Assistant Secretary for Technology Policy | 12,477 followers on LinkedIn. Our vision is better health enabled by data | The Assistant Secretary for Technology Policy/Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (hereafter ASTP) is the lead agency charged with formulating the federal government’s health IT strategy and coordinating federal health IT policies, standards, programs, and investments. ASTP is organizationally located within the Office of the Secretary for the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS).