“The Energy Department selected Verizon Public Sector to boost its communications and information technology services across all of its existing hubs—and support any new ones formed in the future. In an announcement published Wednesday, the telecommunications giant confirmed DOE awarded it two task orders worth a collective $34.6 million via the federal government’s Enterprise Infrastructure Solutions, or EIS contracting vehicle...” “The award for data services will bring new and improved capabilities and enterprise IT services to the department’s headquarters facility in Washington, D.C. Through the contract, Verizon will also engage with ‘DOE Program Offices, Power Marketing Administrations, Plants, Site Offices, and National Laboratories with mission-specific services’ across the continental U.S. and in DOE facilities located in England, Hawaii and Japan, the release noted. And with the voice services-aligned task order, Verizon ‘will incorporate new technologies and services to help meet DOE’s next-generation voice requirements,’ which include moving from its Time-Division Multiplexing platform to a more modern Internet Protocol Voice Service...” Read the full article here. Source: Energy Department Awards Verizon $34.6M to Modernize its Communications Services – By Brandi Vincent, December 1, 2021. Nextgov.