The Northern Virginia Technology Council has listed finalists for the 2018 Greater Washington Technology CFO Awards to recognize achievements of financial leaders to help promote the region’s technology community.
Source: Contractor CFOs picked among the DC region’s best — Washington Technology
The government contracting industry has experienced increasingly rapid growth over the past three years. Among firms in the Government Contracting segment of the 2018 High Growth Study, the median annual growth rate for government contracting firms in 2017 was 13.3 percent, an increase of more than 50 percent over 2016 (see Figure 1). In contrast, the growth rate for firms that do not sell any government services fell by two percentage points to 9.1 percent.
Source: 5 marketing challenges you have to overcome — Washington Technology
Thirty-eight companies have been chosen as final winners for the first on-ramp of the $20 billion National Institutes of Health CIO-SP3 Small Business contract for IT integration and outsourcing support.
Source: NIH finalizes 38 awards for CIO-SP3 small business — Washington Technology
We are halfway through the fiscal year, and we now have a full appropriations act for the entire federal government for fiscal 2018, the “Continuing Appropriations Act of 2018.” What will be the impact of this on government services contractors?
Source: Feast or famine? How will the new budget impact contract spending? — Washington Technology
As we move into the second half of the fiscal year, what can we take away from the last six months?
As most analysts have pointed out, we can say with some confidence that despite the budget chaos and uncertainty, the market continues to be strong. Both professional and IT services showed meaningful growth in the first quarter of fiscal 2018 and it is reasonable to expect that trend continued in the second quarter.
Source: A fundamental shift is underway in today’s market. Are you prepared? — Washington Technology
With an approved federal budget and a full stack of legislative actions being discussed, government and industry leaders are digging in for some fascinating developments leading up to the mid-term elections. From recompetes to reorganization, here are four federal market trends to watch from now through the end of the year.
Source: Four must-watch federal market trends — Washington Technology
Merger-and -acquisition activity in the government market is not static, so while looking back at the deals that closed in 2017, it also is important to look forward at what the year ahead will bring.
Source: Best deals of 2018 already happening — Washington Technology
During 2017, more than 100 mergers and acquisitions closed in the government market and were transformative events for the companies involved.
Source: Who made the year’s best deals? — Washington Technology
Forty companies have been qualified by the National Institutes of Health as potential winners of the first on ramp for the $20 billion NIH CIO-SP3 Small Business contract for IT integration and outsourcing support.
Source: NIH names first group to CIO-SP3 Small Business on ramp — Washington Technology
I was happy with how our latest WT Insider Report turned out. The 2018 Contractor Confidence Index and Market Outlook shows a government market riding a wave of optimism.
Source: Are contractors too confident? — Washington Technology