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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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Enum has your number

Companies test registries that standardize Internet telephony

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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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Wireless in the wings

The market is waiting for government to catch up

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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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AT&T disputes FTS award

The General Services Administration is reviewing a protest filed by AT&T that asks the agency to terminate its FTS 2001 telecommunications contracts with Sprint and WorldCom Inc. and reopen competition.