State Department offers glimpse of $8B IT services contract ahead of industry day

The State Department's industry day for this multiple-award, $8 billion IT services contract is just around the corner and the agency already has an idea of how it wants to divide up the work.

New Lockheed board member fits its 'network effect' strategy

Lockheed Martin's board of directors elects a former AT&T CEO to be the panel's latest member. That means Lockheed looked to the very sector it wants to work with on achieving the company's vision for networked platforms and systems.

Amentum elevates new technical services business lead

Amentum promotes one of its senior vice presidents to lead the company’s technical services business.

Senate funding bill zeros out TMF

It's a familiar story: The House looks to add to the Technology Modernization Fund while the Senate taps the brakes

Anser Advisory makes a deal, creates 650-person firm

With a new private equity backer, Anser Advisory makes an acquisition of its own to create a new 650-employee company.

Introducing the 2021 WT Fast 50

We've released the 2021 Washington Technology Fast 50 that ranks the fastest growing small businesses in the government market and celebrates the depth, diversity and hard work of this group of companies.

Defense tech firm's board adds former Carlyle government market team lead

The board of directors at defense technology company Parry Labs adds a new member who formerly led The Carlyle Group’s government market team.

Trax wins $655M Army testing support award

Trax International wins a $654.8 million contract to support the Army in carrying out broad testing activities.

Who were 2021's top Industry Innovators?

We are happy to announce the winners of the 2021 Industry Innovator Award winners who's creativity and imagination drive better results for their government customers.

Biden's pick to lead DOD's weapons testing wants cyber assessments for commercial cloud systems

The Biden administration's pick to lead the Defense Department's operational testing, Nickolas Guertin, called the department's inability to conduct independent cyber assessments of commercial cloud systems "a severe limitation."

Podcasts

PROJECT 38: Array's small business journey to the full-and-open world

Every company has a journey and Sumeet Shrivastava shares with Editor Nick Wakeman the path Array Information Technologies followed from when he joined as CEO in 2008 to its recent sale to CGI Federal.

KBR books $126M Transportation research center IT recompete

KBR will continue its IT services to a Transportation Department center that houses research and study programs focused on advancing innovation.

Former Perspecta CEO lines up his next gig

Blue Delta Capital Partners, the venture investment firm focused on government technology companies, adds former Perspecta CEO Mac Curtis as a venture fellow and he fills us in on what that entails.

Chip shortage raises key considerations for GovCon

Just about everything in the world runs on computer chips and the world keeps wanting more of these items including government contractors to make complex technology systems for customers. Here we try to understand what the global chip shortage means for the public sector ecosystem.

Former HHS CIO shares COVID-19 lessons learned

Perryn Ashmore saw the good and the bad as the Health and Human Services Department's chief information officer during the pandemic's height. Here is some of what he learned and how the IT industry can carry those lessons forward.

BAE wins $131M Navy C5ISR contract

BAE Systems will support C5ISR systems for the Navy under a $131.1 million contract.

The growing importance of GWACs and the challenges they face

One of the government's most popular methods for buying emerging technologies and critical IT services faces significant challenges in an ever-changing marketplace

General Dynamics challenges rival's $2.7B cloud migration win

Peraton is facing a challenge to its win of a $2.7 billion Homeland Security cloud migration contract from rival bidder and fellow incumbent General Dynamics IT.

ST Engineering's US subsidiary hires Raytheon exec as president

Singapore Technologies Engineering brings in the former Raytheon Technologies government relations leader to be president of the former's U.S. subsidiary.

Guidehouse completes Dovel acquisition

Guidehouse closes its acquisition of Dovel Technologies to gain a greater presence in health, human services and public safety.