With this issue, we celebrate our 20th anniversary with stories, profiles and commentary that look back across two decades at the people and events that shaped today's market.
The global IT environment has changed dramatically over the last 20 years. And yet the prerequisites for success in federal IT contracting have varied little since 1986.
To mark our 20th year of publication, Washington Technology looks back at the last two decades and the companies, people and events that have shaped the government IT market. But, as William Faulkner said, "The past isn't dead; it isn't even past."
Esther Smith launched Washington Technology in 1986 with a simple concept in mind: Give a voice to a strong, vibrant business community that was woefully underserved.
The shareholders and boards of directors of Viisage Technology Inc. and Identix Inc. approved their merger this week, forming the new company L-1 Identity Solutions Inc.
The U.S. Agency for International Development has awarded blanket purchase agreements to four contractor teams that will compete for up to $300 million in software task orders over the next five years.
The new Alaska Land Mobile Radio System is now operational for 8,000 first responders, and is in the process of adding state troopers and additional police and emergency responders to the system.
