José Arrieta and his team have been under considerable pressure inside and outside the administration.
HHS’ chief information officer, José Arrieta, resigned unexpectedly Friday.
Arrieta told senior leaders that he would stay on for up to a month to help with the transition, said two individuals with knowledge of his plans. He departs just four months after the department stood up the public data sharing hub HHS Protect, and a little over a year since he took over as chief information officer.
His departure was first reported by Federal News Network.
Arrieta and his team have been under considerable pressure inside and outside the administration, after HHS in July ordered hospitals to bypass the CDC when reporting certain coronavirus data. Continue reading.