Top DHS/HHS/VA/IRS/HUD/Army/USAF IT Exec moves; 74M Navy UX/UI IDIQ/State WebDev/FDA SBOM/USCG FORCECOM/ED Automation Review wins; FBI CJIS Protest 📰

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🐝The Morning Buzz:

• New SB Alliances formed for 60 leading IT & Consulting firms positioning to win across FedCiv, FedHealth and DOD
• 6 key contract termination announcements Friday – CMS, CDC, NIH and IRS
• Reminder: White House OSTP RFI Wants Input on National AI R&D Strategic Plan
• CMS posts Medicare Secondary Payer Systems Contractor (MSPSC) RFI | HHS posts FOH IT Staffing need

The Proposed FY26 “skinny budget” dropped Friday – Below is some analysis and opinions to catch you up:

• Jason Miller: The first-look at the White House’s fiscal 2026 budget request is a tale of have and have nots
• and Tris Carpenter: Discretionary funding levels represent a shift, with implications for #SmallBiz and mid-tier providers.
• Budget offers big increase to VA’s EHR effort, deep cuts to OIT | Bill James: The fix? Get out of the software business.
• In “FAR reform” news: GSA just published a new “FAR Overhaul” site, which includes new OMB guidance on the process
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The Juice🥤: These firms and agencies are gearing up to make a big impact in 2025 and beyond:

• Tim Stitely takes new role driving Innovation and Modernization at HHS
• HUD taps Innovation leader to drive enterprise IT architecture
• Rajat Senjalia to serve as new US Army Program Executive Office Enterprise CTO
• US Navy taps Analytics leader to drive NAVSUP Business Systems Center
• Top Agency IT Chiefs announce exits: VA Deputy, CTO Health Portfolio Mark Junda | HUD CIO Sairah Ijaz | HHS CIO Jennifer Wendel | IRS Artificial Intelligence Chief Randy Soper | Treasury’s acting CIO Jeff King | Toney Mitchell, an OPM Deputy ACIO

BIG Industry Hires/Moves:

• DHS OSDBU Exec Director E. Darlene Bullock announces launch of new consulting firm
• USAF Chief Data and AI Officer Eileen Vidrine Joins Concept Plus as a Strategic Advisor
• Amivero adds DHS CTO and AI Officer Dave Larrimore as a Senior VP
• Accenture recruits DOD Deputy Chief Digital and AI Officer Garrett Berntsen
• EMKS recruits VA Digital Health Office EHRM Portfolio/Program Manager
• and many others in the report below: USDA IT Lead to Industry | A Longtime AI & Emerging Technologies lead launches new SDVOSB | GSA Air Force/Space Force/Navy Exec now consulting

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

• Protest Dismissed: National Institutes of Health | RFP-4002 | BI-SI Solutions & STI-TEC JV
• Protest Dismissed | Department of Health and Human Services | 75P00125R00018 | Economic Systems, Inc.
• Protest Denial Decision Posted on $93M FBI CJIS Digital and Information Technology Services requirement

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