americans are getting sicker. Childhood obesity has reached epidemic levels. Rural hospitals are closing at alarming rates.
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HHS audit finds fraud scheme may have cost taxpayers $454M
An audit finds a fraudulent scheme involving Medicare may have cost taxpayers as much as $454 million, 11 News Investigates has learned.
Inside the Collapse at the NIH
Administration officials pressured the NIH to avoid clear advice from the agency’s own lawyers to restart grant funding now.