There are thousands of people involved in the competitive sourcing
(A-76) program at NIH. Some of the key groups include the following: (1) The
Commercial Activities Steering Committee is chaired by the NIH Deputy
Director for Management and includes several IC Executive Officers as
well as key management officials in the Office of the Director; (2) The Commercial
Activities Review Team (CART) in the Office of Management Assessment,
has primary responsibility for coordinating the reviews across NIH; (3) Teams
of program staff (Co-chair workgroups) are involved in reviewing the inventory
of commercial functions at NIH and ensuring that it is being applied uniformly
and consistently across the ICs; and (4) Numerous program offices are involved
in reviewing the functional definitions and assisting the Co-chair groups
with revisions of the inventory as necessary.
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