| 11/13/2018 - Forensic Case Management System - OT18204 The West Virginia Office of Technology is soliciting bids to establish a contract for a digital forensic case management system and on-premise support services. Solicitation: ISC1900000008 Closing Date: 11/13/18 2:30 PM EST
11/14/2018 - Project Tender: COTS Laboratory Information Management Solution
11/15/2018 - Request for Tender: Laboratory Information Management System and Hardware
11/27/2018 - Sugar Land Lab Laboratory Information Management System (LIMS) Upgrade Solicitation ID: 582-18-82488 Response Due Date: 11/27/2018 Response Due Time: 2:00 PM Days Solicited: 21+ Days for Solicitation Notice Solicitation Posting Date: 10/23/2018 Solicitation Description: To provide an analysis of the lab processes and to upgrade the Sugar Land Laboratory’s Laboratory Information Management System (LIMS) including software and hardware upgrades. Specifically, this includes an Electronic Laboratory Notebook (ELN) system to allow for a more automated environment and reduce the Lab’s paper-based process. The ELN must be able to replace paper bench sheets, Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) and allow for the design and configuration of electronic forms. The ELN must integrate with the current laboratory information management system (LIMS) platform (Labworks). The work under this Contract must be completed no later than August 31, 2019. http://www.txsmartbuy.com/sp/582-18-82488
11/28/2018 - Request for Proposals: Laboratory Information System | 
In this 2018 article by Mulder et al., a broad collective of knowledge and experience is brought together to better shape the competencies required for a modern bioinformatics education program and their training contexts. Need is immense, yet methodologies are diverse, necessitating cooperation to refine core competencies for different groups. The authors describe the development of these competencies and then provide practical use cases for them. They conclude the competencies "provide a basis for the community of bioinformatics educators, despite widely divergent goals and student populations, to draw upon their common experiences in designing, refining, and evaluating their own training programs." However, they also caution that they shouldn't be viewed as "a prescription for a specific set of curricula or curricular standards."
