WASHINGTON: The federal departments of Health and Human Services and Veterans Affairs have signed firms to manage communications initiatives.

HHS has hired Morgan Business Consulting to provide communications support and to develop an effective provider and stakeholder education and information effort for its privacy and security initiatives, said Peter Ashkenaz, a media specialist at the department.

The contract has a potential budget of $856,000 over a three-year period if all options are renewed, according to an award notice.

Mark Danis, a ...