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AT&T takes FTS 2001 case to GAO
Telecom giant originally filed protest of FTS 2001 contracts with GSA
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West Virginia preps bid for telecom future
States seeks ideas to increase bandwidth of statewide network
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Clearing the way
IP was optimized to support simple data transmissions over Ethernet networks and performs that task very well. With the recent emergence of desktop video and voice applications, the network protocol is now being asked to support multimedia transmissions.
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Federal Relay Service offerings
A list of services that are and will be available from the Frame Relay Service
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Rules of the road
Here are some of the key standards behind network quality-of-service (QOS) capabilities:
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Procurement shop eyes telecom
Interior's Gov.Works wants to know if there's a market for it to provide telecom acquisitions
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Spreading the word
When Angela Officer talks about the Federal Relay Service, people listen.
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Verizon looks past Treasury deal
Company sees $45 million voice networks contract as chance to provide future services
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Feds get voice-over-IP option
General Dynamics opens Clarent's voice-over-IP solutions to government
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Air Force studying broader use of Direct
The faster messaging system fielded by U.S. nuclear-weapons forces could also aid mobile command centers
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Navy awards network deal
The Navy awarded a $102.2 million delivery order May 16 to General Dynamics Corp.
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Compaq announces 'Evo-lution'
New Evo line includes notebooks, workstations and thin clients and has wireless add-on capabilities
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Small device delivers the big picture
As networks become more complex, so does the task of managing and monitoring them.
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Health scare heads-up
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is coordinating a national communication network for use in health emergencies
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Gone in 60 seconds
When the Washington Suburban Sanitary Commission hired Charles Madison to improve their customer service, it was taking two or three days for field service representatives to respond to customers' calls about their bills, faulty meters or property concerns. That was not good.
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Minnesota network stalls
Minnesota state officials recently terminated an agreement with a developer who ran out of money halfway though installation of a 2,200mile fiberoptic network
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Georgia to outsource telecom
To better manage its information technology, Georgia plans to outsource and consolidate its telecommunications services in the next 18 months.
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