VA SP-TTA/USDA Web/USSF HCIT SBIR/Army AppDev/10M Navy CANES IT News; CMS/Coast Guard/VA/NSF/DHS/DOL/DOI/NARA/Army DEVCOM Execs on the move

📢 Event Alert: Growth Strategies in the Age of LARGE and SMALL – GovCon has been turned upside down! – Far Part 19 rewrite/revamped Socio rules/push to BIC. Next Tuesday OS hosts a fast-paced 90-minute webinar with a pair of the top voices in the space diving into the nitty gritty of what updates mean for your pipeline, business strategy, & growth. Register here.

🐝The Morning Buzz: The government enters week 2 of the shut down, but we have a LOT of news to cover:

• Updated: Alpha Omega wins again, lands $10M USDA FPAC Digital Websites Support task
• Partner Request: Kurrent Logic pursuing opps under $151B SHIELD – seeks partners
• PilieroMazza: FAR Part 19: Size Recertification, M&A, and Contract Eligibility Meaning
• 🔍 GovCon Shutdown Watch and External Resources:
  • Frank Konkel: Government Shutdown day three, here’s what we know…
  • Politico: Shutdown threatens to drag on for days as positions harden
  • NCMA DC and Holland & Knight host FREE webinar tomorrow: Managing the Shutdown.
• 🍊Insider Scoop: Challenge heats up for $102.5M US Navy Consolidated Afloat Network and Enterprise Services (CANES) IT Support IDIQ Not Yet an Insider? Plans start at $295 annually

• Recent M&A and Strategic Partnership News:
  • ECCO Select Completes Miro Consulting Integration, Bolsters Advisory Services
  • MB&A and GridMate strike Public Sector Partnership to Boost Salesforce Efficiency for Gov

🚀 Want more GovCon M&A News? Track the latest activity here

The Juice🥤: Hiring is Happening! These firms and agencies are gearing up to make a big impact in 2026 and beyond:

• DOL’s Rick Kryger named DOI Deputy Chief Information Officer
• NSF Information and Intelligent Systems (IIS) leader Wendy Nilsen takes a Dep Directorate role
• VA names Amy Whitaker as Chief Experience Officer and Ian Dinesen as Principal Operations, Security and Preparedness DAS
• VA Principal DAS, OIT Dewaine Beard | VA Ops, Plans, Readiness lead Juan Cosme depart
• Oddball making BIG moves – adds pair of VA Digital SMEs – Joshua Cohen and Jeff Barnes
• Coast Guard Division Chief Lynda Horton departs, to take role with industry
• Army DEVCOM and Futures Command leaders move to Transformation and Training Command
• DHS Branch Chief at Office of Biometric Identity Management, Thomas Imbach, departs
• John Quigley to Lead Sabre Systems as CEO
• TAPE Chief Operating Officer Charles Anderson Elevated to President
• RELI Group recruits CMS Emerging Innovations Group leader Merri-Ellen James
• Sierra7 recruits former NARA/CMS/SSA leader Nagchampa Hegde
• Federal programs and infrastructure projects SME Jonathon Nagyiski launches HoldOver

and MANY Growth leaders are on the move: Synergy recruits Growth SME Nathan Hintz to drive FedCiv expansion | Adriana Iglesias to drive Growth at WTI | Corsha recruits Mannix Litonjua | Matt Beekman named Exec Director, BD at Alpha Omega Group | Christian Hoff now Managing Director, GM of Global Civilian Government at AWS | Cindy Murphy joins Parsons as SVP, BD – High Consequence Missions | Imperative Systems recruits Blake Phillips to serve as VP, Strategy | Google taps Fed Sales leader Brad Field to drive Public Sector Healthcare – Cyber Security success | Amelia Fisher joins Ghostwerks to drive Growth & Ops | Fed Health SME Mo Adeyoju to drive Portfolio Strategy with Sierra7 | Melaina Castengera Murray now Chief of Staff at Horizon Defense Solutions | and ICYMI: Retired Navy Rear Admiral Mark Sucato joins Radiant to drive National Security BD

🚀Catching up with Aqua IT’s Managing Director of Research and Innovation, Jamie Nichols – Following the news that Aqua IT had added this former DISA, NGA leader, bolstering their expertise in Data, Cloud, and Cyber Ops, we caught up to learn more about his move. Read on here.
Missed OS AI industry moves? 🍊Insiders can see the full report here. Did we miss highlighting your key hire? Message support@orangeslices.ai

🔥Event updates:

• Just announced: FEHRM: 2025 Federal EHR Summit is around the corner: October 21—23

Many events are being delayed or canceled due to the government shutdown. Below are upcoming events on our calendar that have been changed or updated.

• As reported Friday: AFCEA NOVA Naval IT Day 2025 now shows as new date to be announced
• AFCEA Bethesda: EIE Preview Event – postponed
• Air Force Research Laboratory Industry Day – Registration not currently accepting responses

*Note that with SAM not being updated any government industry day should be questioned.
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