⚡100M CMS RAC/IRS eSVC/FEMA FRTS/USDA RTOT/100M Army CECOM IT/USMC PEO Digital wins; DOJ/DISA/HUD/NOAA Exec Moves; 1B NIH NEAT/250M USN TSS Protest 📰

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🐝The Morning Buzz:

• #AgileArmy #LetsGo – Hegseth Orders Army Acquisition, Contracts ‘Transformation’  | Letter to the Force: Army Transformation Initiative  | Army Innovation Exec: It’s a good day when we can say we’re going to DIY this one | Solicitation Launched: Army Seeks Cutting-Edge Solutions Under Its Always-Open AOS
• DON PEO MLB: Navy Enterprise Resource Planning Plus (ERP+) to Proof of Concept (PoC) in late May through IWRP Consortium
• Heidrick & Struggles launches global Government & Defense Tech Practice
• DON PEO C4I’s Tactical Networks Program Office (PMW 160) invites you to FREE June Industry Day
• Samuel Finnerty: SWIFT to Launch May 1: DOD Fast Tracks Software Deployment Opening New Doors for Defense Contractors
• CMS and DOGE stand up fraud center, while Peraton launches new Rapid Fraud Intelligence (Rapid FI) tool

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💲#DOGE Scoop – Avert your eyes if you don’t want to watch – we get it:

• Andréa Leichtman: New #DOGE BPA and IDIQ Terminations Report and Three key contracts terminated yesterday – FEMA, HRSA & USPTO
• OPM shutters office that trained next generation of federal talent and the Lab at OPM shuts down
• Rachel Brittin: More than 1,000 employees made the difficult decision to leave NOAA
• Navy axes MyNavyHR contract, slashes other IT efforts

⚙️ It’s all about Community – Resources Page for Affected Feds and Industry: Check it out here.

The Juice🥤: These firms and agencies are gearing up to make a big impact in 2025 and beyond:

• DISA Chief Data Officer Caroline Kuharske to exit, stepping into new chapter
• DEA CIO Nickolous Ward exits
• Two top tech officials are out at Treasury, sources say
• NOAA Applications Branch Chief exits, now freelance
• HUD’s Enterprise Open Data Strategy Leader and AI/Data Strategist exits
• United States Marine Corps Veteran, Paul Doyle joins Kentro as Senior Vice President of National Security
• and several Growth-Minded Execs takes on new challenges: Castellum recruits Tim Gray as VP | Adam D’Angelo to drive Acuity’s Tech Solutions Group | Heather Hubenschmidt to LinTech Global | Peraton names Hirko & Springman to Exec Roles | Dean Brabant now Illumina President | and Darryl Peek II promoted by Elastic

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• New challenger jumps into mix on DOJ DEA IT Support Services BPA challenge
• One protestor back out of NGA VERTEX IT Services Award challenge

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

• Protest Filed: $250M US Navy NAVSEA NUWC Keyport Division Technical Support Services
• Decision Posted for $1.1B NIH NIAID Enabling and Advancing Technologies BPA Protest

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