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Town embraces e-gov, high-tech neighbors
The presence of several telecom companies has prompted Hickory, N.C., to be proactive in electronic government
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Sprint adds PCS to GSA sked
Sprint has added PCS handsets to its list of telecommunications offerings available through Sprint's GSA schedule contract
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27 agencies miss FTS 2001 switchover
Two days past the deadline for switching to the FTS 2001 telecommunications contract, 27 agencies out of the 146 making the transition from FTS 2000 told the General Services Administration's Federal Technology Service that they had not completed the switch.
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Field set for FAA scrimmage
Telecom bid review to include information-security concerns
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GSA grants FTS 2000 extensions
Extensions to the FTS 2000 telecom contracts will give agencies several more months to finish moving services to the FTS 2001 contract
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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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