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Portland phoning in permit process
Officials in Portland, Ore., say their new interactive voice response system is saving time for both employees and contractors.
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Cyberwarrior on the front line
DOD's Bryan helps defend military networks from the known and unknown
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A telecom shootout
Telecommunications carriers' latest efforts to begin offering Internet-based data services could threaten territory typically dominated by systems integrators, according to a telecom analyst.
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Telecom moves focus on customer
Sprint, WorldCom realignments promise to speed development of new technologies and improve service to customers
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GSA fetes FTS 2001 early birds
GSA honored 89 small agencies for crossing the finish line early on the transition to the FTS 2001 telecom contract
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DOD dials up phone savings
DOD is expecting to save about $160 million in local phone service over the next eight years, the result of signing up for the WITS2001 contract
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Alaska seeking telecom partner
The state is looking for a team to take care of services such as distance learning, satellite communications and network access
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Glimpses of a wired world
Here in the early days of the Information Age, networked computing is straightforward: string wires among PCs and call it a local-area network, then connect that to the Internet. 'Network' equals 'wires' and 'computer' equals 'PC.'
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Commuting from 'Anywhere'
Federal employees who telecommute will soon have a new vehicle for mobile computing products and services at their fingertips.
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Nipping at FTS' heels
The General Services Administration's Federal Technology Service, which brokered the lowest government longdistance phone rates ever as part of its FTS 2001 program, may have more competition in telecommunications from within the federal family.
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Four share Boston telecom deal
WinStar, AT?#038; Amp;T, Southwestern Bell and Bell Atlantic each won part of an MAA that could be worth as much as $270 million over eight years
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VeriSign adds cable modem authentication
The authentication service will allow manufacturers to embed a digital certificate into modems' readonly memory
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N/MCI: Buyers beware
Had the Navy opted to conduct a pilot of its proposed mega-intranet, users at the Naval Air Systems Command would have been forced to pay more than 50 percent more per seat during the first year than the estimated average cost during the first year of the contract, according to a Navy report to Congress issued late last month.
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FCC rejects GPS petition
The Federal Communications Commission this month rejected a petition asking for the withdrawal of waivers given to three companies to operate an experimental communications technology that may interfere with the Global Positioning System.
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What's Ultra-wideband?
Ultra-wideband uses a short, narrow pulse signal with a unique signature that can be picked up by receivers equipped with a special chip.
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FCC rejects GPS petition
Waivers given to three companies to operate an experimental technology that could interfere with GPS will stay in place
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Network keeps 'community' together
The link between the consortium and Spawar headquarters is an example of what Cox Communications Inc. and Atmosphere Networks Inc. call a community of interest network (COIN).
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Industry watch
U.S. West, a Denverbased telecommunications company, has snagged its first major contract from the federal government
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