George Wilson calling it a career at ECS Federal

George Wilson is set to retire from ECS Federal after 11 years including seven as president, during which the business hit the $1 billion revenue milestone he set a few years ago.

How General Dynamics IT handled the aftermath of George Floyd's death

In many ways, General Dynamics IT was in uncharted waters following the killing of George Floyd. GDIT President Amy Gilliland shares some of the actions she took during the aftermath and where they are focused now.

PAE gets back into $850M DTRA competition after protest

PAE is back in the running for a seat on a $850 million professional services contract with the Defense Threat Reduction Agency after protesting its elimination from the competition.

Protesting pays off for this small business

A protest has paid off for a small business joint venture originally left off the list of winners for a $2.4 billion multiple-award contract to support the Army’s cyber range.

Sev1Tech breaks $250M revenue mark with acquisition

Sev1Tech is acquiring Geocent to add more DevSecOps and engineering services capabilities around a stable of IT modernization, cybersecurity and cloud services offerings.

Amy Gilliland on how COVID led General Dynamics IT to rethink employee relations

As the COVID-19 pandemic got underway, General Dynamics' IT services business undertook a rethinking of the way it recruited, retained and developed its employees. GDIT's president Amy Gilliland explains how the business went through that process of reimagination and reinvention.

OceanSound adds another middle tier platform with DMI backing

Private equity firm OceanSound Partners has acquired the company better known as DMI, which gives the former another middle-tier business in the federal market.

Orolia's latest acquisition builds on ultra-precise tech solutions

Orolia has acquired Seven Solutions to add a technology that was developed at a particle accelerator complex for increasing the accuracy of networks.

Cybersecurity challenges drive adoption of zero trust

Executives at this Washington Technology Executive Perspectives roundtable described how the type of threats in today's cybersecurity landscape are well known, but the frequency of attacks and types of targets continue to grow.

AT&T wins second shot at $1.6B in FBI telecom work

Rather than fight AT&T's protest of $1.6 billion in network modernization task order awards, the FBI agreed to pull back the awards and re-evaluate proposals.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Deloitte protest leads to seat on $250M Navy program

Deloitte Consulting’s protest of a $250 million Navy contract to modernize management of its weapons and ordinance supply chain has paid off as the company is now on that program.

DISA to rethink $600M communications award

After getting hit by several protests, the Defense Information Systems Agency pulls back a nearly $600 million contract award for communications support services to the Air Force.

DOD starts to develop inspector general IT contract

The Defense Department is starting to develop an IT support contract for the inspector general's office.

CMS unveils final solicitation for training contract

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services has released the final solicitation for a small business contract to acquire training and content development services in support of personnel working at CMS call centers.