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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. 

Battelle has elected Howard University President and the Charles R. Drew Professor of Surgery Dr. Wayne Frederick to the company's board of directors. “Wayne's strong background in healthcare and medical education aligns so well with Battelle's mission and strategic priorities,“ said Lou Von Thaer, president and CEO of Battelle and 2021 Wash100 Award recipient.

Peraton has aligned the company around four business sectors and appointed new executives to its leadership team, following its $3.4 billion acquisition of Northrop Grumman's integrated mission support and IT solutions business, the company reported on Thursday. "As Peraton expands we will be faced with a complex range of new opportunities and challenges across our functions and businesses,“ said Stu Shea, chairman, president and CEO of Peraton and 2021 Wash100 Award recipient. 

Guidehouse has appointed Lance Robertson, a former Department of Health and Human Services assistant secretary and a U.S. Army veteran, as a director in the health care practice at the company. “Our team is excited to welcome Lance Robertson to Guidehouse and engage him with our clients,“ said Scott McIntyre, Guidehouse CEO and 2020 Wash100 Award recipient.

TYSONS CORNER, VA, November 23, 2020 “”LMI has transitioned Christen Smith from her role as the company's vice president of management advisory services to a new post as VP of federal health and civilian market, GovCon Wire reported Tuesday.

The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) has launched OneRecord, a consumer-facing health platform, to enable veterans to digitally access medical records from nationwide VA locations. Under the VA Lighthouse API program, OneRecord features a user-centered design, security and accessibility standards and is one of the first consumer-facing applications to connect veterans and their health data. 

Verlon Johnson, former vice president of health care policy and program management at IBM Watson Health's government health and human services business, has been appointed senior VP of corporate strategy at CNSI. “Her experience and expertise will help us shape our strategy, products, and solutions to meet our clients' current and future needs," said Todd Stottlemyer, CEO of CNSI and previous Wash100 Award recipient.

Maximus has launched Maximus Public Health (MPH) to provide resources to help remediate COVID-19 and other public health threats for government agencies. To support the new division, Maximus has added five additional public health professionals to establish the MPH mission and structure. MPH will collaborate with academic partners, conduct research and expand partnerships with public health agencies.

TYSONS CORNER, VA, August 19, 2020 “” Leidos (NYSE: LDOS) appointed acting health unit head Liz Porter to the post permanently, GovCon Wire reported Aug. 4.

Octo Consulting and Indica Labs have partnered to launch the online COVID Digital Pathology Repository, a virtual collection of high resolution microscopic COVID-related human tissue images hosted at the National Institutes of Health, Octo announced on Thursday.

TechWerks has appointed Yuri Campbell, Army senior health IT executive, as vice president for strategic initiatives, the company reported on Wednesday.

Jacobs has appointed Nino Kharaishvili, a global expert in health security and health system emergency preparedness and resilience, to the company's Federal and Environmental Solutions team as principal of the Health System Resilience practice, the company reported on Thursday.

Battelle has been awarded a potential $400M contract by the Defense Logistics Agency on behalf of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services and the Federal Emergency Management Agency to decontaminate N95 respirator masks to be deployed across 60 sites, the company announced on Friday.

ST Engineering has announced that it will utilize mobile robots to help healthcare organizations increase preparedness and create more resources amidst the COVID-19 outbreak, the company announced on Monday. 

Cherokee Nation Businesses' portfolio of government contracting and professional services companies has adopted the name Cherokee Federal. “Throughout the past decade, we've had the honor and opportunity to work with many outstanding federal partners,“ Steven Bilby, president of Cherokee Federal, said in a statement published Monday. “In an effort to better align our current and future endeavors with our esteemed government customers, I am pleased to announce Cherokee Federal as our new brand.“