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We strive to advance the Department's goal of protecting the health of all Americans and providing essential human services, especially for those who are least able to help themselves. We further the HHS mission by working in areas such as:

cancer research
	privacy of medical records
	contract disputes litigation
	victims of human trafficking
	faith-based and community initiatives
	welfare reform
	medicare-medicaid
	child welfare
	Head Start
	alternatives to institutional care
	civil rights
	Indian health
	bio-terrorism programs

food safety
	child support enforcement
	refugee resettlement
	organ donation
	genetic testing
	nursing home care
	drug approvals
	foster care and adoption assistance
	nursing home bankruptcies
	fraud, waste and abuse
	district and appellate court litigation
	vaccine procurement and distribution

**Learn More:** OGC Practice Areas.

Privacy Protections

The Privacy Act of 1974 requires that agencies create and maintain, as necessary, a System of Records Notices (SORN) as defined in the Privacy Act provisions. A system is subject to the Privacy Act if it contains a system of records; any item, collection, or grouping of information about an individual that identifies the individual, and where those records are retrieved by the name of the individual or by some type of identifier unique to the individual.

Learn More: Office of General Counsel System of Records Notices

                    
  


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