VA awards TIAG $5 million open source contract

The Veterans Affairs Department has awarded The Informatics Applications Group Inc. of Reston, Va., a $5 million contract to be the custodial agent to manage VA’s open source community to modernize its VistA electronic health record.

The vendor, TIAG, is a management and technology services company, which has performed business process and clinical applications work for the Defense Department. 

The custodial agent is an organization with experience in establishing and operating an open source community, its processes and resulting products.