⚡VA/CMS/IRS/DOC/TMF/DHS Exec moves; USDA Ops/HHS ODSOMS/IRS Direct File/DHS ICE TRP/USAF CON-IT Cloud/FAA eFAST/USN BUMED wins; NOAA/GSA FAS/18F cuts

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🐝The Morning Buzz:

• 5 takeaways from last week’s CMS/HHS Industry Happy Hour – Opps, Events and Insights
• Summit Strategy’s Krystn Macomber: Why Clear Communication Matters in a Shifting GovCon Landscape
• Gloria Larkin: For WOSB, HUBZone and SDVOSB this is an opportunity to connect with a new customer – NSA
• On heels of success at IRS, VIKINT launches M365 ESSENCE Enterprise Operations Digitalization solution
• 🐓Waking up in Vegas this morning? HIMSS events you don’t want to miss:
  • Ibility Pop-Up events helping drive Community during Uncertain Times – a few Seats may be left
  • and Last Chance to Register for tonight’s HIMSS Happy Hour with Party Pilot, Deana DePaz

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

• Jason Miller shares: After rocky history, GSA shuts down 18F office
• Trump administration layoffs hit NOAA, agency that forecasts weather, hurricanes
• 12 senior executives at the Federal Acquisition Service head for the exits
• Airbnb co-founder takes wraps off his first DOGE assignment – to overhaul paper-heavy retirement process
• Federal worker data visualized: Maps and charts show jobs, locations, departments
• Next Week: Shelley’s Events, OS AI, RHO and Mark Wigginton host: Career Crossroads and Connections 

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

• VA DCIO for Business Outcomes and Transformation leader Brad Houston departs agency
• CMS leader and innovator Jeffrey Grant exits, launches Schedule F Healthcare Strategies
• IRS names Guy Torres Acting Chief Procurement Officer
• Department of Commerce’s OSDBU Executive Director announces retirement
• OPM CIO and Dep Executive Director Melvin Brown II departs federal service
• Technology Modernization Fund (TMF) Executive Director Larry Bafundo resigns
• Bill Pratt, Former IT Director at DHS HQ, takes role as President with GovITWorks
• Former VA/DHA/CMS IT Exec John Rusnak now Leidos VP – Chief of Staff to the CEO
• Eric Stanley Joins A Square Group (ASG)
• Proven Industry Growth Leader Alex Lopez launches consultancy
• Matthew Sweatt promoted to Vice President of Federal Solutions DivIHN Integration
• GDIT IHS team welcomes Nabeela Barbari to lead cyber, law enforcement, intel and citizenship business
• GovSpend recruits longtime GovWin Product Leader Deepak Bhat
• Bell Integration names Scott Green as Head of AI Digital – Federal US – North America
• Tonya Alston Joins Agile Defense as Senior VP – will lead growth for Fed Civ sector
• GovCIO promotes Brent Lamar Swartz to Vice President

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

• DHS Protest Filed: FLETC Enterprise Security and Administrative Services IDIQ

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⚡Check out some of the key Contract Awards:

• ICE: Guidehouse wins $24M Transportation & Removal Program (TRP) support task
• IRS: ATI awarded $14M OCIO Direct File Research and Design Support contract
• USDA: SAIC wins $10M FNS OIT Anti-Fraud Locator System O&M support task
• USDA: NSG beats 3 to win $19M Forest Service eCollections Retail System support contract
• USDA: WOSB The Westmoreland Group awarded Office of Operations Support contract
• USDA: CGI Federal awarded OCIO Anitian Platform Software task on STRATUS BOA
• NIH NLM to award ClinicalTrials.gov IT Support sole source contract to ICF
• HHS: Booz Allen Hamilton awarded OHIC Data System O&M Services (ODSOMS) task
• DOE: JGMS beats out 4 to win Los Alamos Field Office Program Analyst Support contract
• FAA awards new 4.5 year eFAST task to Yesdi Systems
• CDC: Goldbelt awarded Communications Support contract
• NSF: ICF awarded Science, Engineering, and Analytical Support Services task on OASIS
• Census: SDVOSB awarded IBM Cognos Analytics Software Development task
• Navy: Contract Award: $100M MCM USV Software Development Support contract
• Army: Contract Award: $20M PATRIOT missile software support services
• USAF: HumanIT Solutions scores $42M CON-IT Cloud and Lifecycle Mod Support contract

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🎯Events and Updates: Two to Pencil in now:

• DHS Online Happy Hour with Monica Padron Harris
• HHS & CMS Industry Happy Hour sponsored by Red Hat

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

• RBCI wins SeaPort NxG task supporting US Navy BUMED Healthcare Business and Administration Department (NlOCl) Force Medical Readiness (NlOD)
• OSS secures $6M in DoD contracts, strengthening edge computing in defense systems
• VAULTES achieves ISO 9001:2015 Quality Management System certification from IMSM
• Castellum Announces the Award of a $103.3M NAVAIR Contract to its GTMR Subsidiary

🌶 Solicitation Updates/Opportunities Drawing Interest:

• HHS ASTP: Leading Edge Acceleration Projects (LEAP) in Health IT Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO)
• DHS ICE RFI: Student and Exchange Visitor Program (SEVP) External Training Application
• NGA RFI: Systems Engineering Support (NSES) Follow-on IDIQ Contract
• DLA RFQ: Contracting Administration Support Services
• US Air Force RFI: A1/A1X Financial Improvement Audit Readiness (FIAR) Support

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