diff --git a/.circleci/config.yml b/.circleci/config.yml
index b833c4a456..9e41309fd5 100644
--- a/.circleci/config.yml
+++ b/.circleci/config.yml
@@ -192,29 +192,31 @@ jobs:
           name: RNA-Seq composition
           command: ./scripts/run_in_ci.sh Rscript -e "rmarkdown::render('analyses/rna-seq-composition/rna-seq-composition.Rmd', clean = TRUE)"
           
-      - run:
-          name: TCGA SNV Caller Analysis 
-          command: ./scripts/run_in_ci.sh bash analyses/snv-callers/run_caller_consensus_analysis-tcga.sh     
+      # - run:
+      #     name: TCGA SNV Caller Analysis 
+      #     command: ./scripts/run_in_ci.sh bash analyses/snv-callers/run_caller_consensus_analysis-tcga.sh     
 
       - run:
           name: SNV Caller Analysis 
           command: OPENPBTA_VAF_CUTOFF=0.5 ./scripts/run_in_ci.sh bash analyses/snv-callers/run_caller_consensus_analysis-pbta.sh
 
-      - run:
-          name: Tumor mutation burden with TCGA
-          command: ./scripts/run_in_ci.sh Rscript -e "rmarkdown::render('analyses/tmb-compare-tcga/compare-tmb.Rmd', clean = TRUE)"
+      # - run:
+      #     name: Tumor mutation burden with TCGA
+      #     command: ./scripts/run_in_ci.sh Rscript -e "rmarkdown::render('analyses/tmb-compare-tcga/compare-tmb.Rmd', clean = TRUE)"
   
-      - run:
-          name: PBTA vs TCGA explore 
-          command: ./scripts/run_in_ci.sh Rscript -e "rmarkdown::render('analyses/snv-callers/lancet-wxs-tests/explore-tcga-pbta.Rmd', clean = TRUE)"
+      # - run:
+      #     name: PBTA vs TCGA explore 
+      #     command: ./scripts/run_in_ci.sh Rscript -e "rmarkdown::render('analyses/snv-callers/lancet-wxs-tests/explore-tcga-pbta.Rmd', clean = TRUE)"
      
-      - run:
-          name: Lancet WXS vs WGS test
-          command: ./scripts/run_in_ci.sh Rscript -e "rmarkdown::render('analyses/snv-callers/lancet-wxs-tests/lancet-paired-WXS-WGS.Rmd', clean = TRUE)"
+      # Retired analysis
+      # - run:
+      #     name: Lancet WXS vs WGS test
+      #     command: ./scripts/run_in_ci.sh Rscript -e "rmarkdown::render('analyses/snv-callers/lancet-wxs-tests/lancet-paired-WXS-WGS.Rmd', clean = TRUE)"
       
-      - run:
-          name: Lancet padded vs unpadded test
-          command: ./scripts/run_in_ci.sh Rscript -e "rmarkdown::render('analyses/snv-callers/lancet-wxs-tests/lancet-padded-vs-unpadded.Rmd', clean = TRUE)"
+      # Retired analysis
+      # - run:
+      #     name: Lancet padded vs unpadded test
+      #     command: ./scripts/run_in_ci.sh Rscript -e "rmarkdown::render('analyses/snv-callers/lancet-wxs-tests/lancet-padded-vs-unpadded.Rmd', clean = TRUE)"
 
 
        # This analysis was a side concept question and no longer needs to be run. 
diff --git a/analyses/create-subset-files/biospecimen_ids_for_subset.RDS b/analyses/create-subset-files/biospecimen_ids_for_subset.RDS
index 2849d52a0f..d7101da469 100644
Binary files a/analyses/create-subset-files/biospecimen_ids_for_subset.RDS and b/analyses/create-subset-files/biospecimen_ids_for_subset.RDS differ
diff --git a/analyses/create-subset-files/create_subset_files.sh b/analyses/create-subset-files/create_subset_files.sh
index d169282e60..e927b7cbbe 100755
--- a/analyses/create-subset-files/create_subset_files.sh
+++ b/analyses/create-subset-files/create_subset_files.sh
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ set -o pipefail
 
 # Set defaults for release and biospecimen file name
 BIOSPECIMEN_FILE=${BIOSPECIMEN_FILE:-biospecimen_ids_for_subset.RDS}
-RELEASE=${RELEASE:-release-v15-20200228}
+RELEASE=${RELEASE:-release-v16-20200320}
 NUM_MATCHED=${NUM_MATCHED:-15}
 
 # This option controls whether or not the two larger MAF files are skipped as
@@ -68,9 +68,6 @@ cp $FULL_DIRECTORY/independent-specimens*.tsv $SUBSET_DIRECTORY
 # all bed files
 cp $FULL_DIRECTORY/*.bed $SUBSET_DIRECTORY
 
-# the release notes
-cp $FULL_DIRECTORY/release-notes.md $SUBSET_DIRECTORY
-
 # data file description
 cp $FULL_DIRECTORY/data-files-description.md $SUBSET_DIRECTORY
 
@@ -91,3 +88,6 @@ cd $SUBSET_DIRECTORY
 rm -f md5sum.txt
 # create a new md5sum.txt file
 md5sum * > md5sum.txt
+
+# the release notes and not included in md5sum.txt
+cp $FULL_DIRECTORY/release-notes.md $SUBSET_DIRECTORY