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New York dialing up 311 help line
New Yorkers with questions about city services will be able to use a 24-hour, multilingual system
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GSA extends WorldCom contract
Troubled company gets one-year extension on its FTS 2001 telecommunications contract
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Telecom role model
Commentary: The key to good homeland security is cooperation between the public and private sectors
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Groups seek WorldCom debarment
A coalition of consumer groups asked GSA to drop WorldCom from its list of approved federal contractors
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GSA asked to drop WorldCom
A coalition of consumer groups wants WorldCom dropped from GSA's list of approved federal contractors
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Stopgap solutions precede more permanent fix
Problems have emerged from security functions built into the 802.11 wireless local-area network standards
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New FTS 2001 services tempt agencies
GSA incorporated such things as managed network services into the FTS 2001 contract
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No holdup for these programs
Several agencies have moved forward with procurements despite the holdup over fiscal 2003 funding
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Charting new territory
Social Security Administration indulges on FTS 2001's new service offerings
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NASA adds telecom support
NASA has awarded Lockheed Martin Space Operations an additional $25 million for telecom support services
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Sprint makes local link
Sprint is the latest company to try to extend its federal expertise to the state and local government markets
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Army awards secure phones BPA
DOD officials will be able to exchange top-secret information securely over a commercial network
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Project eyes global early warning system for the Internet
Infrastructure simulation models make use of proprietary data from industry to identify single points of failure in telecom infrastructures
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DISA upgrading presidential comms
DISA is helping to upgrade the communications systems and tools that are available to the president
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NCS working on pair of pilots
The National Communications System projects are aimed at improving the systems for first responders
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OMB reins in wireless
OMB intends to reduce the federal government's $1.5 billion investment in wireless telecommunications by forcing agencies to consolidate redundant projects
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