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Online forum | Nick Wakeman on government market trends

Join Editor Nick Wakeman at 11 a.m. Jan. 22 for an online forum. Wakeman will take questions and discuss the latest trends in the government market and where it is headed in 2008.

Online forum | Alice Lipowicz on border security initiatives

Washington Technology staff writer Alice Lipowicz took questions and comments regarding her story "By land and sea: Technology, integration fuel secure border opportunities" in a recent online forum.

Online forum | Ask the editor

Editor in chief Nick Wakeman will be online to take questions and comments about recent events in the government market.

Online forum | Michael Hardy on Networx

Washington Technology Associate Editor Michael Hardy discussed his coverage of the Networx contract and answered reader questions about the huge telecommunications procurement.

Online forum | Alice Lipowicz: Systems integrators under fire

Staff writer Alice Lipowicz held an online forum to discuss her story in the June 11 print issue on lead systems integrators. These companies are increasingly under fire as Congress and other market observers question the role they should play.
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Online forum | Ask the Editor

Washington Technology's Editor, Nick Wakeman, held an online editorial forum May 17. Wakeman discussed questions on this year’s Top 100 and other trends in the government market.
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Online forum | SAIC's J. Robert Beyster

Join SAIC founder J. Robert Beyster for an online forum April 17. He will answer questions about his book and the history of Science Applications International Corp.

Online forum | 2007 State & Local who's who special report

Deputy Editor William Welsh hosted an online forum in conjunction with Washington Technology's 2007 State and Local special report.



Online forum | Michael Hardy on code shopping

Associate editor Michael Hardy answered questions about the ITES-2H contract and how two seemingly large businesses won small business through "code shopping"—the phenomenon where agencies carefully pick the industry codes that allow large businesses to qualify as small.
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Online forum | Contractor scrutiny

Staff writer Alice Lipowicz discussed the controversy surrounding House Oversight and Government Reform Committee Chairman Henry Waxman’s stepped up pressure on government contractors.
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Online forum | Ask the Editor

Washington Technology editor Nick Wakeman answered readers' questions about mergers and acquisitions, as well as other trends in the government market.

Doug Beizer on the 2007 Consumer Electronics Show

Join Staff Writer Doug Beizer at 11 a.m. ET Wednesday, Feb. 21, for an online forum. He’ll discuss and take questions on the latest technology trends on display at the Consumer Electronics Show.

Ask the Editor

Editor Nick Wakeman answered questions about Washington Technology’s new design, market trends and what lies ahead for systems integrators in 2007.
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ONLINE FORUM | Guy Timberlake, American Small Business Coalition

Staff writer Ethan Butterfield moderated an online forum featuring Guy Timberlake of the American Small Business Coalition.
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Ask the writer | Alice Lipowicz on SBI-Net

Staff writer Alice Lipowicz will take your questions about the $2 billion Secure Border Initiative Network procurement during an online forum Thursday, Sept. 21, from 11 a.m. to 12 p.m. ET.

ONLINE FORUM | Ask the Editor

Join Washington Technology's Nick Wakeman for an "Ask the Editor" online forum Friday, Sept. 8, from noon to 1 p.m. ET, for a discussion about changes in the government market during the last two decades.Click here to go to the forum's transcript

Hot contracts in the Department of Defense

Staff writer Roseanne Gerin will moderate an online forum Thursday, Aug. 3, from noon to 1 p.m. ET featuring Input Inc.'s David Borland and Megan Gamse, who will be available to field questions about hot Defense Department contracts in 2006.

Who's Who in the 2006 State and Local Market

Washington Technology Staff Writer Ethan Butterfield hosted an online forum April 5 featuring Federal Sources Inc. senior vice president and chief knowledge officer Ray Bjorklund, who answered readers’ questions about how to succeed in the market and the heated competition among market leaders for major deals.
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AT&T's proposed buyout of BellSouth and its effect on the government market

Staff Writer Roseanne Gerin moderated an online editorial forum featuring Warren Suss, who answered questions on the effect of AT&T's proposed acquisition of BellSouth on the federal government market.
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ONLINE FORUM: Ask the Editor

Washington Technology's editor, Nick Wakeman, moderated an online forum and answered reader's questions and discussed WT's recently released Mergers and Acquisitions special issue.Transcript

Preparing for Federal Contract Audits

Washington Technology staff writer Roseanne Gerin moderated an online forum with Beers & Cutler PLLC consultants Mary Karen Wills and Tony Fuller. Wills and Fuller answered readers’ questions about federal contract audits and how to prepare for them.
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Networx and its implications for GSA and the government

Former Federal Technology Commissioner Robert Woods and former FTS Deputy Commissioner John Okay answered questions Oct. 13 about Networx and what it means to GSA and to the federal government.
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Small Business Trends in the Federal Market

Federal Sources analyst Ray Bjorklund answered readers' questions about small business trends and other happenings in the federal marke. Bjorklund and Federal Sources conducts the research that creates the Washington Technology's Top 25 8(a) list and our annual Top 100 list. Bjorklund's expertise and insights cover a broad range of issues affecting the government market.

Top 20 Contracts—2006

Join analysts from market research firm Input for an online forum at 2 p.m. Sept. 8. They will be available to answer questions on the Top 20 contracts for 2006 as well as other federal pocurement issues.

Ask the Editor

Join Washington Technology’s new editor, Nick Wakeman, for an online forum Thursday, Aug. 4. Wakeman will take your questions and respond to your comments about Washington Technology coverage and what you think we do well and not so well.

Mergers and acquisitions in the telecommunications market

Warren Suss, federal networks and IT analyst, returns for a second online forum at noon, July 13 hosted by Staff Writer Roseanne Gerin. Suss will be available for questions on networking and telecommunications in the federal market.

National Archives e-records/maintaining archives

Join Staff Writer Alice Lipowicz for an online forum at noon, July 12, featuring Michael Peterson of the Storage Networking Industry Association. He is an expert on data management. They will discuss the National Archives electronic records project and other issues related to maintaining archives.

Online Forum: M&A in the telecommunications market

Staff Writer Roseanne Gerin hosts an online forum with telecom analyst Warren Suss at noon, Thursday, June 23, to discuss the impact of mergers and acquisitions in the telecommunications market and other issues affecting the government.

WebExtra! Vendors thrive with flexible sales approach

Join Staff Writer Doug Beizer at noon, June 10, for an online forum with Steve Charles, founder of immixGroup.

WebExtra! Privacy questions dog DHS projects

Privacy questions are dogging homeland security projects and drawing the attention of Congress and the administration, as well as legal scholars and privacy advocates.

2005 Top 100 Forum: What's New in the Top 100

Washington Technology Senior Editor Nick Wakeman answers your questions about the federal IT market, including what the Top 100 list tells us about the coming year.

2005 Top 100 Merger Mania

Merger Mania remains a hallmark of the federal IT market. Is your company in the hunt, or one of the hunted? Investment banker John Allen of BBT Capital Markets/Windsor Group answers your questions about the forces driving the M&A frenzy as well as other trends in the government market.

2004 Top 100 Forum: Adam Putnam

Rep. Adam Putnam will take part in an online forum to discuss policy trends May 20 at 1 p.m., eastern. The Florida Republican is chairman of the House Government Reform subcommittee on technology, information policy, intergovernmental relations and the Census.

2004 Top 100 Forum: Microsoft's Linda Zecher

The Microsoft U.S. Public Sector group was established to work with governments and to strengthen customer and partner outreach in the education and government markets. Join Linda Zecher, vice president of the Washington, D.C.-based group, in an online Forum 2 p.m. to 3 p.m. on Wednesday, May 19.

Who's Who in State & Local

In the annual "Who's Who in the State & Local Market" report, Staff Writer William Welsh looks at the share-in-savings contracting phenomenon, as well as other trends in areas such as outsourcing, ERP and Medicaid processing.

Forecast 2004

Wonder how 2004 will shape up? Washington Technology Editor Steve LeSueur fields your questions and comments.

Section 508 accessibility

Making federal agency Web sites accessible to people with disabilities remains a mountain of work for federal agency accessibility experts and Web designers. Terry Weaver, director of the Center for Information Technology Accommodation at the General Services Administration, will take your questions in a live, online forum. Weaver and the center staff help agencies comply with Section 508 requirements.

Open source software in government

The decision by Massachusetts to shift to open-computing standards and consider open-source software as part of that strategy has software companies concerned about their future business. What's happening in the industry? John Weathersby, chairman of the Open-Source Software Institute, takes your questions.

Small Business: Walking Tall

Despite challenges, special perks for small businesses make the federal market a prime place to be.

Inside the story: Diploma mills

As OPM steps up scrutiny of academic credentials following reports of the use of inflated degrees on federal employees’ resumes, the two writers who broke the story, Patience Wait of Washington Technology and Wilson P. Dizard III of Government Computer News, will take your questions on the latest developments.

E-gov: Mark Forman

With new federal cross-agency IT initiatives on the horizon, Mark Forman, the federal government’s e-gov evangelist, will take your questions in a live, online Washington Technology forum.

Top 100 Leadership Forum: Arthur E. Johnson, Lockheed Martin senior vice president

Arthur E. Johnson, senior vice president for corporate strategic development at Lockheed Martin Corp., will field questions from noon to 1 p.m. eastern Thursday, May 15.

Top 100 Leadership Forum: Rep. Tom Davis

Government Reform Committee Chairman Rep. Tom Davis, R-Va., will take your questions from 1 to 2 p.m. Thursday, May 15. Davis has sponsored many of the procurement reforms that are important to the information technology industry.

Top 100 Leadership Forum: columnist Jerry Grossman

Market Watch columnist Jerry Grossman takes your questions and comments on trends in IT investments and the market from 2 to 3 p.m. eastern Wednesday, May 14.

Top 100 Leadership Forum: editor Nick Wakeman

Washington Technology Senior Editor Nick Wakeman will take your questions about this year’s Top 100 from noon to 1 PM eastern Tuesday, May 13.

Angela Styles: Procurement trends

Efforts by the administration and Congress to expand the use of performance-based contracts, increase public-private competitions for government work and boost small-business participation in contracting are forcing IT contractors to closely monitor new policies and legislation and react swiftly to changes in the government market.

Thriving in Red Ink

State budget shortfalls could bring more opportunity for IT companies as governments turn to outsourcing functions such as payroll, human resources and child-support services.


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