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Peraton announced Wednesday that it has opened a dedicated Pega Center of Excellence (COE) to make sure technology best practices are continually implemented and to support the company's commitment to deliver digital transformation services to clients. The company, a Pega platinum partner, will use its new COE to transform citizen services at civilian agencies, such as the Social Security Administration (SSA).

ICF has received a five-year, $35 million re-compete contract to help the Department of Health and Human Services' Administration for Children and Families prepare less-fortunate children for school. The company said Tuesday it will perform technical support and training services for HHS' Head Start programs within the U.S. southeast region.

Peraton announced on Tuesday it has appointed William Evanina, former director of the National Counterintelligence and Security Center (NCSC), to the company's advisory board. Evanina joined other experienced government and industry technology experts who provide advice and counsel to the company to guide its strategic direction.

Xavier Becerra, secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), has won the first Wash100 Award of his long federal career as a part of Executive Mosaic's 2021 recipients. Becerra has received the highest honor in all of government contracting (GovCon) for his efforts to drive health initiatives, priorities and modernization, as well as his leadership and effort to combat the COVID-19 pandemic. 

The Department of Health and Human Services has earmarked $57 million to help expand Corning's capacity to manufacture coated glass vials and tubing to address needs related to the U.S. government's COVID-19 vaccination campaign. Corning said Friday the additional funding is meant to support mass vaccination activities and builds on a $204 million allocation from the HHS Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Authority.

Jennifer Chronis, federal vice president of Verizon, has received her first Wash100 Award for driving technology offerings, expanding revenue and partnering with industry leaders to drive digital transformation across the government contracting (GovCon) sector. Executive Mosaic congratulates Verizon Federal and Jennifer Chronis on receiving her first Wash100 Award in 2021. 

BlackBerry has implemented new updates into an emergency mass notification system in an effort to augment communications between agencies and mitigate unauthorized access to federal government applications, data and systems.

Executive Mosaic is pleased to announce that for the first time in her government career, Stacy Cummings, acting undersecretary of the Department of Defense for acquisition and sustainment, has been awarded a 2021 Wash100 Award for driving modernization across acquisition, as well as implementing digital transformation initiatives to support the federal sector and its industry counterparts.

Maia Laing, a former program director at the Department of Health and Human Services, has been named vice president of product at Optum, FedHealthIT reported Friday.

A Cofense-made phishing simulation and security tool has been approved for use in the U.S. government under the Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program. Cofense said Thursday its PhishMe product has received moderate authorization to operate under FedRAMP, with the sponsorship of the Department of Health and Human Services.

Excella will help the Department of Health and Human Services' Office of the Inspector General mitigate fraud, waste and abuse cases under a potential $23.9 million data technology services contract.

The Department of Health and Human Services' Office of the Inspector General has awarded Excella a five-year, $9.8 million contract to continue the modernization of an online analytics portal designed to mitigate waste, abuse and fraudulent activities within HHS' discretionary initiatives.

Medallia will deliver user experience technology to help the Department of Health and Human Services address health-related public sector issues and augment key services for HHS customers. The company said Thursday it offers a government-tailored platform that helps agencies determine how to improve citizen experience based on feedback data.

Continuus Pharmaceuticals has secured a $69.3M contract with the Department of Defense to use its integrated continuous manufacturing technology for developing critical active pharmaceutical ingredients and final dosage form medicines used for COVID-19 treatment.

Business process transformation company Suntiva has secured 16 awards worth approximately $36M to provide services in support of various Department of Health and Human Services components.