CMS IMS/DOC AppDev/NSF Data/DSS AppInt/Army ITES-3 wins; USDA/GSA TTS/CISA/DOL take it on the chin; USAID IT and IRS EPPIS Scoop; New CMS/USDA Execs

🚨Announcing the 2025 FXPElev8 Award honorees – Part I – The Federal Excellence Program Elev8 (FXPElev8) Award recognizes high-performing enterprise-level Federal programs and offices that not only meet but exceed basic standards, delivering measurable impact and superior value to stakeholders. Meet the first wave of honorees here.

🎯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.

🐝The Morning Buzz:

• SBA shared: Even with the recent EOs: The 8(a) program is statutorily authorized and not going anywhere. The WOSB program is statutorily authorized and not going anywhere. Applications for both are still being accepted.
• Darlene Bullock shares: Don’t believe misinformation. The DHS Office of Small and Disadvantaged Business Utilization is still open … More here.
• Josh Duvall shares lawsuit filed by industry challenging the “exercise of executive power related to the funding and administration of the #USAID…”
• Shauna Weatherly shared: Severance pay is available for Feds who are involuntarily separated (i.e., RIF’d) within conditions …
• Department of the Interior focused 8(a) small businesses to know – Here we spotlight the DOI focused firms drawing interest of late. Meet them here.

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

• #DOGE launches new website. Check it out here. and a LinkedIn Profile. Check it out there.
• GSA to cut at least 100 Tech employees – Technology Transformation Service (TTS) targeted
• Judge allows Trump’s plan to downsize federal workforce with buyout offer to continue
• Some agencies begin purges of recent hires even as OPM directs federal offices to pump the brakes
• CISA staff focused on disinformation and influence operations put on leave
• Federal judge orders HHS, CDC, FDA to restore webpages, datasets
• EPA orders most workers back within weeks, breaking union covenants

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🎯Events and Updates: The Gov may be in quiet mode, but now is the time to get out and engage

• 🔥Red Team Consulting Beyond 2025 Conference – Additional space available – Get in now before it fills!
• VA to host Microsoft Public Sector Virtual Small Business Opportunity Session
• Eric Gonzales shared: Due to unforeseen circumstances, we are seeking a sponsor for this month’s VA Industry Happy Hour! – With hundreds of attendees, this is a great way to be seen!
• Nathan Kreoger seeks input on future quarterly in-person DMV event focused on ‘careers and connections’ 
• Tris Carpenter shared: DARPA hosts proposers day for Securing AI for Battlefield Effective Robustness (SABER) BAA

🚀 OS AI launched a new GovCon Events Calendar! – Track More Federal GovCon Events Here.

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

• CMS names new Enterprise Architecture leader
• USDA FPAC names new Homeland Security and Emergency Management Division Director
• Technatomy Names Enrique Gomez as Chief Digital Experience Officer (CDXO)
• Bassel Haidar recruited to be VP, AI Civil with Booz Allen Hamilton
• Logic Monitor recruits David Merrell to help drive Federal Sales
• Frontier Technology Inc. Appoints Jose Hidalgo CEO
• Citizant Promotes Dr. James Lawrence to drive Strategic Solutions
• Aretum welcomes Michael Gayle to drive DoD Business Development
• Art Trevethan takes new role as Owner at ART

AND 🍦Nava EVP Growth James Gordon – Partners Working Together to Build a Culture that is Increasingly Open, Collaborative, and Nimble – Following numerous wins, to include one to pilot tools powered by generative AI, we catch up with recently added Executive VP of Growth James Gordon. More here.

⚖ GAO and the Courts – Check out the latest:

• Protest Dismissed: USAID IT Infrastructure and Systems O&M Support | 72MC1023Q00002
• Protest Dismissed: $150M USAID GH-SURGE

🔍 Been heads down working on a proposal? Track all the latest protest activity here.

🌟The Peel Podcast: Liger and the AI Revolution – Matthew Finney, VP of Generative AI at LMI explores how AI is reshaping the way government agencies operate, the challenges in adopting AI, from security concerns to cost management, and real-world success stories of where AI is already driving efficiency. Listen here.

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⚡Check out some of the key Contract Awards:

• CMS: A P Ventures beats out 9 to win MPPG Inquiry Management System support contract
• Commerce Dept: VariQ and Conviso JV to be awarded Application Delivery Services contract
• NSF: AIR beats out 16 to win NSF NCSES Technical and Analytical Support Services task
• CBP Contract Award: IAO – LESC Policy, Force Review, & Compliance Branch Program Management
• Defense Security Service: Dynanet awarded Application Integration contract
• US Army awards $9M PAX-IT Services task on ITES-3S
• US Army Contract Award: Enterprise Exceptional Family Member Program System Support

🔍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.

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

• Next Phase to support the Health and Human Services in fighting healthcare fraud
• RIVA officially trademarks Optimal Outcomes™ digital software delivery approach
• PSI among ARPA-H teams selected to deliver advanced hospital-level care to rural areas

📢 Most Viewed Comment:

• Re: PFS ….have embodied a listening, nurturing environment where employees can develop mastery over their subject matter, feel a sense of autonomy in their professional lives, and engage in purposeful work that impacts the health and well-being of populations in need. More here.

🌶 Solicitation Updates/Opportunities Drawing Interest:

• VA RFI: Managed Services VetPro Application Support
• IRS RFI: EA Architecture Modernization Strategy and Design Support
• DHA Sources Sought: Electronic Institutional Review Board (EIRB) Services
• Army RFI: PEO Helpdesk Support Services
• Army Special Notice: Space and Missile Defense Command (USASMDC) IT/IM acquisition
• US Air Force RFI: Enterprise Resource Planning Common Services (ERP CS) Software
• USSOCOM RFI: Life Cycle Sustainment Database supporting Armory Management

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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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