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Group: Bar WorldCom as contractor

Taxpayer advocacy group renews effort to get WorldCom locked out of federal contracts

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Lawmakers form E911 caucus

Group will raise awareness of the need for enhanced and wireless 911 services

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FTS adjusts to changing landscape

Commissioner Sandra Bates says FTS is working on a next-generation strategy

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FAA awards invoicing automation pact

Northrop wins contract to automate the FAA's telecommunications invoice process

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Training center gets new network

Federal Law Enforcement Training Center installs a converged voice and data network

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Agreement to spark more Wi-Fi

Spectrum agreement satisfies DOD's concerns about interference with radar

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GSA awards Connections contracts

Connections program is an effort to replace expiring regional equipment and services contracts

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Center will boost security, telecom

Norfolk State University will break ground this year on a technology research complex

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Changing of FTS 2001 guard

John Johnson is replacing Denny Groh, who is leaving GSA for a private-sector job

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Army awards deal for joint tactical radios

Cubic to develop interoperable waveform for DOD's Joint Tactical Radio System

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AT&T joins FTS 2001 vendors

DISA has added AT&T to its list of potential telecom services providers under FTS 2001

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NCS homeland pilots progress

Programs focus on the communications needs for national security and emergency preparedness

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State awards global services pacts

The State Department has made five IDIQ awards to provide telecom services

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NASA awards communications deal

Firms will develop high-speed network for secure communications among NASA facilities

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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