VA Picks Vendor for Open-Source Ecosystem

The Veterans Affairs Department has selected a Reston, Va. small business to be the custodial agent managing open-source efforts to modernize the department's longstanding electronic health record system.

The VA awarded a $5 million contract to The Informatics Applications Group, according to a June 20 announcement on the Federal Business Opportunities website. The management and IT services company, which refers to itself as “tiag” on its website and also is known as TIAG, previously has contracted with the Defense Department.