⚡New VA/DHS IT Execs; 1B CMS CPT/NIH NSITES III/DHS EA/IRS EAIB wins; SEWP VI/FDA RSS BPA/CIO-SP3 SB task/DHS Data/IT Protest🍦; New Encore III Prime

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🐝The Morning Buzz:

• One Protest Dismissed – Three to go on $60B NASA SEWP VI GWAC | Delays force SEWP V contracts to be extended to Halloween
• Bill Elliott shared: I have a partnering opportunity for #GSAOASISPlus deal from the FBI involving intelligence analysis, data analytics….
• Former DHS OSBU Exec Darlene Bullock shares Make sure you are tracking agency forecasts. Many of those opportunities are being cancelled or being merged under existing contracts….
• GAO: VA EHRM is Making Incremental Improvements, but Much More Remains to Be Done

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

• Shauna Weatherly shared: Feds asked to respond to “What did you do last week?” email
• Federal Firings, Resignations Edge Toward 100,000 Mark
• OPM triggers more RIFs after ‘clean cleaving’ an entire office | DOGE has made deep cuts to Ginnie Mae
• As Defense preps for mass firings, Hegseth says a hiring freeze and more firings are coming
• DOGE getting funded: This cost-cutting agency gets a cash infusion

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

• CIO-SP3 SB: One protest dismissed, three to go on task C-118010-SB
• NIH Protest Dismissed: NIEHS | Solicitation Number C-118925-SB | Tantus Technologies
• DHS: GAO Protest dismissed related to 2nd look at $25M IT and Data Management Program Support BPA
• DOI Protest Dismissed: Department of the Interior | 140D0424Q0646 | Easy Dynamics
• FDA: Protests piling up on $100M FDA Regulatory Review Support BPA
• US Air Force Protest Filed: FA8773-24-R-0002 | SMS Data Products Group

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

• Eddie Pool named VA Principal Dep Assistant Secretary | Acting Assistant Secretary & CIO
• HHS HRSA taps new Customer Experience (CX) leader
• DHS Homeland Security Statistics Office recruits IT Modernization SME from DOL
• DHS recruits former USAF SBIR/AFWERX CFO and VA Strat Ops/SMTE
• DHS taps Robert Borka as new Executive Director, PARM
• DHS CISA Capabilities, Data and Integration Lead takes on a new Deputy CISO role
• SEC taps Emerging Technologies and Cyber Chief
• MANDEX recruits industry SME David Chung to drive Corporate Development
• Matt Cornachio is now Managing Director and Head of Growth, Connected Warfare at Anduril Industries
• Alpha Omega adds Holly Bone as Vice President Marketing
• IBM promotes Alice Fakir to serve as Senior Partner, VP for Federal Cybersecurity Services
• No longer stealth: Newly launched Digital Transformation focused SDVOSB adds Growth Leader Shobhit Karanwal

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⚡Check out some of the key Contract Awards:

• CMS: GDIT wins $1B Cloud Products and Tools (CPT) task on Alliant 2
• NIH Contract Award: $43M NIEHS Service Desk and Infrastructure Technology Services (NSITES) III task
• NIH: Guidehouse awarded Hospital Clinical Center Staffing task on OASIS
• DHS: Strategic Innovation Group (SIG) scores OCIO Enterprise Architecture Support Services (EASS) contract
• IRS: eTelligent Group awarded short-term Enterprise Application Integration Broker (EAIB) support contract
• Treasury Department OCIO inks Splunk task on new IOSS BPA
• DOE awards Technical Standard Program Review System (RevCom & Policy Portal) Support contract
• USAF adds $100M to A6-6 Intel, Cyber, ESS Advisory & Assistance Services IDIQ ceiling

🔍Looking for a specific award or other news? Check out OS’s Advanced Search Function here Did we miss highlighting your key win? Message us at support@orangeslices.ai.

🎯Events and Updates: The Gov may be in quiet mode, but here are a few to check out:

• Today: Hearing on Modernizing VA’s Electronic Health Records
• ⏰Tick Tock: Last Chance to Register for tomorrow’s CISA Future Forward Series: Navigating Future Challenges for Enterprise Data
• Department of Energy (DOE) Women-Owned Small Business Opportunity Day
• 🎯Register now to celebrate at 2025 FXPElev8: Where Visionary Leadership Meets Operational Excellence – This landmark will serve as an exclusive gathering that brings together visionary leaders from top Federal organizations and cutting-edge industry technology partners. Details here.

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⚙️ It’s all about Community: Resources Page for Affected Feds:

• Arlington County Gov launches Assistance for Federal Employees and Contractors website
• GovTech Talent Exchange: Shares list of open jobs with Digital Services Coalition (DSC) partners
• FormerGov can now accept up to 50,000 members a day
• Meryl Angelicola shares new We Love Gov private community group to share resources, job leads, resume assistance and general support

Check out some of the many other resource pages we captured so far here.

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

• A Square Group, LLC Secures Position on U.S. Navy’s SeaPort-NxG Contract Vehicle
• Expression novates ENCORE III Full & Open contract 

🌶 Solicitation Updates/Opportunities Drawing Interest:

• CBP Pre-Solicitation: Technology Service Desk Operations Contract on 8(a) STARS III
• VA RFI: Zero Trust Application Realtime Protection (ZARP)
• Treasury OCC RFI: IT Operations and Modernization (ITOM) Support Services
• DOD DSCA RFI: Strategic Initiatives Technical Engineering Analytical Management Support 

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Magpie Health Analytics: Telling Stories, Connecting Data, & Building Trust to Transform Healthcare – Looking back on a decade’s worth of experience focused on CMS, Bil Westerfield shares some insight into how this team has become a trusted advisor and partner, advice for others who may wish to follow suit, and what’s ahead for this growing firm as it looks to expand its reach, and relationships. Read on here.

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