Tina Rust

Tina Rust supports the IRS – New Carrollton in executing mission-critical technology acquisitions under the Department of the Treasury, playing a pivotal role in advancing the agency’s digital transformation initiatives. While her formal title is not publicly listed, her procurement activities center on securing enterprise-grade IT services that modernize tax administration systems, enhance cybersecurity posture, and optimize data processing infrastructure. She routinely manages complex, service-based contracts aligned with the IRS’s strategic priorities in systems integration, cloud enablement, and automated compliance tools, ensuring acquisitions align with federal IT modernization mandates and risk mitigation frameworks. Her contracting patterns reflect a deliberate focus on small business participation, with 100% of her procurements designated as total small business set-asides under FAR 19.5. This consistent application underscores a strong institutional commitment to fostering equitable access for small businesses in federal IT contracting, particularly those certified under socioeconomic programs such as 8(a), HUBZone, and WOSB. Her approach prioritizes capacity-building partnerships with agile, technically proficient small firms capable of delivering tailored software development, systems support, and cybersecurity services. Tina’s procurement portfolio is exclusively focused on NAICS 541519 — Other Computer Related Services — indicating a specialized emphasis on non-hardware IT solutions. She procures a range of technical services including custom application development, legacy system modernization, data migration, IT consulting, and managed cybersecurity operations. Her domain expertise lies in enterprise software integration, IRS-specific compliance platforms, and secure cloud-based data environments, ensuring that contracted services directly support the agency’s mission to modernize tax processing while maintaining rigorous security and audit controls.