Building out the new wireless local area network is a major project and a number of enterprises and public entities are turning toward third-party providers to get the needed network in place. But while that may seem like the easiest path to take, pulling in extra hands costs money and demands strong IT management. The key to a successful endeavor is making sure that the WLAN partner you choose to work with can not only do the job, but also provide the service your users require. A good starting point is assessing potential providers through a thorough evaluation process and asking a slew of questions starting with protocol support options to security measures [1] and technology [2]--even how the network will react to the unauthorized device access efforts. Government Public Computing has put together a substantive list of questions you need to pose during the partner evaluation process to make the effort a little easier. Article [3]