National Institutes of Health (NIH) Archives

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

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

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

CIO-SP4 acquisition arm commits to corrective action after 119 bid protests sustained

National Institutes of Health Information Technology Acquisition and Assessment Center says it is optimistic about the promise the solicitation holds for federal agency customers.

Jul 11, 2023 By Madison Alder

GAO sustains 93 bid protests filed over CIO-SP4 solicitation

In a Thursday statement the watchdog recommended NIH look again at which proposals should advance past the solicitation's initial phase.

Jun 29, 2023 By Madison Alder

NIH needs strategy to address data science workforce shortage, watchdog says

The National Institutes of Health risks not having the workforce needed “to administer tens of billions of dollars in annual research grants,” a federal government watchdog says.

Jun 23, 2023 By Madison Alder

A sample wafer is seen at the exhibition of Semicon Taiwan 2022 in Taipei on September 15, 2022. (Photo by I-HWA CHENG/AFP via Getty Images)

NIST, NSF scientists meet Taiwan officials at first tech cooperation event

Government scientists met top Taiwanese officials at the first U.S.-Taiwan Science and Technology Cooperation Dialogue.

May 22, 2023 By John Hewitt Jones

CIO-SP3 procurement extended through October

According to a senior government official, 75 protests relating to CIO-SP4 currently remain open.

May 8, 2023 By John Hewitt Jones