300M IRS W&I/FDA CX/VA EIPM/DHS EPMO/CDC Data/DOE EM AS/DHA NES/NRC CACS/Navy MAMRC/NOAA Cloud wins; NIH Analytics BPA Protest; VA kills 30M T4NG task

The Juice🥤: Big Investments do not guarantee Big results, but they do signify intent! Here are several Federal and Industry leaders who are set to make an impact in the second half of 2024.

• NASA recruits US Space Force Contracts Chief to lead Procurement Strategic Ops Division
• HHS HRSA promotes new Contracting Officer and Team Lead
• Ian Smith takes new position working on Cybersecurity Supply Chain Risk with DHS CISO
• High-flying Aquia announces strategic re-alignment – Co-founder Chris Hughes is now CEO, and Co-founder David Maskeroni to drive revenue-generating activities More here.
• Second Front Systems (2F) makes big moves – Josh Bosquez joins as CTO, Enrique Oti now Chief Strategy Officer, and former DoD Chief Software Officer joins as CTO-Public Sector
• Tracy Mork now Executive VP with Coho Integrated Solutions
• KBR recruits Sheila Petaccio to drive Business Development
• Tyto Athene recruits Richard Christian to drive Health IT Business Development
• Luke Thomas takes a position driving Business Development with TISTA
• Douglas Rose shares new role driving Business Development and Capture at KriaaNet

🔍 This is a dynamic marketplace with a lot of comings and goings. To help you keep up with all of the action, check out this report highlighting top Senior Industry and Federal Leaders on the move from this week.

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• Challenges pile up on $1.1B NIH Data Analytics, Software Engineering & Cybersecurity BPA
• VA pulls plug on $30M+ National Consolidated PBX Support contract

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🐝The Buzz – Keeping you in the know:

• ICYMI: Elise Hubbart shares: Verb Group launches free GovCon tools to help proposal development
• Jane Yang and HHS on the hunt for a new ACF Chief Data Officer; plus USAID’s Innovation Chief shares the agency’s Chief AI Officer req; and Sean Mooney promotes the NCI CBIIT Director need
• Army PEO C3T hosts virtual industry day focused on Next Generation Command & Control (NGC2)
• 📢 It’s 5 O’Clock Somewhere: Here are two upcoming Networking Events to register for now:
  • Melinda Pitchford and Eric Gonzales are back with the August VA Networking Happy Hour
  • Shelley McGuire and sponsor Cogent People announce the virtual HHS/CMS/NIH Happy Hour

⚖ GAO and the Courts. Weekly Protest Report: We know it can be hard to stay on top of all of the latest news and activity. To help keep you abreast, here are some of the recent protest actions the OS AI team noted over the past week.