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The Senate on Wednesday unanimously passed a $2T emergency funding package to mitigate the economic impact of the coronavirus pandemic, Politico reported. The package would authorize $10.5B in emergency funds for the Department of Defense and another $19.6B for the Department of Veterans Affairs, according to a Military Times report. 

The White House has asked Congress for $45.8B in additional funding for fiscal year 2020 and authorities to facilitate ongoing coronavirus preparedness and response efforts. Russ Vought, acting director of the Office of Management and Budget, wrote in a Wednesday letter to Congress that the Trump administration wants to amend its FY 2021 requested budget to increase the funding of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to $8.3B.

Shannon Hattersley, former acting vice president of civilian programs at ProSphere, has joined B3 Group as director of capture.

Cognosante has secured a potential $98M blanket purchase agreement from the Department of Veterans Affairs to provide consulting and assistance services to help the Veterans Health Administration achieve a “high reliability organization” status.

Atlas Research participated in a House Committee on Veterans’ Affairs roundtable held Tuesday. As part of Atlas Research’s work with Veterans Health Administration Innovation Ecosystem, the company supported VHA as it showcased innovative approaches to reduce veteran suicide.

Karen Cinibulk, former director for the Department of Veterans Affairs account at Atlas Research, has joined Maximus as a vice president, FedHealthIT reported Wednesday.

Liberty IT Solutions has secured a $380M task order to help the Department of Veterans Affairs develop and manage an application programming interface platform.

The team of Perspecta (NYSE: PRSP) and PRA Health Sciences (Nasdaq: PRAH) has created a software-as-a-service platform for the Department of Veterans Affairs to manage a national research program.

Andrew Candreva, a former business development executive at CSRA, has been appointed vice president of the health solutions at Alexandria, Va.-based professional services company SBG Technology Solutions.

McKesson (NYSE: MCK) has received a potential eight-year contract of undisclosed value to provide pharmaceutical supplies to outpatient clinics, medical centers and the Department of Veterans Affairs’ consolidated mail outpatient pharmacies.