National Institutes of Health (NIH) Archives

Rep. Ted Lieu, D-Calif., speaks during a press conference at the U.S. Capitol on Dec. 13, 2022, in Washington, D.C. (Photo by Nathan Howard/Getty Images)

Senate bill to create NSF-awarded AI challenges gets House companion

Legislation from Reps. Jay Obernolte and Ted Lieu would award millions to technologists who leverage AI to solve sector-specific problems.

Oct 9, 2024 By Matt Bracken

Officials ‘confident’ CIO-SP4 will be awarded before end of predecessor’s extension

NIH Information Technology Acquisition and Assessment Center leaders expect to run CIO-SP4 and its predecessor concurrently for one to two months once awarded.

Aug 23, 2024 By Madison Alder

A close-up of the administration building at National Institutes of Health. (NIH photo)

CIO-SP4 protests in federal claims court prompt extension request for existing vehicle

NITAAC is requesting to extend the existing vehicle, CIO-SP3, to Oct. 29, the agency confirmed.

Feb 16, 2024 By Madison Alder

Microsoft makes Azure OpenAI service available in government cloud platform

The service is live on Azure Government Tuesday while the agency pursues FedRAMP authorization for high-impact data.

Feb 6, 2024 By Madison Alder

Reimagining tech modernization for the future in government

Google Public Sector's Leigh Palmer writes in this Op-Ed that advances in AI and ML require modern, cloud-native IT — particularly applications hosted in commercial cloud environments…

Dec 19, 2023 By Leigh Palmer

Rory A. Cooper, who uses a wheelchair, shakes hands with President Biden in the East Room of the White House. A uniformed man stands next to them holding a National Medal for Technology and Innovation to be presented to Cooper. — President Joe Biden presents the National Medal of Technology and Innovation to Rory A. Cooper, of the University of Pittsburgh and the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, at a ceremony in the East Room of the White House Oct. 24 in Washington, DC. (Photo by Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images)

Biden’s tech and innovation medal recipients include those with VA, Energy, NIH ties

Federal government awardees honored for their innovations in mobility devices, cancer treatments, and drinking water technologies.

Oct 24, 2023 By Madison Alder

CIO-SP4 protest dismissed after NIH commits to corrective action

The National Institutes of Health will reevaluate the federal IT contractor’s self-scoring sheet as part of corrective action, according to court filings.

Sep 20, 2023 By Madison Alder

This illustration photograph taken with a macro lens shows The OpenAI company logo reflected in a human eye at a studio in Paris on June 6, 2023. (Photo by JOEL SAGET/AFP via Getty Images)

HHS’s artificial intelligence use cases more than triple from previous year

The Department of Health and Human Services' annual AI use case inventory for fiscal 2023 includes 163 instances — up from 50 the previous year.

Aug 15, 2023 By Madison Alder

Government IT provider challenges elimination from a $50B solicitation in federal court

The complaint comes after the agency overseeing the CIO-SP4 solicitation recently committed to corrective action related to dozens of sustained bid protests.

Aug 14, 2023 By Madison Alder

President Joe Biden speaks in the Eisenhower Executive Office Building’s South Court Auditorium on Jan. 14, 2022. (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

Biden launches cancer tumor removal technology program through ARPA-H

The program funded through the Advanced Research Projects Agency for Health is the nascent agency's first cancer-related project.

Jul 28, 2023 By Madison Alder