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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>