VA/FDA/DHA/DOD/DOC IT Exec Moves;⚡FDA CDEROne/IRS APSS/CMS MIDS/DOI InFORM/USAF AI SBIR III/Army ITSS wins; ICE C3 & 70M CSS/NAVAIR IT Protest News📰

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🐝The Morning Buzz:

• 🚀This list of OASIS SB Expiring Tasks Expected to Draw Interest in FY 2026 is designed to spark teaming conversation. Part II Now Added – See the list here.
• Notable contract termination announcements posted – FDA, CDC, HUD and State
• VA Director Network Development Janet Cabeen shares: VA has posted a Request for Information on a Provider Directory concept
• Shauna Weatherly: Federal agencies are being directed to begin immediate adoption of the draft text in released FAR Parts
• National Institutes of Health focused Service-Disabled Veteran-owned small businesses to know – Meet them here.
• AI Platform provider Kana Systems leverages SBIR Phase III to secure US Air Force contract for Kana Wave
• OPM quietly awards large HR management contract to Workday
• Thousands of layoffs to hit Interior, National Parks imminently
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The Juice🥤: These firms and agencies are gearing up to make a big impact in 2025 and beyond:

• Kirsten Davies tapped to be DOD CIO
• FDA recruits longtime Booz Allen Hamilton technologist as new Chief AI Officer while FDA IT Strategist Monica Bali on the hunt for new role
• Katherine Vultaggio takes new position as Director, Acquisition Oversight Division at Commerce as DOC CXO & Associate CIO Michael Palmer exits
• VA VHA Support Service Center Exec retires
• National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency Chief Artificial Intelligence Officer/Director of Digital Innovation retires
• Former DHA/MHS GENESIS and Health Informatics Chief launches consultancy
• CDAO’s future uncertain as slew of top leaders and tech staffers depart
• New Fed Health SDVOSB Zettabyte Solutions JV hires Raymond Vogel – set to make a splash at VETS25

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• Two Top Federal Enterprise AI Leaders to go head-to-head in the Courts
• Challenges Continue for $116M US Army JRTC Information Technology support competition
• Stop-Work Forces DISA to take action on Application Support task on ENCORE III

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

• Protest Filed: Department of the Interior | 140D0425Q0126 | Optimal Link (Optum Serve and Missing Link Security JV)
• Protest Withdrawn: $18M ICE Cyber Crimes Center (C3) CSEA Know2Protect Outreach contract
• Protest Dismissed: $73M ICE Critical Staffing Support contract
• Second Protest Filed: US Navy NAVAIR IT Enterprise Engineering, Operations, and Hosting Support Services

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