The U.S. government has modernized telecom and supporting information technology twice within the last 20 years — but not without controversy, delays and costly project management. A third modernization currently is under way, under the direction of the federal General Services Administration. The potential value of contracts issued to vendors under the Enterprise Infrastructure Solutions program is $50 billion over 15 years. In light of past modernizations, oversight agencies have been watching the EIS program carefully.
Vendors Await $50B ‘Tsunami’ of US Telecom Contracts
Posted by: John K. Higgins February 20, 2018 02:11 PMThe U.S. government has modernized telecom and supporting information technology twice within the last 20 years — but not without controversy, delays and costly project management. A third modernization currently is under way, under the direction of the federal General Services Administration. The potential value of contracts issued to vendors under the Enterprise Infrastructure Solutions program is $50 billion over 15 years. In light of past modernizations, oversight agencies have been watching the EIS program carefully.