FITARA architect Darrell Issa plans House departure

Rep. Darrell Issa, who reached across the aisle to get FITARA passed, says he will not run for re-election this fall.

CSRA hires Brian Fogg as health, civil CTO

CSRA hires 25-year federal IT veteran Brian Fogg as CTO for the health and civil group.

Behind the curtain: A look at the government's hidden market

Along with the rise of multiple award contracts, the government has seen the growth of a huge, lucrative market that is largely hidden from view.

Vion names HDS, Unisys vet Henry as president

IT integration and consulting firm Vion Corp. hires three-decade sector veteran and former Hitachi Data Systems executive Jeff Henry as president.

GSA starts effort for more online buying

GSA has begun meeting with industry as starts planning for an ecommerce portal to make it easier for feds to buy products online.

Former NSA no. 2 Ledgett joins Polaris Alpha's advisory board

Former NSA Deputy Director Rick Ledgett joins the board of advisers at Polaris Alpha.

New 'GovCon Incubator' seeks to help small firms make leap

Small businesses have another tool at their disposal for a path to growth through the new "GovCon Incubator" training initiative.

What's your outlook for 2018?

We have launched the research phase of our next WT Insider Report to explore the industry's outlook for 2018 on items like growth prospects, hot technologies and industry confidence.

L3 adds former MDA chief O'Reilly

L3 Technologies hires retired Army Lt. Gen. and former MDA Director Patrick O'Reilly to the defense contractor's executive team.

Altamira hires Unisys vet Fontecilla as CTO

Altamira Technologies appoints former Unisys executive Rod Fontecilla as chief technology officer.

Opinion

Pros and cons of 2018's most disruptive technologies

2018 will see an acceleration in the use of several emerging technologies. Here are some critical factors you need to understand about each.

OGSystems unveils CEO transition

OGSystems co-founder and president Garrett Pagon will become its CEO as fellow co-founder Omar Balkissoon transitions to its technology spinout.

GAO decision rejects incumbent bids for $7.8B SSA contract

GAO rejects a series of protests by incumbents Accenture and CSRA and new bidder DXC Technologies against the Social Security Administration's $7.8 billion IT contract awards. That leaves CGI Federal, Leidos and Northrop Grumman as the winners.

Soloway's Celero acquires market research firm CGR

Former PSC CEO Stan Soloway's Celero Strategies purchases market research firm CGR Associates and brings the latter's CEO into the leadership fold.

Two contracts and one customer: both very different protest results

NCI's AdvancedMed prevailed in a protest in November with CMS. But a second protest involving a different CMS contract did not turn out so well for them.

L3 hires former Navy acquisition chief Stackley

L3 Technologies hires former Navy acquisition chief Sean Stackley as a corporate vice president.

Raytheon, Department 13 form anti-drone tech partnership

Raytheon and counter-drone technology maker Department 13 form a marketing and development partnership.

Air Force schedules industry day for FY 2018, 2019 opportunities

The Air Force has scheduled an industry day for Feb. 12 in Washington, D.C. to talk fiscal year 2018 and 2019 opportunities.

Ellen Lord out as leader of DOD JEDI steering committee

Ellen Lord will no longer chair the Cloud Executive Steering Group overseeing DOD's multi-billion dollar cloud initiative known as JEDI.

Rand finds poor debriefings the major culprit of bid protests

Bid protests have nearly doubled since 2008 but don't blame contractors. Poor debriefings are the most likely cause, according to a new Rand Corp. study.