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Oct 6, 2026
HHS Looks to Centralize IT Buying, Speed Access to Emerging Tech | HealthCast
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0:26Lauren ManweilerHOST
What will be different for federal IT program managers and also for industry?
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0:32Quentin McCoyGUEST
So for the program managers at HHS, um, there's a huge effort from the CIO to centralize a lot of the buys that are really, uh, siloed throughout the entire HHS enterprise.
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0:46Quentin McCoyGUEST
Right now, we're gathering those requirements to see how we can get better value for, uh, taxpayer dollars and for the mission, and we're also, on the other side of the, the, the, the, the pendulum, uh, the, you know, we're, we're working with industry partners right now to make sure that we are acquiring...
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1:05Quentin McCoyGUEST
They're- they're aware of this, w- one, and then two, that they understand that we are centralizing, and the days of, you know, having, uh, X software and 50 different-
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1:31Lauren ManweilerHOST
So you've mentioned getting the word out, but what else has to change culturally and operationally inside HHS to make this transition?
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1:41Quentin McCoyGUEST
Um, as I sa- mentioned before, you know, HHS has, it, like any other department, um, big government, uh, it's very siloed in how it procures, uh, and, and, and buying, you know, all types of IT.