Verizon Nabs HHS Networx Contract
The Health and Human Services Department awarded Verizon Business, a Verizon Communications unit, a $169 million contract to manage and secure Internet protocol and data networks.
The Health and Human Services Department awarded Verizon Business, a Verizon Communications unit, a $169 million contract to manage and secure Internet protocol and data networks.
The award, announced on Tuesday, was made off the General Services Administration's Networx Universal contract and will include security capabilities for HHS including processing Medicare claims, according to a Verizon press release.
Agencies have been slow to transition to the new telecommunications services since GSA awarded Networx in March 2007, Nextgov reported.
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