HHS piling on the bad news for its assisted acquisition customers

The Department of Health and Human Services’ Program Support Center's decision to shut down its assisted acquisition services isn’t just hurting agency customers during one of the busiest fourth quarters in recent memory. HHS determination that it can’t transfer existing contracts back to customer agencies will reverberate over the next year, causing inconvenience at best and mission degradation at worst. In his weekly feature, the Reporter's Notebook, Federal News Network Executive Editor Jason Miller has fresh news on the situation at HHS that is putting more than $1 billion in contracts at risk. He joined Federal Drive with Tom Temin for more explanation.