Letter

Excerpt: “The NIH Rapid Acceleration of Diagnostics (RADx) initiative supports studies to generate data and insights that could help inform how to best use COVID-19 diagnostic and surveillance testing for people who are pre-symptomatic, symptomatic, and asymptomatic. As efforts are being made to manage the pandemic response with the re-opening of schools, houses of worship, and workplaces, the U.S. needs to leverage every test and every modality,” wrote Walden, Guthrie, and Burgess.

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Excerpt: “Given the types of information created, stored, and shared on the information systems owned and operated by HHS, it is important that the agency implement effective incident response handling processes and procedures to address persistent cyber-based threats. Based on the agency’s expressed concern and recent past incidents, we would request that the GAO evaluate HHS’s incident response capabilities,” wrote Walden, Pallone, Guthrie, and DeGette.

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Excerpt: “In the U.S., contact tracing apps have primarily been offered by states. Not much is known about the challenges various states may be facing in implementing the use of these technologies. Challenges that may reduce the effectiveness of these technologies include low adoption rates, testing delays, privacy concerns, and interoperability of the apps. We are also interested in the relationship between testing and state contact tracing programs,” wrote Walden, Burgess, and Guthrie.

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