Health & Human Resources Performance and Accountability Report: Fiscal Year 2003

November 2003 Health & Human Resources Performance and Accountability Report: Fiscal Year 2003 In 2003, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) marked its 50th anniversary as a cabinet-level agency. The change and growth we have experienced in those 50 years is enormous. In terms of budget and programs, we have become the largest department in the Federal Government, with almost a quarter of total federal outlays. We administer more grant dollars than all other federal agencies combined. Our Medicare program processes more than 1 billion claims per year. Our Food and Drug Administration alone regulates . . .