
	The MITRE Corporation is a not-for-profit organization that provides systems engineering, research and development, and information technology support to the government.
	
	It operates federally funded research and development centers for the Department of Defense, the Federal Aviation Administration, the Internal Revenue Service and Department of Veterans Affairs, the Department of Homeland Security, the Administrative Office of the U.S. Courts, and the Centers for Medicare &amp; Medicaid Services. MITRE also has an internal research and development program&mdash;the MITRE Innovation Program&mdash;to enable our staff to create new technologies or apply existing tools and technologies in innovative ways to meet our sponsors&rsquo; needs.
