21 hrs ago- Washington-based IT company WidePoint has received a $2.2 million add-on to a contract it has with the Department of Homeland Security. The firm is working on mobile telecommunications expense management systems for DHS. The additional money is for work being performed this year by WidePoint’s subsidiary, iSYS.
2 days ago- Sprint Nextel lost $505 million, or 18 cents per share, during the fourth quarter, and company executives said the firm may shed assets in order to deal with its financial troubles.
2 days ago- The Washington Theater Festival, an annual tradition in D.C. that ended abruptly in 2004 when the theater that hosted it began having financial woes, is being reignited this year as the Source Festival.
5 days ago- Fire-dancing troupes and purses made out of encyclopedias are among the visual and performing arts exhibits expected to draw 50,000 visitors to the burgeoning "NoMa" neighborhood over the next five weeks for Artomatic.
7 days ago- Analysts were cautiously optimistic about the future of WiMAX broadband service and Sprint Nextel’s stake in it after the company announced a renewed partnership that brings with it $3.2 billion from five new industry partners.
10 days ago- Formerly the director of technology for the state of Virginia, George Newstrom is now the president and CEO of Fairfax-based Lee Technologies.
13 days ago- This weekend, margaritas will flow and mariachis will play as D.C. gets into the spirit of Cinco de Mayo a bit ahead of the Monday holiday.
15 days ago- A D.C.-based elevator company, started on the belief there was a high-service niche for a small firm among the Otises and Kones of the industry, is now expanding into Baltimore.