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Nick Wakeman
Editor-in-Chief, Washington Technology
Nick Wakeman is the editor-in-chief of Washington Technology and joined the publication in 1996 as a staff writer. He's a graduate of Bridgewater College and earned a masters degree from American University. When he isn't writing about government contractors, he's thinking of cooking large pieces of meat over fire and dreaming of ways to embarrass his two sons.
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Contracts
DHS still deep into PACTS III evaluations
The potential $8.4 billion small business contract cleared the protest hurdle several months ago, but the Homeland Security Department is still working through all the proposals and has not set a date for awards.
- By Nick Wakeman
Companies
Former Stanley and ECS exec George Wilson starts a third chapter with cyber-focused acquisition
The veteran tech leader takes the helm of Valiant Solutions in a strategic private equity play.
- By Nick Wakeman
Contracts
ManTech secures $1.4B cyber task order
The company will support the ICON framework for sharing intelligence across the national security community.
- By Nick Wakeman
Companies
Why successful application modernization can be so hard to do
For this industry roundtable, executives cited misaligned expectations and a lack of strategic planning as problems even as there still are opportunities for success.
- By Nick Wakeman
Contracts
CIO-SP4 court challenges swell to 26 companies
The protesters are continuing to challenge the evaluation process and past-performance scoring for this $50 billion IT contract.
- By Nick Wakeman
Contracts
SEWP, GSA and DOD leaders to talk contracting at our next Power Breakfast
Join us for an exclusive morning of insights on government procurement strategies on Friday, Dec. 6.
- By Nick Wakeman
Companies
SixGen purchases software development specialist
SixGen has now completed three acquisitions in six months with the support of its private equity owner Washington Harbour Partners.
- By Nick Wakeman
Companies
General Dynamics IT secures $330M in Army training awards
The company will help train 500,000 soldiers across Pacific and Airborne Corps missions by using advanced simulation environments.
- By Nick Wakeman
Contracts
OASIS+ clears its final pre-award protest hurdle
A combination of denied protests and corrective actions means that every small business category of the massive professional services contract could be open for business by the end of this calendar year.
- By Nick Wakeman
Companies
Unanet adds AI tool through GovPro acquisition
Unanet brings in an artificial intelligence capability to its portfolio of offerings that help companies respond to solicitations.
- By Nick Wakeman
Contracts
More OASIS+ protests fall short
The Government Accountability Office has denied three more challenges to the government-wide contract's small business awards, leaving just two more to be resolved.
- By Nick Wakeman
Contracts
Dell, Iron Bow agree on Army pricing allegation settlements
A whistleblower kicked off a Justice Department investigation into allegations that Dell and Iron Bow worked together to overcharge the Army for IT products.
- By Nick Wakeman
Companies
Booz Allen's venture arm invests in deepfake prevention company
Booz Allen Ventures is one of several investors in Reality Defender, which uses artificial intelligence tools to spot deepfakes and other synthetic media.
- By Nick Wakeman
Companies
ManTech hires pair of intelligence business execs
Gavin Greene will focus on business development and Joseph Schneider will run program operations.
- By Nick Wakeman
Companies
AeroVironment builds out defense tech portfolio with BlueHalo acquisition
The combination creates a larger player in uncrewed systems, technologies to counter them and space offerings.
- By Nick Wakeman
Contracts
Bid protests return to a long-term decline
The Government Accountability Office reports an 11% drop in cases for fiscal year 2024 after all the protests surrounding the CIO-SP4 vehicle fueled a spike in 2023.
- By Nick Wakeman
Contracts
SSA seeks new data center space in western US
The Social Security Administration is planning a flexible, task order-based contract for colocation data center services.
- By Nick Wakeman
Contracts
GAO starts to move on OASIS+ protest rulings with 2 denials
More decisions are due within the next two weeks on four remaining protests involving the government-wide professional services vehicle.
- By Nick Wakeman
Opinion
Understanding stakeholders and missions matters more than ever as the market faces change
The second Trump administration will bring new priorities and new ways of doing business, but supporting the customer should remain your top priority.
- By Nick Wakeman
Contracts
Modification trips up ManTech’s protest over Army award
The fight is over after the Army amended the task order and lowered its value below the threshold for protests.
- By Nick Wakeman