⚡Big Wins at DHA, FDA, Census, Navy, Army, DOE & USAF; Fed AI/Data Chief moves; Protest Pulled on 14M Coast Guard Award; DSS Yanks 60M App Deal

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🐝The Morning Buzz:

• #DOGE – Contract Cancellation Reports Updated Today: VA, HHS, DHS, Treasury, USDA
• Department of Energy focused small businesses to know – Meet them here.
• Army Force Modernization SME Nicholas Frazier: USSOCOM’s S&T Directorate drops a major BAA update … on the hunt for disruptive tech
• Army CECOM launches LinkedIn series hosted by Nicholaus Saacks, Dep to the Commanding General
• VA OSDBU: RFI issued for Procurement Decision Makers (PDM) Program support
• Dan Levenson: An Open Letter: Why Agile Six Is Leaving the Digital Services Coalition
• GAO Study: Artificial Intelligence: Generative AI Use and Management at Federal Agencies
• Former GSA Exec Emily Murphy: Implications for Small Business as federal government works to centralize how it buys everything
• Oracle, Microsoft and others to sign pledge in support of CMS efforts to create Digital Tools for Health Data Access | Dr. Oz: ‘There is a new sheriff in town’
• IRS to overhaul decades-old tax IT system that’s under DOGE scrutiny

🔥 Events and updates:

• MDA announces new date for the Golden Dome for America Industry Summit in Huntsville on August 7 
• Army Contracting Command – Aberdeen Proving Ground (ACC-APG) moves Industry Update due to conflict with AFCEA TechNet
• NASA Space Technology Mission Directorate anticipates Announcement of Collaboration Opportunity, webinar registration open

The Juice🥤: These firms and agencies are gearing up to make a big impact in 2026 and beyond:

• The US government has its first federal chief AI officer – Gregory Barbaccia
• CFTC’s Chief Data & AI Officer Ted Kaouk set to exit
• Army PEO Enterprise welcomes Doug Haskin back to drive Defense Integrated Business Systems portfolio
• DoD recruits proven Fed Health, Data and Tech leader Merlynn Carson as Defense for Personnel & Readiness Dep Undersecretary
• A1M makes key hire, recruits CMS Health Statistician
• Vericol recruits former Program Division Director at GSA/AAS (FEDSIM) Meaghan Hakala
• Longtime GSA Acquisition Expert Josh Houseworth launches Puget Capture & Acquisition
• On the heels of adding Melissa Fannin, Deep Water Point welcomes Health/Civ sector leader Howard Steinman and DHS SME Beth Wade
• and several Growth leaders on the move: Chad Quill now VP of Growth, Cyber Mission Sector at Peraton | Meena Krishnan Joins The SPECTRUM Group | Alex Lopez now Pursuit Strategist at CACI | Alpha Omega taps John Blatchford as Fed Financials BU Lead

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🔍⚖ GAO and the Courts –Check out the latest:

• Coast Guard Protest Withdrawn: $14M National Maritime Center Mariner Credentialing Support contract
• DOD Protest Sustained: OASD Special Operations Low-Intensity Conflict Oversight (SO/LIC) Technical Support Services
• Navy Protest Filed: Psychological Health And Research Support for the Naval Health Research Center
• Navy Protest Dismissed: Military Sealift Command Financial Management Support Services
• Army Protest Denied: Materiel Command | W900KK-25-R-A005 | SOS International
• Air Force protest Dismissal Decision Posted: Information Technology Architecture and Engineering Support

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