Podcasts

PROJECT 38: Accenture's John Goodman on the need for speed and agility

John Goodman, chief executive for Accenture Federal Services, talks with Washington Technology Editor Nick Wakeman about the challenges and opportunities ahead that are driven in part by COVID-19 but also enabled by emerging technologies that can change how the government does business.

Tech inclusion tracker expands its scope

The Tech Inclusion Tracker has opened its aperture beyond conferences to now also look at diversity and inclusion at boards of directors, TV shows and agency leadership.

Tyler Technologies eyeing all corners of its public sector strategy in largest-ever acquisition

Tyler Technologies makes a $2.3 billion deal for NIC that expands its federal revenue by nearly 50 percent and adds new capabilities.

Opinion

Is your proposal's executive summary worth the bother?

Companies spend a lot of time and effort polishing the executive summary that goes with proposals but the truth is many executive summaries never get read. Here's why and what value you can add to these documents.

VA restarts on-ramp for $25B services vehicle

The Veterans Affairs Department restarts the on-ramp process for a potential $25 billion professional services contract vehicle

IBM continues Army logistics modernization with third win

IBM continues its winning streak with the Army's Logistics Data Analysis Center, which is evolving its operations from pure logistics services to a center of data analytics and automation for the entire Army.

Gunnison adds chief growth officer

Gunnison continues to build the infrastructure needed to move into the middle tier as it adds 25-year industry veteran as its chief growth officer.

SAIC clinches $830M Army recompete

Science Applications International Corp. reports its win of an $830 million recompete of its contract for engineering and integration services to support the Army’s aviation systems.

QuantiTech completes third deal with private equity backing

QuantiTech completes a third transaction with the backing of its private equity owner that represents a next and larger step for the government services company.

AI firm details public sector push

Artificial intelligence company Persado gives a glimpse at how it plans to pursue growth in the public sector and the executive it hired to lead that strategy.

T-Rex realigns, hires execs to steer next phase

On the heels of a major acquisition, T-Rex Solutions unveils a new organizational structure and a related set of leadership appointments to lead the company through its next phase.

Opinion

How to thrive under the Biden administration

Usually opportunities are delay when a new administration takes office but this isn't a typical transition so contractors mush move quickly and prove their long term-value to show new agency leaders that they are the right partner to get the job done.

NOAA adds one more to $2.1B systems modernization pact

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration makes room for one additional company on that agency's $2.1 billion IT systems modernization blanket purchase agreement reserved for small businesses.

Opinion

Back-to-basics: Focus should be on cyber prevention, not just reaction

For too long the cybersecurity focus has been on reaction and not on prevention and that creates a challenge when so much of the workforce is remote.

Proposal gives incentives for electric companies to improve cybersecurity

The new rule, proposed by the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, would subsidize electric companies that upgrade their cybersecurity infrastructure beyond the minimum requirements.

WT website outage explained

Washington Technology's website suffered a domain system issue Monday morning that made the site unreachable for about three hours.

DHS makes tweaks to $3.4B cloud contract

The Homeland Security Department has adjusted the due dates for submissions for its $3.4 billion cloud migration and integration contract, along with other tweaks to the requirements.

Veritas teaming with activist hedge fund on Cubic acquisition

Veritas Capital and the activist hedge fund led by noted investor Paul Singer have teamed up to acquire Cubic Corp., whose board of directors has now accepted the offer.

Accenture down but not out in battle for Healthcare.gov

The Government Accountability Office has ruled against Accenture's objections to the revised Healthecare.gov solicitation, but that doesn't knock the company out of the competition.

DHS readies new draft of $10B FirstSource III solicitation

By the end of this month, DHS will have a new draft of the solicitation for its $10 billion FirstSource III small business vehicle to support IT needs.