What You Should Know:
– Today, Verizon announced it was awarded a 12-year contract worth $2.5 billion to help the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) modernize its network
– Verizon is driving $700 million in cost savings for HHS through the Enterprise Infrastructure Solutions (EIS) contract. This contract covers all 10 of the agency’s operating components and its Office of Secretary.
– The EIS contract vehicle accelerates HHS’s transition to advanced networking technologies by combining both voice and data technologies into one EIS task order.