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Nick Wakeman
Editor-in-chief

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.
Follow him on Twitter: @nick_wakeman.
Companies
Verizon captures $145M Postal Service contract
The telecom giant will migrate systems to a cloud environment and support contact center operations.
- By Nick Wakeman
Opinion
Security standard revisions should not delay CMMC prep work
Companies should be ready to comply before the eventual release of the Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification for all firms in the defense industrial base.
- By Nick Wakeman
Contracts
Booz Allen dinged for management plan in lost $2.5B NSA contract
The National Security Agency liked CACI International's bid for the FocusedFox cyber and intelligence contract for more reasons than just price.
- By Nick Wakeman
Companies
NextGov, FCW to combine editorial operations
These two sibling publications of Washington Technology are merging into a single outlet as they fine tune their approach to covering the federal government.
- By Nick Wakeman
Companies
Deltek builds time-tracking offerings with new acquisition
Replicon adds 2,500 customers to Deltek's network and bolsters offerings for project-centric organizations.
- By Nick Wakeman
Contracts
DHS' cyber agency seeks small biz support for strategic planning
The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency has set a date to explain its changes to a management consulting services contract.
- By Nick Wakeman
Opinion
CIO-SP4 protests move toward final decision
No action appears likely to resolve the 130-plus protests involving this $50 billion IT vehicle, which indicates the Government Accountability Office will decide on the contract's next steps.
- By Nick Wakeman
Opinion
Judge reverses course, denies firm's standing to protest
Whether a subcontractor can force its way onto a team because it has a commercial product remains an unanswered question.
- By Nick Wakeman
Companies
ManTech founder George Pedersen dies at 87
The industry legend and pioneer led ManTech for five decades.
- By Nick Wakeman
Companies
WIT names top women leaders
At its annual leadership gala, Women In Technology recognized 10 women for their work to foster professional development and success for other women in the tech sector.
- By Nick Wakeman
Contracts
CACI can now book its $2.4B NSA win
With the last remaining protest denied, CACI can move ahead on this intelligence and cybersecurity contract called FocusedFox that is now in the win column.
- By Nick Wakeman
Opinion
A deep dive into DIU is featured at the next WT Power Breakfast
We'll explore the ins and outs of the Defense Innovation Unit and how contractors can find cutting edge technologies to incorporate into their solutions at our May 25 WT Power Breakfast
- By Nick Wakeman
Opinion
SURVEY: Let's explore the partnering paradigm
Washington Technology has launched a survey to explore the state of partnering in the federal market. Take the survey and make your voice heard.
- By Nick Wakeman
Contracts
Blue Origin wins $3.4B shot to build lunar lander
The company won the competition to build a second lander for NASA that will ferry astronauts to the surface of the moon as part of the Artemis program.
- By Nick Wakeman
Opinion
CEO retirements signal growing market maturity
A grouping of recent CEO retirements came with no drama and are a sign of stability in the market. Just don't think of it as boring.
- By Nick Wakeman
Companies
SAIC announces CEO succession as Keene plans October retirement
Former CGI Federal and Microsoft executive Toni Townes-Whitley joins the company as CEO-elect on June 12 and will take the reins after Nazzic Keene retires Oct. 1.
- By Nick Wakeman
Companies
LinQuest promotes new chief growth officer
Stephen Chambal joined the company in 2019 and with this promotion is charged with running the business development operation.
- By Nick Wakeman
Contracts
NIST builds infrastructure for CHIPS loan program
The agency wants help to create financial models and analyzing capital markets as it manages billions in loans and grants to restore the U.S. semiconductor industry.
- By Nick Wakeman
Contracts
IRS adds more primes to resolve protests
The IRS faced a pair of protests but to move forward with a set of BPAs for modernization services, the agency added the protesters to the contract.
- By Nick Wakeman
Companies
GDIT launches tech strategy focused on 'accelerators'
The company is investing in its labs, employees and partnerships as it focuses on technologies such as zero trust, automation, cloud, software, 5G and artificial intelligence.
- By Nick Wakeman