➡️CMS/DOE/VA/HUD/NIH/DOJ/SSA/DOS/DoD IT Exec moves; 64M DHS SEVIS/USSOCOM ISS-J III Protest📰; GAO TIS/DOJ CRT IT/USAF Cybersec/EOP Salesforce wins⚡

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🐝The Morning Buzz: 

• 🚀Matthew Zelt: New #DOGE Impacted group of VA SMEs form Digital Blueprint Partners #onetowatch 
• Josh Duvall: Will COFC Protests and Voluntary Stays Be Impacted by White House Directive?
• Sandra James shares word that the $50B Army MAPS IDIQ remains on schedule
• Trump White House registers ‘creators.gov’ domain
• Protest Filed on $64M ICE SEVP Student and Exchange Visitor Information Systems (SEVIS) support contract
• Potential Priorities for Health-Centric Agencies under the Trump Administration

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

• GSA Region 11 sacked entire estimating team Friday & GSA continues RIFs, nearly wiping out entire offices
• NIH faces renewed DOGE directive to cut staff, putting thousands in line for RIFs
• First 100 Days: Executive Orders

⚙️ 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 big impact in 2025 and beyond:

• HUD taps Christina Addison as Deputy Chief Information Security Officer
• Energy CIO departs after short tenure
• Less than a week after announcing new role, Acting IRS Chief Procurement Officer Guy Torres to exit as does Tommy Bennett, IRS Procurement Office Data and Strategy leader
• From Veterans Affairs to TISTA: Strategic Transformation leader Ryan Woodward takes on a new challenge
• CMS Division of Website Operations leader Bob Amos retires
• CMS COR Allan Hess departs agency; seeking new role
• HHS ACF Exec Dir of Acquisition and Head of Contracting Activity Kenyata Wesley retires
• NIH NCI Technology Chief exits
• SSA Associate Commissioner (SES), Electronic Service & Technology Support on the hunt for a new role
• DOJ ATF Chief Technology Officer Mason McDaniel to exit this week
• DoD Customer Experience Officer (CXO) Savanrith Kong exits; seeks new role
• Former State Department data, AI leader Graviss joins Atlassian
• DoD OUSD R&E Principal Dir for Trusted AI and Autonomy takes CTO role with industry
• Jim Zopelis now Vice President of Business Development at R&K Enterprise Solutions
• John Jordan Named President of Chenega Analytic Business Solutions
• Jatin ‘JK’ Gola takes new role with Databricks driving Partnerships & Business Development
• Matthew Cole joins Salesforce as an Account Executive with Tableau for DoD accounts
• IronArch welcomes Hayden Deckard to help drive BD
• The Asia Group (TAG) expands Defense & National Security Practice – appoints Partners Johnston and Denmark
• Michelle Nixon Joins Sumaria Systems as Chief Growth Officer
• Another big hire by Sprezzatura – Darrell Heinrichs joins as Chief Solutions Officer

🎯Events this week:

• Wednesday: DHS Online Happy Hour sponsored by The Procurement Pros and featuring Monica Padron Harris
• Thursday: Shelley McGuire, OS AI, RHO, and Mark Wigginton present Career Crossroads and Connections
• Thursday Virtual and in-person: DOE Women-Owned Small Business Opportunity Day with ORNL and Jefferson Lab

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

• New Protest: DOD WHS Solicitation HQ003424R0178 –Sancorp
• Scott Flesch shares Key takeaways, trends from GAO’s 2024 bid protest report

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⚡Check out some of the key Contract Awards:

• GAO: Protest of Technology Information Services award forces new bridge contract action
• GSA awards OSI Acquisition Services Support Bridge contract
• EOP: Capgemini wins Salesforce Development and Maintenance Services task
• DOJ: Trillion ERP Venture Tech JV awarded CRT IT Design & Engineering Services task
• Treasury: Deloitte awarded OCIO TFI Information Systems Development and Support task
• Treasury: Contract Award: Econometric Modeling and Analysis Support
• Navy: Cognetic Technologies lands $21M Personnel Accountability and Assessment systems (PAAS) Support
• DSS: IBM scores $40M Background Investigation Enterprise Systems (BIES) Modernization and Cloud Migration
• USAF: MTSI lands $49M Engineering and Cyber Security Support Services IDIQ
• USMC: Anduril scores $642M Installation-Counter small Unmanned Aircraft Systems IDIQ

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🔥 Hot Off The Presses – Announcements posted recently that are drawing interest:

• Alpha Omega celebrates USDA Farm Production and Conservation Business Center (FPAC) Risk Management Agency (RMA) contract win
• Avenir Technology admitted into the U.S. Small Business Administration 8(a) business development program
• WidePoint Achieves FedRAMP Authorized Status for its Intelligent Technology Management System (ITMS)

Solicitation Updates/Opportunities Drawing Interest:

• DHS FLETC Pre-Solicitation: Enterprise IT Support Services Bridge
• HHS ACF RFP: Training and Technical Assistance (TTA) Network services
• VA to award Fleet Management System (FMS) Sole Source
• US Air Force RFI: Comprehensive Flight Operations Management Application
• US Air Force RFI: Distributed Common Ground System (DCGS) High Band Mission Application Services Support
• US Army Corps of Engineers RFI: High Performance Computing Modernization Program Integrated Technical Services – Unrestricted III (HITS-U III)

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