Norris Whitehouse Cochran IV (born June 9, 1970) is an American government official who served as the acting United States Secretary of Health and Human Services from January to March 2021, having also served in this role previously in 2017.[1] He serves as Deputy Assistant Secretary of Budget, and was Acting Assistant Secretary for Financial Resources in the United States Department of Health and Human Services throughout most of the Trump administration.[2]
On February 5, 2006, he joined the Department of Health and Human Services.[5] As of 2007, he was the Director of the Division of Discretionary Programs.[7] He has been Deputy Assistant Secretary of Budget, a Senior Executive Service position, since March 2009.[8][9] This position involves being the Director of the HHS Office of Budget.[5]
^ abcde"Norris Cochran". U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. January 18, 2017. Archived from the original on January 29, 2017. Retrieved January 30, 2017.
^"Class Notes". LBJ School of Public Affairs. Retrieved March 4, 2021.