HHS Issues 2014-2018 Draft Strategic Plan
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) recently published its draft of the Fiscal Year 2014-2018 Strategic plan. Every 4 years, HHS updates its strategic plan, which describes its work to address complex, multifaceted, and ever-evolving health and human service issues, including:
Health Care
Research and Innovation
Prevention and Wellness
An agency strategic plan is one of three main elements required by the Government Performance and Results Act (GPRA) of 1993 (P.L. 103-62) and the GPRA Modernization Act of 2010 (P.L. 111-352). An agency strategic plan defines its mission, goals, and the means by which it will measure its progress in addressing specific national problems over a four-year period.
The comment period is open until October 15th, 2013.
Submit your comments online here, or several other ways.
Email: strategicplanning@hhs.gov
Fax: (202) 690-8252
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Overview
HHS is the United States government's principal agency for protecting the health of all Americans and providing essential human services, especially for those who are least able to help themselves. HHS is responsible for almost a quarter of all federal expenditures and administers more grant dollars than all other federal agencies combined.
Eleven operating divisions, including eight agencies in the United States Public Health Service and three human service agencies, administer HHS's programs. In addition, staff divisions provide...
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