Tiag Wins VA Open-Source Contract

Tiag, a Reston, Va.-based management and information technology consulting contractor [...] has been named by the Veterans Affairs Department to oversee a proposed open-source software development program for the VA's VistA electronic health-record system

Tiag, a Reston, Va.-based management and information technology consulting contractor to the Defense Department and other government organizations, has been named by the Veterans Affairs Department to oversee a proposed open-source software development program for the VA's VistA electronic health-record system, according to a leader in the VistA community.

Frederick D.S. “Rick” Marshall, who heads the VistA Expertise Network, which provides consulting and educational services for VistA, said prime contractors that bid to become the “custodial agent” of open-source project were notified late Friday of the VA's award to Tiag. Marshall, a co-founder in 2002 of WorldVistA, a not-for-profit organization promoting the global use of VistA outside the VA, declined to comment further on the implications of the contract.