CMS CCO/VA DAIMO/IRS TRUST/DHS TLCC/DHA ARCS/DLA Cyber/75M DOS OIG PSS/USAF Analytics/CMS CALM Scoop; DHS USSS CIO/VA OIT/HHS Cyber Exec moves

????The Peel: Federal Contracting in Flux: Lessons from 2025 and What’s Coming in 2026 – Shelley McGuire chats with Eric Nusbaum, CEO of ENcompass Consulting Group, about DOGE, the shutdown, EO 14240, FAR changes, and why MDA Shield reshaped the market. They also look ahead to OASIS+ Phase 2, shutdown risk, and rising CMMC urgency. Listen here.

???? Event Alert: OS AI and Deep Water Point hosting CMMC 2.0 Compliance: What the Defense Industrial Base Needs to Know

????The Morning Buzz:

• Andrea shares: M&A Market Impact: Acquisition of IntelliBridge by Agile Defense
• VA launches Veterans Health Administration reorganization
• OPM announces cross-government program to recruit top technologists to modernize government
• Tris Carpenter: NIH Data Access Program RFP anticipated Q2 FY26
• SBA leads Deregulation Strike Force to lead Gov-Wide Review of Regs Impacting Small Biz
• Navy’s Kaylee Diamond shares PEO USC PMS 420 and PMS 495 Support Sources Sought
• USSOCOM: RFI for Technical Experimentation event 26-2 now posted
• Nominations for the Digital WOSB Alliance 2026 Board officially open – closing Thursday
• Milliman wins CMS Crushing Fraud Chili Cook-Off Competition
• M&A: NextPoint (NPG) receives Strategic Investment ???? Like M&A News? Track the latest here
• ????OS AI Insider: IRS OCIO set to compete Taxpayer Experience (TX) DevSecOps Support contract | Delays ahead for $55M DOJ DEA IT Support Services BPA | Fight (and delays) heat up on $130M DLA ERP and SAP Support Services award Not Yet an Insider? Plans start at $295 annually

Most Viewed Comments:

• ????OS AI Insider: $100M CMS Comprehensive Error Rate Testing (CERT) deal faces escalating protest – This was bound to happen. More here.
• Atlas Tech beats out 2 to win $221M US Coast Guard IT and Network Engineering support task – It is interesting to see Coast Guard using SeaPort NXG instead of a GSA contract. More here.
• USDA to Award $300M National Farm Security Action Plan Implementation BPA to Palantir – So much for all of the talk that Palantir is falling out of favor. More here.

????⚖ GAO and the Courts:

• CMS Protest Filed: 75FCMC26Q0001 | iAdeptive Technologies
• VA Protest Denied: $276M Data and Analytics Integration Modernization and Ops contract
• HHS Protest Dismissed: IHS Medical Coding Services
• IRS Fresh Protest Filed: RFQ-8335 | New Generation Solution
• State Dept. Protest Filed: $75M OIG Professional Support Services BPA
• DOT Protest Dismissed: Maritime Administration | 693JF725R000013 | Castro & Company
• NASA Fresh Protest Filed: Spaceflight Mission Operations and Systems support
• Army Protest Dismissed: W31P4Q-25-R-0080 | Oasis Systems
• Air Force Protest Withdrawn: Space Force Rapid Capabilities Office Advisory and Assistance
• DLA Protest Dismissed: Network And Asset Management Support

????OS AI Insiders can Track all the latest protest activity here.

The Juice????: 2026 is almost here and these firms and agencies are gearing up:

• Chris Kraft officially steps into position of CIO and Chief AI Officer of the Secret Service
• New Exec Director of VA OSDBU, Chanel Bankston-Carter, sworn into SES
• CMS taps acting Identity Management Enterprise Systems Division leader
• HHS taps longtime HHS/CMS Cybersecurity and IT Audit SME
• DHS I&A taps Alex McClain as Acting Chief Operating Officer
• VA OIT OPS Exec set to take on new challenge
• Northramp recruits former FEMA Security Lead Brittany Headley
• Tricia Fitzmaurice steps into the role of President / SMO of Wind RiverX

and several more Growth leaders are on the move: Tyto Athene recruits James Nowotny to drive Def/Nat Sec success | Pete Bruno to drive AI Integration and Growth at StraCon Services Group | Proven Marketing Thought Leader & Strategist Liz Anthony now Fractional CMO | USA InfoTech announces Slava Katz now Executive VP | Leidos taps leading AI tech executive Theodore Tanner Jr. as CTO | GRVTY names Tom Jackson chief growth officer | Justin Worrilow now GM, AI & Business Solutions – Fed Customer Success at Microsoft | Metrostar recruits Meghan Harra to drive Growth Operations

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