Daily Archives: February 6, 2020


Guidance for IHS Corps Officers: Message from the ASH: 2019 Novel Coronavirus (2019-nCoV) Deployments and Uniform of the Day

IHS Corps Officers, On 27 January 2020, ADM Giroir, Assistant Secretary for Health, provided official notification that officers assigned to HHS agencies are being deployed without supervisor approval to support the novel coronavirus (2019-nCoV) mission, consistent with Commissioned Corps Directive (CCD) 121.02, Deployment and Readiness. ADM Giroir further stated that […]


COF Symposium

Dear Commissioned Corps Officers, There have been a number of questions from Commissioned Corps officers about the annual USPHS Scientific & Training Symposium hosted by the PHS Commissioned Officers Foundation for the Advancement of Public Health (COF). The Assistant Secretary for Health recently signed a co-sponsorship agreement with COF to […]