People
NIH CIO Adele Merritt departs for DOD-affiliated research role
Meritt’s exit comes after serving in the role for just over eight months.
Artificial Intelligence
NIH launches new AI agent for analyzing genomic data
GeneAgent is the latest AI tool leveraged to expedite discovery in biomedical research fields.
Exclusive
Acquisition
GSA prepping plans to move NASA SEWP and NIH contract vehicles under its management
The General Services Administration’s role in federal acquisition may soon expand further.
People
Intelligence CIO moves to helm IT at the National Institutes of Health
Adele Merritt, who served as CIO for the Office of the Director of National Intelligence since January 2022, took over as the NIH CIO on Dec. 16.
Artificial Intelligence
Data can be a double-edged sword in generative AI, agency experts say
Though there are myriad federal use cases for generative AI applications, usability hinges on clean, organized input data.
Acquisition
CIO-SP4 faces more court challenges
In the meantime, the National Institutes of Health's IT acquisition arm has extended the current contract into the fall.
Acquisition
NITAAC extends CIO-SP3 contracts amid protests of follow-on vehicle
The extension is intended to give NIH’s governmentwide acquisition program enough time to work through more than 100 remaining active bid protests against the 10-year, $50 billion CIO-SP4 contract vehicle.
Acquisition
NIH automated biomedical office teases small biz cybersecurity contract
The National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences is on the hunt for a small business contractor to provide cybersecurity services.
Modernization
Mapping cloud to mission
A new report from the Partnership for Public Service highlights how federal agencies have capitalized on cloud technology and how those lessons can help others evolve.
People
NIH CIO set to retire in December
Andrea Norris, currently the CIO and director of the center for information technology at the National Institutes of Health, has been in charge of the agency's tech portfolio for more than 10 years.
Acquisition
The growing importance of GWACs
One of the government's most popular methods for buying emerging technologies and critical IT services faces significant challenges in an ever-changing marketplace
Acquisition
NITAAC releases long-awaited RFP for $50 billion CIO-SP4
The National Institute of Health's Information Technology Acquisition and Assessment Center (NITAAC) has released its highly-anticipated request for proposals for the new CIO Solutions and Partners 4 (CIO-SP4) contract vehicle.
Acquisition
This year's Sammies includes a special COVID response category
Partnership for Public Service announced the 29 finalists for its annual Samuel J. Heyman Service to America Medals.
Digital Government
How to improve health IT
The past year has called unprecedented attention to public health systems and their underlying data, but federal agencies' struggles with health IT long predate the COVID-19 pandemic.
Acquisition
NITAAC CIO-SP4 on track
Despite the pandemic, the next iteration of one of National Institute of Health's Information Technology Acquisition and Assessment Center's governmentwide contracts is steadily progressing.
Digital Government
OSTP: Changes needed to better share COVID data
Wider data sharing in the COVID-19 era takes will, as well as broader thinking, AI and machine learning, said White House tech expert.
Digital Government
NIH creates central database for COVID-19
The centralized database could provide sharper insight into coronavirus patients' needs.
Acquisition
NITAAC says it can fill in for STARS
The National Institutes of Health's governmentwide contracts can pick up the slack for GSA's STARS II 8(a) small business set aside contract’s early cut off.
Acquisition
New contract, new leadership coming at NITAAC
Top management of NIH's IT Acquisition and Assessment Center IT is changing, as is the next iteration of its tech-focused governmentwide acquisition vehicle.
Acquisition