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GENERAL SERVICES ADMINISTRATION
Inter-City Telecommunications Services; Request for Comments
AGENCY: General Services Administration.
ACTION: Request for comments--inter-city telecommunications services--
public review of the ``Report of the Joint Concept Review Committee''
released on April 28, 1994.
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SUMMARY: The Federal government currently satisfies its intercity
telecommunications services through the Federal Telecommunications
System 2000 (FTS2000) contracts which expire in 1998. The Department of
Defense (DOD) satisfies its inter-city telecommunications services
through the Defense Commercial Telecommunications Network (DCTN) as
well as other major network contracts that expire in the 1996 to 1998
timeframe. As a part of the continuing, open discussions related to the
post-FTS2000, the government hereby advises of the release of the JCRC
Report and the opportunity to participate in these discussions.
The Federal government released a report entitled, ``Report of the
Joint Concept Review Committee'' on April 28, 1994. The report
addresses the technical, economic, and management issues associated
with the consolidation of the post-Federal Telecommunications System
2000 (post-FTS2000), Defense Information System Network (DISN) and the
Government Emergency Telecommunications Service (GETS) requirements.
The report recommends that a joint General Services Administration
(GSA), Department of Defense (DOD), and National Communications System
(NCS) acquisition be pursued under the existing post-FTS2000
Interagency Management Council (IMC)/Acquisition Working Group (AWG)
processes. The government plans that the JCRC Report will be available
for public viewing in the GSA Bid Room located at 7th and D Streets,
SW., room 1701, Washington, DC 20407 on or about May 13, 1994 and
electronically via the Internet address, cdr@post.fts2k.gsa.gov (see
below for access information).
The government is also interested in receiving written comments
regarding the impact of combining the telecommunications acquisitions
for Military and Civilian Agencies. Written comments may be submitted
to General Services Administration, Attention: Concept Development
Record, 7980 Boeing Court, Vienna, VA 22182-3988. It is preferred that
comments be submitted electronically to the Internet address,
cdr@post.fts2k.gsa.gov, through June 24, 1994. At present, the
government plans that the comments will be available for public viewing
in the General Services Administration Bid Room and via the Internet
(see below for access information) on or about July 29, 1994.
Information regarding the above programs may be accessed electronically
via the Internet in one of two methods.
Files may be downloaded electronically via anonymous FTP form
post.fts2k.gsa.gov under the /pub directory. Files may also be perused
(and downloaded) and full-text searches may be made via a World Wide
Web client (such as Mosaic) by accessing our home page, whose URL is
http://post.fts2k.gsa.gov/. Electronic responses sent to
cdr@post.fts2k.gsa.gov may be in any of the following four formats:
ordinary ASCII; PostScript; unencoded representations of Microsoft Word
(versions 6.0 and earlier) documents; and unencoded representations of
WordPerfect (version 6.0 and earlier) documents.
DATES: May 13, 1994--The Joint Concept Review Committee (JCRC) Report
will be available electronically via the Internet address
cdr@post.fts2k.gsa.gov and for public viewing in the GSA Bid Room. June
24, 1994--Cut-off date for receiving written comments regarding the
impact of combining the telecommunications acquisitions for Military
and Civilian Agencies. Comments are preferred to be submitted via the
Internet address cdr@post.fts2k.gsa.gov. July 29, 1994--Government
plans to make available the comments received June 24, 1994, via the
Internet address cdr@post.fts2k.gsa.gov and for public viewing in the
GSA Bid Room.
ADDRESSES: The GSA Bid Room is located at 7th and D Streets, N.W., room
1701, Washington, DC 20407. Information regarding the above programs
may be accessed electronically via the Internet in one of two methods:
Files may be downloaded electronically via anonymous FTP from
post.fts2k.gsa.gov under the /pub director; or Files may also be
perused (and downloaded and full-text searches may be made via a World
Wide Web client (such as Mosaic) by accessing our home page, whose URL
is http://post.fts2k.gsa.gov/. Electronic responses sent to
cdr@post.fts2k.gsa.gov may be in any of the following four formats:
ordinary ASCII; PostScript; unencoded representations of Microsoft Work
(versions 6.0 and earlier) documents; and unencoded representations of
WordPerfect (version 6.0 and earlier) documents.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: If you have any questions regarding
this notice, please contact Richard Kosko at Area Code (703) 827-5107.
Dated: May 19, 1994.
Phillip R. Patton,
Branch Chief, Kena.
[FR Doc. 94-13081 Filed 5-26-94; 8:45 am]
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