181M IRS EST BPA/NIH Digital/99M USAF App/120M FAA Tech wins; DHA CIO/GSA/HUD/NOAA/IRS Exec Moves; NIH UNA/DHA CC Protest📰; DOE/DOJ/NOAA #DOGE Report

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🐝The Morning Buzz:

• #DOGE and Federal IT & Consulting Contract Cancellations – Reports Updated Today: DHA, DOC, ED, DOE, DOI, DOJ, NOAA, and DOT
• GSA Unveils OneGov Strategy to Transform How Government Buys Goods and Services
• Former GSA Administrator: How the Trump administration is reshaping federal procurement
• GAO on DOD Financial Management: Accelerated Timelines Needed to Address Long-standing Issues and Fraud Risk
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The Juice🥤: These firms and agencies are gearing up to make a big impact in 2025 and beyond:

• IRS taps Digital Transformation leader to drive Data Management Services
• GSA, FEDERAL ACQUISITION SERVICE (Q) leadership changes: Laura Stanton Stephanie Shutt take on new executive roles ahead of FAS 2.0 reorg.
• Defense Health Agency names a new Chief Information Officer
• Housing and Urban Development has a new acting CIO
• NOAA Fisheries names acting leader to drive enterprise acquisition and cost avoidance
• White House NSC Technology and National Security Directorate taps Telecom & Date Security Leader
• Nava recruits recent OPM and CMS DevSecOps leader
• Benjamin Franich joins Kaitlyn Yockman as President and Co-Owner of Raytek Federal
• Greg Goldwater takes new position as Chief Strategy Officer at Clipper Defense
• and several Growth-minded leaders are on the move – Optum adds Michael Kim | QED Enterprises adds Kesha Pendergrast | and Marissa Parisi Joins Metric5 to drive Fed Health Vertical success

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• GAO kills off $95M ISTS Technology Information Services Support task on CIO-SP3
• Challenger of $10.5M DOE OST Support contract not going down without a fight – Extension and Delays Expected
• Fresh challenge will last well into the Summer for CMS HIE and Financial Management Operational Analytics contract

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

• Protest Filed, then Quickly Withdrawn NIH NCATS Unified Auth Managed Service award
• Protest Withdrawn: Defense Health Agency Call Center and Switchboard Operator Support
• Protest Dismissed: National Naval Medical Center | N0018925R3038 | JDSAT Inc.
• Protest Dismissed: US Air Force | FA2318-25-Q-B001 | DCS Corporation

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