source Andrews News letter
Runnemede, NJ—On New Year’s Day, Congressman Andrews announced that the federal government has awarded a $17 million contract to Runnemede-based company Swets Information Services to manage disease and health data and reference materials for the Center for Disease Control (CDC). The information services company will use the funds to add 30 jobs to organize all books, publications, and databases in CDC libraries so that they are always easily accessible by the public, especially in times of crisis.
Swets provides library and reference services to over 60,000 customers in 160 countries, working with universities, corporations, and governments. Contracted for one year with an optional four year extension, the company will order and maintain large scientific and medical databases, technical journals, e-books and print books at all nine branches of the CDC’s Public Health Library and Information Center. The five year contract has helped transform the Runnemede office into a central hub for government medical information, adding to our region’s already impressive medical industry.
“By creating new jobs in South Jersey and managing the CDC’s library and database systems, Swets will help prevent disease and improve public health by making information more readily available in times of crisis,” Congressman Andrews said. “Not only will this contract protect the public, but investing in public sector job growth – as was done here – will help restore jobs in South Jersey and put our country back on the course of economic growth.”
The Public Health Library and Information Center that Swets will now manage aims to further science, medicine, and safety by making information available and accessible for all Americans. Swets’ services will ensure that the agency has the most up-to-date research so that the health and safety of the American people.
