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🐝The Morning Buzz:

• FAA delays $1.2B Enterprise Programs, Infrastructure, and Communications Services (EPICS) II IDIQ
• Trump Administration to stand up new HHS Office of the CTO – Under the proposal, ASTP funding would be limited
• ICE awards Immigration Lifecycle Operating System (ImmigrationOS) prototype contract to Palantir
• SAIC and Dobbs Defense Solutions Partner announce New Mentor-Protégé Joint Venture
• Mike Sacca: Wow… assuming this leaked FY26 HHS budget is the real deal, things are continuing to shift in big ways
• Christian Robles summarizes some key funding impact on draft Trump administration HHS reorganization-budget plan
• Michael Persaud: Things that make you go Hmmm … over 13 2025 Sole Source action to the same vendor. Seems fair?? VA OSDBU
• Bill Elliott Teaming Request: AGovX is assembling a team for a forthcoming Army IDIQ contract for mission-critical support services. 
• Stan Soloway: The president’s procurement order offers a real opportunity. Let’s not squander it

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

• HUD headquarters up for sale, as Trump administration downsizes federal office space
• Trump admin to cut 90 percent of CFPB in latest layoffs
• GSA ‘unimpressed,’ insulted by consulting companies’ efforts to cut spending
• New DOGE CIO looks to reduce Labor IT office by 30%, agency source says

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

• State Department taps Rich Vinnacombe as the Acting OSDBU Director following retirement of George Price
• Army Enterprise Cloud Management Agency adds Thomas Sasala as Executive Director
• Lorenzo Moore exits role as Assistant Director for Technology at DOI’s Office of Law Enforcement and Security
• Longtime GSA contracting lead Todd Richards launches consultancy
• FDA/NIH Lead launches GenAI Integrated Training, Education, Business Ops firm
• IgniteData recruits former NIH/FDA leader to serve as Chief Medical Information Officer
• Decision Lens Names Former CACI Exec Steve Tolbert as President
• Strativia adds adds Maureen Kitchelt to drive Business Development
• Google Public Sector recruits Craig Swanson from BAH to drive Federal Health Growth
• GAMA-1 Technologies recruits Growth Strategist Stephen Carney
• Makpar continues to bolster team – adds DHS Growth leader Melissa Scanlan
• ARETUM recruits Jinni Amin to drive Fed Health Growth
• Snowflake recruits federal go-to-market strategies leader Francisco Rubio
• Stacy Baxter to drive Capture Management at LinTech Global

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

• Second Protest Filed on US Coast Guard Agile C5ISC Operational and Modernization Pipeline for Application Support Services (COMPASS) BPA – Multiple Award
• Protest Filed: Navy National Naval Medical Center | N0018925R3038 | JDSAT Inc.

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🍊Handpicked, crisp, juicy content for our Premium Sponsors/Subscribers:

• HHS clears hurdle on HRSA Technical Assistance contract
• New Challengers jump in mix on DOJ DEA IT Support Services BPA
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