"Heartland Consulting announced today that it has been awarded a contract by United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) to provide programming support to the Food Safety Research Information Office (FSRIO). FSRIO assists the federal government and private research entities in assessing food safety research needs and priorities, and to prevent unintended duplication of food safety research. In addition, FSRIO works in cooperation with the National Institutes of Health, the Food and Drug Administration, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, public institutions, and—on occasion—private research interests. The contract was awarded through Heartland’s STARS II vehicle. STARS II is a small business set-aside created to provide IT services to federal agencies from a large pool of pre-approved industry partners." Read the full press release here. Source: Heartland Consulting awarded contract by the USDA to provide IT Programming Support to the Food Safety Research Information Office - By CEO John English, August 12, 2019. Heartland Consulting.