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The [[Centers for Disease Control and Prevention]] (CDC) funded a $16.5 million MITRE-led project to create an enduring open source tool called Sara Alert, for monitoring symptoms of Americans exposed to COVID-19. MITRE developed the free tool in collaboration with multiple national [[public health]] organizations as well as local and [[State health agency|state health agencies]].<ref name="Tozzi">{{cite news|last1=Tozzi|first1=John|date=April 22, 2020|title=They've Got Phones, Clipboards and Virus Cases. What Do They Need? Software.|publisher=[[Bloomberg News]]|url=https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-04-22/here-s-how-to-track-covid-cases-using-data-so-economy-can-reopen|access-date=December 3, 2020|archive-date=May 20, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210520172145/https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-04-22/here-s-how-to-track-covid-cases-using-data-so-economy-can-reopen|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="Vox">{{cite news|last1=Morrison|first1=Sara|date=May 20, 2020|title=Apple and Google roll out their new exposure notification tool. Interest seems limited.|work=[[Vox (website)|Vox]]|publisher=[[Vox Media]]|url=https://www.vox.com/recode/2020/5/20/21264045/apple-google-exposure-notification-contact-tracing-release|accessdate=October 27, 2020|archive-date=November 1, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201101181746/https://www.vox.com/recode/2020/5/20/21264045/apple-google-exposure-notification-contact-tracing-release|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="WAGM">{{cite news|date=May 26, 2020|title=Maine Expands Contact Tracing to Limit the Spread of COVID-19|publisher=[[WAGM-TV]]|url=https://www.wagmtv.com/content/news/Maine-Expands-Contact-Tracing-to-Limit-the-Spread-of-COVID-19-570773221.html|accessdate=October 27, 2020|archive-date=June 6, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200606191350/https://www.wagmtv.com/content/news/Maine-Expands-Contact-Tracing-to-Limit-the-Spread-of-COVID-19-570773221.html|url-status=live}}</ref> In April 2020, Sara Alert launched in Arkansas and was being tested in [[Danbury, Connecticut]] as well as the Northern Mariana Islands, with data being maintained by the [[Association of Public Health Laboratories]].<ref name="Waddell">{{cite web|last1=Waddell|first1=Kaveh|date=April 24, 2020|title=Tracking Everyone With Coronavirus Is a Huge Task. These Systems Could Help.|url=https://www.consumerreports.org/public-health/tracking-coronavirus-is-a-huge-task-these-systems-could-help/|publisher=[[Consumer Reports]]|accessdate=October 27, 2020|archive-date=October 25, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201025222701/https://www.consumerreports.org/public-health/tracking-coronavirus-is-a-huge-task-these-systems-could-help/|url-status=live}}</ref> Sara Alert was being used in Idaho, Maine,<ref name="WAGM" /> Pennsylvania, and Virginia by the end of May,<ref name="Vox" /><ref>{{cite news|last1=Williams|first1=Elliot C.|last2=Gathright|first2=Jenny|last3=Cheslow|first3=Daniella|date=August 11, 2020|title=As Contact Tracing Ramps Up In The D.C. Region, What Have We Learned So Far?|publisher=[[WAMU]]|url=https://wamu.org/story/20/08/11/dc-md-va-region-contact-tracers-coronavirus-questions-answered-faq/|accessdate=October 27, 2020|archive-date=August 19, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200819233956/https://wamu.org/story/20/08/11/dc-md-va-region-contact-tracers-coronavirus-questions-answered-faq/|url-status=live}}</ref> and Guam by October.<ref>{{cite news|date=October 2, 2020|title=Public Health launches Sara Alert to limit the spread of COVID-19. What we know.|work=[[Pacific Daily News]]|url=https://www.guampdn.com/story/news/local/2020/10/01/public-health-sara-alert-tool-covid-guam/5877046002/|accessdate=October 27, 2020|archive-date=February 19, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230219004135/https://www.guampdn.com/news/local/public-health-launches-sara-alert-to-limit-the-spread-of-covid-19-what-we-know/article_82893db1-653b-50be-87cf-e8501963ec0c.html|url-status=live}}</ref> Since January 2021, MITRE has co-lead a coalition known as the Vaccination Credential Initiative (VCI), which is composed of over 300 technology and healthcare organizations developing a technical standard for verifying vaccination and other clinical information.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Mishra|first1=Manas|last2=Khandekar|first2=Amruta|date=January 14, 2021|title=Microsoft, Cigna form coalition for digital records of COVID-19 vaccination|work=[[Reuters]]|url=https://www.reuters.com/article/idUSKBN29J1OH|access-date=March 22, 2021|archive-date=February 26, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210226182602/https://www.reuters.com/article/idUSKBN29J1OH|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite journal|last1=Reader|first1=Ruth|date=January 14, 2021|title=Tech giants want to help you prove you've been vaccinated for COVID-19|url=https://www.fastcompany.com/90594097/how-to-prove-you-have-received-covid-19-vaccinaton|journal=[[Fast Company]]|access-date=March 22, 2021|archive-date=March 2, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210302211144/https://www.fastcompany.com/90594097/how-to-prove-you-have-received-covid-19-vaccinaton|url-status=live}}</ref>

Clair William Halligan, an electrical engineer, served as MITRE's first [[President (corporate title)|president]] until 1966, when he became chairman of the company's executive committee. He retired in 1968. [[John L. McLucas]] succeeded Halligan as president.<ref name="Leavitt"/><ref>{{cite news |title=Clair Halligan, 72, Dew Line Engineer |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1975/05/04/archives/clair-halligan-72-dew-line-engineer.html |accessdate=October 8, 2020 |work=[[The New York Times]] |date=May 4, 1975 |archive-date=May 20, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210520172145/https://www.nytimes.com/1975/05/04/archives/clair-halligan-72-dew-line-engineer.html |url-status=live }}</ref> [[Robert Everett (computer scientist)|Robert Everett]] served as president from 1969 to 1986.<ref>{{cite web |title=Robert Everett |url=https://computerhistory.org/profile/robert-everett/ |publisher=[[Computer History Museum]] |accessdate=October 8, 2020 |archive-date=May 20, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210520172145/https://computerhistory.org/profile/robert-everett/ |url-status=live }}</ref> Subsequent holders of the president and [[chief executive officer]] (CEO) role included Charles S. Zraket (1986–1990),<ref name="Sugawara"/><ref>{{cite book |title=Memorial Tributes: Volume 10: Charles A. Zraket |url=https://www.nap.edu/read/10403/chapter/50#278 |accessdate=October 8, 2020 |first1=Gerald P. |last1=Dinneen |first2=Robert R. |last2=Everett |year=2002 |publisher=[[National Academies Press]] ([[National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine]]) |doi=10.17226/10403 |isbn=978-0-309-08457-4 |archive-date=October 29, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201029013815/https://www.nap.edu/read/10403/chapter/50#278 |url-status=live }}</ref> Barry Horowitz (1990–1996),<ref name="Day"/> Victor A. DeMarines (1996–2000),<ref>{{cite web |title=Schedule 14A: Verint Systems Inc. |url=https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1166388/000095012310112658/c09332def14a.htm |date=December 10, 2010 |publisher=[[U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission]] |accessdate=October 13, 2020 |archive-date=May 20, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210520172146/https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1166388/000095012310112658/c09332def14a.htm |url-status=live }}</ref> [[Martin C. Faga]] (2000–2006),<ref>{{cite web |title=Martin C. Faga |url=https://www.gps.gov/governance/advisory/members/faga/ |publisher=[[United States Air Force]] |accessdate=October 13, 2020 |archive-date=January 27, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210127103218/https://www.gps.gov/governance/advisory/members/faga/ |url-status=live }}</ref> Alfred Grasso (2006–2017),<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Ritchey |first1=Diane |title=Working in the Public Interest |journal=Security |date=October 1, 2016 |url=https://www.securitymagazine.com/articles/87454-working-in-the-public-interest |accessdate=October 13, 2020 |archive-date=October 24, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201024234112/https://www.securitymagazine.com/articles/87454-working-in-the-public-interest |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Form 8-K: NetScout Systems, Inc. |url=https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1078075/000119312518131605/d565245d8k.htm |date=April 23, 2018 |accessdate=October 13, 2020 |publisher=U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission |archive-date=May 20, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210520172145/https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1078075/000119312518131605/d565245d8k.htm |url-status=live }}</ref> and [[Jason Providakes]] (2017–2024).<ref>{{cite web |last1=Dawson |first1=Chris |title=Alumni profile: Jason Providakes, Ph.D. '85 |url=https://www.engineering.cornell.edu/alumni-profile-jason-providakes-phd-85 |publisher=[[Cornell University College of Engineering]] |accessdate=October 13, 2020 |archive-date=February 23, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210223143734/https://www.engineering.cornell.edu/alumni-profile-jason-providakes-phd-85 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite journal |title=In the spotlight: Jason Providakes: President and CEO, Mitre Corp. |journal=Washington Business Journal |date=April 28, 2017 |url=https://www.bizjournals.com/washington/news/2017/04/28/in-the-spotlight-jason-providakes.html |accessdate=October 13, 2020 |publisher=[[American City Business Journals]] |archive-date=September 1, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220901082227/https://www.bizjournals.com/washington/news/2017/04/28/in-the-spotlight-jason-providakes.html |url-status=live }}</ref> Mark Peters became the current president and CEO in 2024.<ref name=currentceo>{{Cite web |date=2024-06-27 |title=Mitre hires Battelle vet as chief executive |url=https://www.washingtontechnology.com/companies/2024/06/mitre-hires-battelle-vet-chief-executive/397713/ |access-date=2024-09-04 |website=Washington Technology |language=en}}</ref>