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dvice to AT&T Inc. on its successful bid for a $346 million technology-outsourcing contract with the state of Georgia.
Partner Jim Steinberg, chair of the firm’s technology practice group, led the team. Counsel Jim Paine and partner Dorinda Peacock in Raleigh, N.C., were also involved.
Gov. Sonny Perdue awarded a five-year contract to AT&T to provide wide area network, local area network and voice services. The contract comes with two, one-year options to renew, according to Perdue’s office.
A 2007 audit of Georgia’s information-technology operations revealed “aging infrastructure, inability to meet minimum industry standards, lack of processes and skills, little coordination of spending and deficiencies in disaster recovery,” according to Perdue’s office.
AT&T will work with the Georgia Technology Authority, a state agency. AT&T will offer jobs to 33 Georgia Technology Authority employees. The authority’s remaining 92 employees will be laid off, according to the Associated Press.
Combined with a separate, $873 million contract with IBM, the state expects to save about $180 million by outsourcing its information technology.