AT&T Government Solutions Team Wins $1 Billion Contract to Build Treasury's Enterprise-Wide Network

AT&T Government Solutions Team Wins $1 Billion Contract to Build Treasury's Enterprise-Wide Network

Secure, reliable and cost-efficient Internet Protocol-based network will serve all Treasury agencies

VIENNA, Va., Dec. 7 /PRNewswire/ -- AT&T Government Solutions and its team of subcontractors have been chosen by the Treasury Department to build and deploy the largest civilian agency network, serving more than 1,000 domestic locations and tens of thousands of users in the U.S. and overseas.

The Treasury Communications Enterprise (TCE) contract calls for three base years and seven one-year options and its value could reach $1 billion.

The AT&T Government Solutions team will build a secure, high-speed Internet Protocol Virtual Private Network (IP VPN) designed to efficiently and cost-effectively handle Treasury's voice, video and data traffic. Treasury personnel will be able to communicate with any location or data center over a common, low-cost network infrastructure that will accommodate future requirements, such as Voice over IP (VoIP) and real-time video services. Using a common Web-based interface, Treasury users will also have access to online ordering, billing, help desk support and network performance information so they can actively manage the network.

AT&T's team includes highly experienced IT firms in the fields of network transition planning; equipment installation, deployment and maintenance; help desk services and network security. They include Illinois-based Accenture LLP; BAE Systems of McLean, Va.; DreamHammer of Santa Monica, Calif.; GTSI of Chantilly, Va.; Lucent Technologies of Murray Hill, N.J.; and SRA of Fairfax, Va.

"We have assembled the best companies in the industry to assist us in implementing a secure IP network that will accommodate the future convergence of voice and data while transitioning smoothly from current technology," said Lou Addeo, president of AT&T Government Solutions. "We're proud to serve the Treasury Department and look forward to using our network integration skills to deliver a solution that could become a model for agencies that are thinking about how to prepare for the networking of the future."

AT&T Government Solutions, headquartered in Vienna, Va., is a long- standing, trusted source of information technology solutions for the federal government, integrating unmatched network resources and professional service expertise with innovative technologies from AT&T Labs and industry-leading partners. Best known for network leadership in voice, data, video and managed services, AT&T Government Solutions is a proven solutions integrator, with professional service expertise in areas such as enterprise architecture, business transformation, knowledge management, training, program management, systems engineering and security.

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NOTE TO EDITORS: You are invited to dial in to a news briefing to discuss this contract at 12 noon EST today. Lou Addeo, president of AT&T Government Solutions, will discuss the TCE contract and take questions. Reporters should dial 866-254-5941. (International dial in is 612-332-0530). Ask for the AT&T Government Solutions call.

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