When the 235-foot passenger ferry LeConte ran aground off the Alaskan coast on May 10, 2004, the U.S. Coast Guard, U.S. Forest Service, Alaska Department on Transportation and Alaska Marine Highway System coordinated the rescue and salvage of the grounded ship.

The effort was made possible in large measure by interoperable radio communications aided by textbook interagency cooperation, public-private partnership and radio-over-Internet protocol technologies.

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Catalyst has been awarded a five year GSA Schedule from the Government’s General Services Administration, enabling the company to offer its comprehensive portfolio of Radio Over IP solutions and technology to government civilian and DOD agencies. GSA Schedules are one of the primary procurement vehicles for government agencies. The Catalyst GSA Schedule confirms that the GSA’s IT Acquisition Center has certified that the prices Catalyst offers on the awarded Schedule are fair and reasonable for sale to any government agency. Government agencies can purchase directly from GSA Schedule holders using simplified acquisition procedures and do not require that agencies follow additional competition requirements. Our GSA Schedule number is GS- 35F-0878N. Read the full press release.