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Kevin Plexico, senior vice president of information solutions at Deltek and a 2020 Wash100 Award recipient, predicts that the incoming administration's budget priorities will create additional contracting opportunities in the technology and health care areas, Federal News Network reported Monday.

Kim Cirka, partner at Guidehouse and a project management professional, has been named leader for the company's public health segment.

The Department of Veterans Affairs has awarded TriWest Healthcare Alliance a potential $5B contract to set up and maintain a network of health care providers and practitioners throughout the state of Alaska.

The Department of Defense has issued a draft solicitation for two fifth-generation TRICARE managed care support contracts that could be worth more than $58B combined, Bloomberg Government reported Monday.

Atlas Research has published its 2019 annual report, “Mission. Insight. Impact.,”which has analyzed the company’s work with federal government agencies to address healthcare challenges, innovation, and initiatives, Atlas reported on Monday. “As 2019 drew to a close, the COVID-19 pandemic was not yet in view and we could not perceive the unprecedented ways in which it would challenge the country,” said Atlas Research chief executive officer Ryung Suh.

Jay Sultan, former vice president of health care innovation and strategy at Cognizant, has joined LexisNexis Risk Solutions' health care business as VP of strategy. The two-decade industry veteran will be responsible for developing the unit's overall strategy, innovation, partnerships and market planning functions, LexisNexis Risk Solutions said Monday.

David Zito, formerly commercial health care segment leader at Guidehouse, has been promoted to chief growth officer at the Washington, D.C.-based consulting services provider.

Private equity firm Thoma Bravo has agreed to buy Exostar, a Herndon, Va.-based provider of cloud-based business collaboration platforms for aerospace and defense, health care and life sciences industries, for an undisclosed sum.

The Veterans Health Administration has awarded six small businesses spots on a potential 10-year, $1B contract for professional consulting and health care services. VHA’s Integrated Healthcare Transformation is a multiple-award, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract with a five-year base term and five option years and covers support services across three functional categories: health system transformation and innovation, implementation and operations support and health care business enabling services.

Veritas Capital has agreed to buy DXC Technology’s (NYSE: DXC) U.S. state and local health and human services business for $5B in cash. The transaction is expected to be completed by December, subject to regulatory approvals, receipt of third-party consents and other customary closing conditions, DXC said Tuesday.