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House Lawmakers Press HHS Secretary for Details on Contact Tracing Programs

NextGov: Leaders of key committees in the House of Representatives want Health and Human Services Secretary Alex Azar to shed light on the Trump administration’s plan to coordinate contact tracing efforts to track the coronavirus and how Americans’ privacy would be protected.

“State and local governments are trying to fill the Trump Administration’s leadership void, developing plans for expanding their health departments’ workforces and deploying novel digital contact tracing tools,” reads a letter Azar received today from House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Frank Pallone, D-N.J., Rep. Anna Eshoo, D-Calif., who chairs the committee’s panel on health, and Rep. Diana DeGette, D-Colo., who chairs the committee’s panel on oversight and investigations.

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