“Three of the largest vendors on the General Services Administration's $50 billion next generation telecommunications contract are still on track to get the agency's approvals that will allow them to bid on agency proposals.” “AT&T, CenturyLink and Verizon top GSA's February report on Enterprise Infrastructure Solutions vendors' progress in testing the back-office systems that will eventually support the contract's billing and other operations. All three companies are also incumbents on GSA's current Networx telecommunications contract.” “CenturyLink has made the most progress among the nine contractors providing EIS services. GSA's report shows the company is 93.2 percent completed with Business Support Systems FISMA security assessment & authorization testing. It is also the only contractor that has submitted a third-party security assessment to GSA. The assessment is one of the final steps contractors take to obtain Authorities to Operate certification, which allows them to respond to federal agency EIS task orders.” Read the full article here. Source: Quick Hits – February 11, 2019. FCW.