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The federal government is expected to invest $27.7B for unclassified information technology contracts in the fourth quarter of fiscal year 2020 following increased spending for telework technologies in March, Bloomberg Government reported Thursday.

Eric Gonzales, former director of veterans affairs business development at Leidos (NYSE: LDOS), has been named appointed to a similar position at ManTech (Nasdaq: MANT), FedHealthIT reported Monday.

Ken Beecher, an 11-year veteran of IBM (NYSE: IBM), has joined Optum as a vice president and client executive for the Department of Veterans Affairs, FedHealthIT reported Friday.

Emergent has secured a potential three-year, $125.5M delivery order to deploy Oracle software licenses for the Department of Veterans Affairs. The VA announced the enterprise license agreement award in a notice posted Thursday on the government's SAM website.

Planned Systems International has been awarded a five-year, $149M contract to help the Department of Veterans Affairs test information technology systems as the VA transitions to an updated electronic health records system.

Liberty IT Solutions has secured a potential three-year, $95M task order to modernize revenue collection and business tools for the Department of Veterans Affairs.

Cynergy Professional Systems has won a two-year, $438.8M task order to provide hardware, software and support services to the Department of Veterans Affairs, FedHealthIT reported Friday.

Brian Kitzmiller, a former executive at Hewlett Packard Enterprise (NYSE: HPE) and a 29-year technology industry veteran, has been named vice president of veterans affairs solutions at Leidos (NYSE: LDOS), FedHealthIT reported Monday.

Randy Tharp, a former account management lead at Leidos (NYSE: LDOS), has been appointed vice president of Veterans Affairs programs at ManTech International (Nasdaq: MANT). "I’m honored to continue to serve our veterans in this new role, and look forward to working with our VA and Industry partners to deliver on our promise to care for those who shall have borne the battle," Tharp said.

The Department of Veterans Affairs has awarded Liberty IT Solutions a potential five-year, $434M task order to consolidate applications and projects under the VA's enterprise portfolio management division.