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DISA hires Qwest for IP services under Networx
The Defense Information Systems Agency awarded one of the remaining big deals under the Networx telecommunications contract to Qwest.
Tags: technology , contracting , industry , DISA , DoD , Verizon , Networx , telecommunications services , Jason Miller
IPv6 is baking in security
Qwest says "By offering the next-generation security that is baked into dedicated IPv6 addressing, Qwest is doing its part to provide government and business customers with the most advanced Internet security that is available." More from CTO Pieter Poll.
Tags: Federal Drive , Cybersecurity Update , cybersecurity , IPv6 , Pieter Poll , Dorothy Ramienski
BBC News releases malware... on purpose
IPv6 update
Tags: Federal Drive , Cybersecurity Update , cybersecurity , BBC ,
OMB officially expands DHS's cyber role
DHS will oversee and provide assistance to civilian agencies to improve how they protect their computer networks. White House cyber coordinator Schmidt says the goal of the memo is to make sure agency roles and responsibilities are clear. Schmidt also calls for more valuable public-private partnerships.
Tags: technology , Howard Schmidt , Peter Orszag , Anne Neuberger , OMB , DHS , Ed Mueller , Guy Copeland , CSC , AFCEA , information sharing , cybersecurity , FISMA , Jason Miller
Agencies moving slowly to TICs
Most mid- and small agencies missed the June 1 deadline to choose the Networx carrier to implement Managed Trusted IP Services. Some say part of the reason for the missed mandate is because GSA and DHS have approved only one MTIPS provider so far. OMB still wants agencies to have all traffic going through a TIC access point by Jan. 31.
Tags: technology , contracting , OMB , GSA , Mike Howell , Warren Suss , Diana Gowen , Suss Consulting , AT&T , Verizon , Sprint , L3 , Networx , TIC , cybersecurity , MTIPS , telecommunications , Jason Miller
AT&T Approved Under Networxx
The General Services Administration and Homeland Security Department have approved the first government-wide provider of cybersecurity services under the Networx telecommunications contract. AT&T has received authority to operate its Managed Trusted IP Services (or MTIPS) program, a move that took almost a year to approve. Qwest, Sprint and Verizon also received awards to be MTIPS providers, but have not received the authority to operate on a governmentwide basis.
Tags: technology , Cybersecurity Report , GSA , DHS , Networx , Telecommunication , AT&T , Managed Trusted IP Services , Sprint , Verizon , Scott Carr
GSA, DHS approve first governmentwide cyber provider
AT&T receives an authority to operate its cybersecurity services under the Networx telecommunications contract. Agencies now can purchase these services to meet the Trusted Internet Connections requirements.
Tags: technology , contracting , OMB , GSA , DHS , FTC , EPA , Treasury , AT&T , Sprint , Verizon , Jeff Mohan , Tom McMahon , Bill White , Networx , telecommunications , cybersecurity , TIC , MTIPS , Jason Miller
GSA opens up possibility of FTS2001 extension
Vendors pessimistic that agencies can transition all services to Networx by June 2011. GSA says it will decide a few months before the contract ends whether to extend the current telecommunications contract.
Tags: technology , contracting , Steve Kempf , Sanjeev Bhagowalia , Ed Towns , Darrell Issa , Jean Weinberg , Vivek Kundra , GSA , Interior , House Oversight and Government Reform Committee , OMB , Interagency Management Council , AT&T , Verizon , Diana Gowen , Don Herring , Susan Zeleniak , Networx , FTS 2001 , telecommunications , Jason Miller
Stories to keep watching
Washington Technology's Nick Wakeman and David Hubler on the top stories of 2009 and beyond.
Dec. 21, 2009
Tags: contracing , Lockheed , Hanford , SAIC , EDS , HP , Dell , Perot Systems , ACS , XEROS , CACI , Bob Lohfeld , GDIT , General Dynamics , Sprint , Healthcare IT , GSA , Washington Technology
GSA planning makes technology easier during transition
Contracts, architecture helped support almost three times as many people as expected
Tags: transition , technology , contracting , Ed O'Hare , GSA , FAS , Booz Allen Hamilton , MicroTechnologies , IT support services , telecommunications
