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WT 360: The market from all angles

WT 360: The market from all angles

著者： Nick Wakeman Ross Wilkers
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 WT 360 is where the conversation takes place on what’s driving the federal government market now and where the sector is going. Editor-In-Chief Nick Wakeman and Senior Staff Reporter Ross Wilkers look at the market from all angles through interviews with industry executives and informed observers of the sector.GovExec Media マネジメント マネジメント・リーダーシップ 政治・政府 政治学 経済学
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  • How GovCon is crossing the bridge from 2025 to 2026

    How GovCon is crossing the bridge from 2025 to 2026
    2025/12/15
    Most years of a presidential transition result in some adjustments by the government contracting community as a new administration settles in, but 2025 presented more variables to GovCon than ever before.Stephanie Kostro, president of the Professional Services Council, fields many questions from PSC’s member companies about what is happening across the ecosystem. Kostro joins Nick and Ross for this episode to unpack some that were answered in 2025 and others that remain unanswered for 2026, including the prospects of a second shutdown following the last one.How the Department of Government Efficiency’s influence remains over GovCon is one of those that has some answers. As Kostro explains, DOGE’s presence at the agency level is something GovCon will have to account for in 2026.The government’s acquisition overhaul to emphasize speed and commercial buying also has open questions from industry that Kostro walks Nick and Ross through. Small business contracting in today’s climate, bid protests and the Fiscal Year 2026 National Defense Authorization Act also feature in the discussion.WT 360: Known risks and potential rewards in the post-shutdown catchupWT 360: Action items for contractors in the shutdown’s second weekShutdown’s end just the beginning as contractors face months-long recoveryContractors quantify shutdown damage as stoppages spread across missionsDOGE is no longer a 'centralized entity,' personnel chief saysDOGE caucus co-chair says the cost-cutting unit’s work will continueDOGE guts HHS small business office in reorg effortGSA adds third set of companies to consulting contract reviewDOGE now has approval authority for defense IT, consulting contractsSmall businesses face upheaval under the acquisition overhaul and agency cutsSBA orders 8(a) companies to turn over financial recordsUnveiling acquisition overhaul, Hegseth tells industry to get with the programGSA set to begin its rulemaking push for the FAR overhaulNew OMB memo lays out GSA's plan to consolidate contractsTechnology Modernization Fund reauthorization not included in NDAADefense authorization bill includes billions for cyber, intelligence matters
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    37 分
  • American Systems and its next 50 years

    American Systems and its next 50 years
    2025/12/08

    American Systems opened for business in 1975 and transitioned to an employee stock ownership plan 15 years later, a model that makes it one of the market’s largest 100% ESOP companies.

    CEO John Steckel joins for this episode to help mark American Systems’ 50th anniversary and explains some moves it has made this year to set the company up for the next 50, including its largest-ever acquisition.

    In talking with our Ross Wilkers, Steckel lays out what the purchase of Epsilon brings to American Systems and larger trends in managed services that led to the transaction. Secured data centers are part of that equation too and increasingly reflect larger conversations in society, as Steckel explains.

    Of course, American Systems’ status as an ESOP features in the conversation too. American Systems (No. 87) is one of three ESOP companies on the 2025 WT Top 100 ranking alongside Torch Technologies (No. 66) and DCS Corp. (No. 77).
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    26 分
  • Defense One's Lauren Williams on the new world order of acquisition

    Defense One's Lauren Williams on the new world order of acquisition
    2025/12/01

    In his Nov. 7 address to industry, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth laid out what the U.S. military wants from its contractors and wholesale changes the Pentagon is carrying out to make agile acquisitions a reality.

    Lauren Williams, senior editor at Defense One who covers the industrial base, was there in-person and joins our Ross Wilkers for this episode to walk through those structural changes that prior Defense Department leaders have spoken about for years.

    One major theme of that dialogue has been DOD’s desire to have more commercial technologies, which has been easier said than done. But as Lauren explains, the push to “go commercial” is more than just about the product being bought.

    Also on this episode’s discussion agenda: what the defense industrial base has been up to during the shutdown and why prototyping is becoming more popular across the ecosystem.

    Unveiling acquisition overhaul, Hegseth tells industry to get with the program

    Defense tech companies will weather the shutdown. But what happens next?

    Experts see promise, risk in Pentagon’s draft acquisition reforms

    Meet the White House pick to conquer the ‘Valley of Death’

    With cautious optimism, some defense firms lock in on prototypes to drive demand
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    31 分
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