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Jason Lee Bakke

Writer, editor of WashingtonHorizon.com, federal acquisition, theater, aviation

Solutions71, LLC (B-423671.2)

Solutions71, LLC (B-423671.2)

You may care. Categories: Organizational conflict of interest, impaired objectivity, unequal access Date: 30 December 2025 URL: https://www.gao.gov/products/b-423671.2 Solutions71 challenged the Air Force’s award of a GEOMAP sustainment task order to DDC IT, arguing the awardee had multiple organizational conflicts of interest

Bellows wrote an open letter from within depression

Bellows wrote an open letter from within depression

Nathaniel Bellows's "Open Letter Re—The Good Fight" compresses dynamic range in line with a depressive episode. Using flat declarative grammar, Bellows pairs the mundane and the violent: "The elevator, going down, carrying strangers. The train." Then, "On the train I imagine being

Salamander exits DC as PE bets on Bonvoy

Salamander exits DC as PE bets on Bonvoy

Sheila Johnson's Salamander brand is exiting its Washington, DC, after not quite four years, as owner Henderson Park, a London private-equity real estate firm, is in talks to reflag the 373-room property at 1330 Maryland Ave. SW as a Marriott Autograph Collection hotel, as reported by

IBM bets on a foundry to scale quantum computing

IBM bets on a foundry to scale quantum computing

IBM bets on a foundry to scale quantum computing IBM is moving to turn a decade of quantum-computing research at its Yorktown Heights, New York, laboratory into a scalable commercial business rather than an expensive science project, executives told the Wall Street Journal. The centerpiece is Anderon, a new

Trump cabinet fit and gassy after adopting fermented-foods diet

Trump cabinet fit and gassy after adopting fermented-foods diet

A growing number of officials in President Trump’s cabinet are adopting a diet centered around fermented foods like sauerkraut, according to a report by the Wall Street Journal. Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick, Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy, and Vice President JD Vance have all

Education's handoff tests the limits of its downsizing strategy

Education's handoff tests the limits of its downsizing strategy

The US Department of Education on 16 June 2026 announced it would shift its special education and civil rights functions to other agencies, the latest move in the Trump administration's effort to dismantle the 46-year-old department, reports Government Executive. Under the new interagency agreements, or IAAs,

Critical PeopleSoft zero-day fuels extortion campaign against roughly 100 organizations

Critical PeopleSoft zero-day fuels extortion campaign against roughly 100 organizations

ShinyHunters, one of the world’s most prolific data theft and extortion groups, exploited a zero-day vulnerability in Oracle’s PeopleSoft suite to compromise organizations worldwide, stealing gigabytes of data and demanding payment to keep it private, according to Ars Technica and Google's Mandiant. The flaw, tracked