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AT&T Government Solutions is the First Networx Contract Holder to be Awarded Managed Trusted IP Services From the U.S. General Services Administration

Posted on: Friday, 19 December 2008, 13:23 CST

VIENNA, Va., Dec. 19 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- AT&T Government Solutions, a business unit of AT&T Inc. (NYSE: T), is the first Networx contract holder to be awarded the Managed Trusted IP Services (MTIPS) from the U.S. General Services Administration (GSA).

MTIPS is a modification to the Networx Universal contract that allows federal agencies to order IP services that comply with Office of Management and Budget (OMB) Memorandum 08-05 that was issued November 20, 2007. The OMB action calls for implementation of the Trusted Internet Connections (TIC) mandate, which required agencies to reduce the number of connections to the public Internet and to provide secure IP portals for agency traffic to and from the public Internet.

"The Managed Trusted IP Services award from GSA clearly illustrates the continued acceptance of our broad portfolio of product and services that are available under Networx," said Don Herring, senior vice president, AT&T Government Solutions. "By leveraging our secure telecommunications services, our program management expertise, and our professional services capabilities, we will help federal agencies enhance their network security infrastructures under the Networx Universal MTIPS modification."

"MTIPS provides a foundation for evolution of the TIC requirement to secure the federal government IT infrastructure, and a baseline to support initiatives from the incoming Obama Administration," said Jeff Mohan, Executive Director, Networx Program Office, AT&T Government Solutions. "AT&T Government Solutions can continue its long-standing success of providing industry-leading IT and network-enabled solutions to the federal government."

MTIPS combines new secure IP services offerings with existing Networx security services such as Intrusion Detection Services, Intrusion Protection Services, Incident Response, Managed Firewall Services, Vulnerability Scanning, Anti-virus Management, and Managed e-Authentication. Agencies can immediately begin working with AT&T Government Solutions to define their respective MTIPS solutions.

AT&T Government Solutions offers more services in more U.S. locations than any Networx contract holder. The company has announced more than $700 million in Networx awards with customers including the Department of the Treasury, the Department of Homeland Security, and the Department of Veterans Affairs.

About AT&T Government Solutions

AT&T Government Solutions is a long-standing, trusted source of network-enabled solutions for the federal government, integrating unmatched network resources and IT and software engineering expertise with innovative technologies from AT&T Labs and industry-leading partners. With headquarters in Vienna, Va., AT&T Government Solutions is best known for network leadership in voice, data, video and managed services. AT&T Government Solutions is a proven solutions integrator, with expertise in areas such as education and training, enterprise resource planning and management, information assurance, knowledge management, modeling and simulation, network transformation and management and program management.

About AT&T

AT&T Inc. (NYSE:T) is a premier communications holding company. Its subsidiaries and affiliates, AT&T operating companies, are the providers of AT&T services in the United States and around the world. Among their offerings are the world's most advanced IP-based business communications services and the nation's leading wireless, high speed Internet access and voice services. In domestic markets, AT&T is known for the directory publishing and advertising sales leadership of its Yellow Pages and YELLOWPAGES.COM organizations, and the AT&T brand is licensed to innovators in such fields as communications equipment. As part of its three-screen integration strategy, AT&T is expanding its TV entertainment offerings. In 2008, AT&T again ranked No. 1 on Fortune magazine's World's Most Admired Telecommunications Company list and No. 1 on America's Most Admired Telecommunications Company list. Additional information about AT&T Inc. and the products and services provided by AT&T subsidiaries and affiliates is available at http://www.att.com.

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