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Thanks for sharing! This is all good to know, I'll be reaching out to see if there's any possibility of these groups helping to address some of the issues within our institute at the NIH. Right now it's unclear to what extent that can assist an intramural research program.

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There are digital groups of various sorts already operating at NIH. If the folks working on it are federal employees, there are groups that can help - but there has to be buy-in from decision makers.

Bureaucracies have infinite ways to stop something if you don't get cover from certain people.

18F is definitely a good start. I would also try Code for America[1], although they might only work at more of a local level.

1. https://www.codeforamerica.org/

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