Organization and Nature of Operations	9 Months Ended
Sep. 30, 2020
Organization, Consolidation and Presentation of Financial Statements [Abstract]
Organization and Nature of Operations	Organization WidePoint Corporation (“WidePoint” or the “Company”) was incorporated in Delaware on May 30, 1997 and conducts operations through its wholly-owned operating subsidiaries throughout the continental United States, Ireland, the Netherlands and the United Kingdom. The Company’s principal executive and administrative headquarters is located in Fairfax, Virginia. Nature of Operations The Company is a leading provider of trusted mobility management (TM2). The Company’s TM2 platform and service solutions enable its customers to efficiently secure, manage and analyze the entire lifecycle of their mobile communications assets through its federally compliant platform Intelligent Telecommunications Management System (ITMS™). The Company’s ITMS™ platform is SSAE 18 compliant and was granted an Authority to Operate by the U.S. Department of Homeland Security and the U.S. Department of Commerce. Additionally, the Company was granted an Authority to Operate by the General Services Administration with regard to its identity credentialing component of its TM2 platform. The Company’s TM2 platform is internally hosted and accessible on-demand through a secure customer portal that is specially configured for each customer. The Company can deliver these solutions in a number of configurations ranging from utilizing the platform as a service to a full-service solution that includes full lifecycle support for all end users and the organization. The Company derives a significant amount of its revenues from contracts funded by federal government agencies for which WidePoint’s subsidiaries act in the capacity as the prime contractor, or as a subcontractor. The Company believes that contracts with federal government agencies will be the primary source of revenues for the foreseeable future. External factors outside of the Company’s control such as delays and/or a change in government administrations, budgets and other political matters that may impact the timing and commencement of such work could result in variations in operating results and directly affect the Company’s financial performance. Successful contract performance and variation in the volume of activity as well as in the number of contracts commenced or completed during any quarter may cause significant variations in operating results from quarter to quarter. A significant portion of the Company’s expenses, such as personnel and facilities costs, are fixed in the short term and may not be easily modified to manage through changes in the Company’s market place that may create pressure on pricing and/or costs to deliver its services. The Company has periodic capital expense requirements to maintain and upgrade its internal technology infrastructure tied to its hosted solutions and other such costs may be significant when incurred in any given quarter. COVID-19 The coronavirus (“COVID-19”) pandemic has created significant macroeconomic uncertainty, volatility and disruption. The assessment of how COVID-19 will impact our business is on-going and encompasses all aspects of our business, including how COVID-19 will impact our customers, employees, subcontractors, business partners and the capital markets. Although the Company did not experience significant disruptions during the nine months ended September 30, 2020, we are unable to fully predict the impact the COVID-19 pandemic will have on our future financial position, results of operations, or cash flows. Additionally, changes in spending policies, budget priorities and funding levels are a key factor influencing the purchasing levels of government customers. With the current COVID-19 pandemic, future budget priorities and funding levels for these customers may be adversely affected.

Organization and Nature of Operations

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2020

Organization, Consolidation and Presentation of Financial Statements [Abstract]

Organization

WidePoint Corporation (“WidePoint” or the “Company”) was incorporated in Delaware on May 30, 1997 and conducts operations through its wholly-owned operating subsidiaries throughout the continental United States, Ireland, the Netherlands and the United Kingdom. The Company’s principal executive and administrative headquarters is located in Fairfax, Virginia.

Nature of Operations

The Company is a leading provider of trusted mobility management (TM2). The Company’s TM2 platform and service solutions enable its customers to efficiently secure, manage and analyze the entire lifecycle of their mobile communications assets through its federally compliant platform Intelligent Telecommunications Management System (ITMS™). The Company’s ITMS™ platform is SSAE 18 compliant and was granted an Authority to Operate by the U.S. Department of Homeland Security and the U.S. Department of Commerce. Additionally, the Company was granted an Authority to Operate by the General Services Administration with regard to its identity credentialing component of its TM2 platform. The Company’s TM2 platform is internally hosted and accessible on-demand through a secure customer portal that is specially configured for each customer. The Company can deliver these solutions in a number of configurations ranging from utilizing the platform as a service to a full-service solution that includes full lifecycle support for all end users and the organization.

The Company derives a significant amount of its revenues from contracts funded by federal government agencies for which WidePoint’s subsidiaries act in the capacity as the prime contractor, or as a subcontractor. The Company believes that contracts with federal government agencies will be the primary source of revenues for the foreseeable future. External factors outside of the Company’s control such as delays and/or a change in government administrations, budgets and other political matters that may impact the timing and commencement of such work could result in variations in operating results and directly affect the Company’s financial performance. Successful contract performance and variation in the volume of activity as well as in the number of contracts commenced or completed during any quarter may cause significant variations in operating results from quarter to quarter.

A significant portion of the Company’s expenses, such as personnel and facilities costs, are fixed in the short term and may not be easily modified to manage through changes in the Company’s market place that may create pressure on pricing and/or costs to deliver its services.

The Company has periodic capital expense requirements to maintain and upgrade its internal technology infrastructure tied to its hosted solutions and other such costs may be significant when incurred in any given quarter.

COVID-19

The coronavirus (“COVID-19”) pandemic has created significant macroeconomic uncertainty, volatility and disruption. The assessment of how COVID-19 will impact our business is on-going and encompasses all aspects of our business, including how COVID-19 will impact our customers, employees, subcontractors, business partners and the capital markets. Although the Company did not experience significant disruptions during the nine months ended September 30, 2020, we are unable to fully predict the impact the COVID-19 pandemic will have on our future financial position, results of operations, or cash flows.

Additionally, changes in spending policies, budget priorities and funding levels are a key factor influencing the purchasing levels of government customers. With the current COVID-19 pandemic, future budget priorities and funding levels for these customers may be adversely affected.