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Disa Selects AnviCom, Inc., a Wholly Owned Subsidiary of

Vienna, Virginia – April 14, 2009 – AnviCom, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Command Information, Inc., the premier provider of next generation network services, today announced that it has been awarded a task order by the Defense Information Systems Agency (DISA)/Defense Information Technology Contracting Organization to support the development of Information Assurance (IA) guidance for Internet Protocol version 6 (IPv6) across the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) enterprise.

The task order, awarded via the ENCORE II contract vehicle are Multiple Award Indefinite Delivery/Indefinite Quantity (ID/IQ) contracts which provide Information Technology support to military agencies, DoD and other agencies within the Federal government. The task order is for a period of one year with three, one-year options and has a potential life-cycle value of over $4.4M.

Specifically, Command Information will support the DoD IPv6 Transition Office (DITO). This DISA office, supporting a DoD-level effort sponsored by the Assistant Secretary of Defense/Network Information and Integration (ASD/NII), is critical to coordinating coherent and timely IPv6 transition efforts across DoD, as well as developing common engineering solutions and implementation policy/guidelines enterprise-wide.

Under the task order, Command Information will provide technical support to DITO including recommendations for security/IA matters, collaborating with NSA and DISA on development of the DoD IPv6 IA Guidance, and providing technical guidance for IPv6 implementation.

“DoD’s implementation of IPv6 is essential to realizing the full potential of the Net-centric enterprise through the creation of the Global Information Grid (GIG),” said Jerry Edgerton, Chairman and CEO at Command Information. “Further, this award confirms the compilation of the IPv6 market and Command Information as the industry experts in

the various aspects of IPv6 implementation activities. We are honored to have been selected to support DITO and look forward to facilitating these transition activities, providing the engineering and policy solutions that meet DoD’s mission-critical requirements.”

About AnviCom, Inc. a wholly owned subsidiary of Command Information, Inc.

Vienna, VA-based corporation is the premier provider of next generation networking services to Communication Providers, Fortune 1000 and government entities. The corporation is a net-centric IT solutions company providing customers with technology, objective consulting and engineering to leverage next generation Internet applications and services. The corporation is backed by investment from global private equity firm The Carlyle Group, Paladin Capital and Novak Biddle. For more information on the corporation, please visit www.commandinformation.com.

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