my name is jason providakes and the pentagon have of the mitre corporation. i served as the director of the not-for-profit public funded research and develop center operated by mitre and sponsored by the department of health and human services. mitre is charted in the public interest to applied systems and unix skills and defense technology to address issues of critical national importance. we account this for operations research and develop and centers that support our government sponsors, scientific research and develop a. analysis and systems engineering and integration as well. known as the funded research development centers, they operate under a set of rules and constraints prescribed by the federal acquisition regulation. the rules are designed to preserve the objectivity come independence and freedom from conflicts of interest. we operate the centers for seven federal agency sponsors who are awarded the contract to operate the cms alliance to modernize health care center about a year ago. following a competitive bid. the center is charged with assisti