“WASHINGTON — The National Nuclear Security Administration is making a play to save a scientific advisory group, just days before its contract with the Pentagon is set to expire.
On Thursday, the NNSA quietly put a notice of a sole-source contract up on the FedBizOps website, to "award a short-term sole source contract to MITRE Corporation to provide management and logistics support to the Jason program and its members, referred to as ‘The Jasons.’”
In essence, NNSA seeks to recreate the Pentagon’s contract with the advisory group through the end of next January, in order to keep key research from falling apart.”
https://www.defensenews.com/smr/nuclear-arsenal/2019/04/25/nuclear-weapons-agency-moves-to-save-jason-advisory-group/