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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

Modernization

GSA extends WorldCom contract

Troubled company gets one-year extension on its FTS 2001 telecommunications contract

Modernization

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

Modernization

Stopgap solutions precede more permanent fix

Problems have emerged from security functions built into the 802.11 wireless local-area network standards

Modernization

Army locks down wireless LAN

Texas base uses formula of strength through diversity

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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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Blocking out eavesdroppers

Secure wireless phones protect top-secret discussions

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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

Modernization

Forensics meets time travel

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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

Modernization

Forman: Avoid wireless overlap

E-gov chief says some wireless telecommunications projects should be consolidated to avoid redundancy