Encryption BPAs are open to all

A newly opened door for state and local governments to buy from federal contracts signifies improving intergovernmental relations, according to procurement officials who announced 10 precedent-setting blanket purchase agreements last week. The BPAs offer encryption products and services to protect sensitive, unclassified information stored on laptop PCs and mobile computing and removable storage devices.

The Office of Management and Budget joined the Defense Department and the General Services Administration to announce the contracts are open to state and local governments. The BPAs represent the largest federal procurement opportunity to date for state and local agencies, and they create a path for future licensing agreements, said David Wennergren, DOD’s deputy chief information officer.

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