The Interior Department awarded a nearly $35 million contract over seven...
The Interior Department awarded a nearly $35 million contract over seven years to a provider of Google Apps for Government, part of the agency’s “transformation strategic plan” for IT services launched in July, Interior said. A federal judge sided with…
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Google last year in a lawsuit against Interior, claiming the agency improperly favored Microsoft in procurement procedure. The contract for cloud email and collaboration services was given to Google Apps for Government provider Onix Networking. Interior said the apps will have “seamless integration with mobile devices,” a boon to staff’s frequent travel and stationing in remote field locations. The contract starts with a 60-day trial for just over $17,000, requiring Onix to prove it can meet Interior objectives for an “integrated suite of tools and services, information assurance and regulatory compliance.” Should that happen, Interior will migrate more than 90,000 mailboxes from its seven on-premise email systems by the end of the calendar year, it said.