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	fts2000 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-10)
		Note 1: Use of FTS2000 contract services is mandatory for use by U.S. Government agencies for all acquisitions subject to 40 U.S.C. Note 2: No U.S. Government information processing equipment or customer premises equipment other than that which are required to provide an FTS2000 service are furnished.
		Note 3: The FTS2000 contractors will be required to provide service directly to an agency's terminal equipment interface.
		For example, the FTS2000 contractor might provide a terminal adapter to an agency location in order to connect FTS2000 ISDN services to the agency's terminal equipment.
	www.yourencyclopedia.net /FTS2000.html (214 words)

	Warner exemption - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		In telecommunication, a Warner exemption is a statutory exemption pertaining to the acquisition of telecommunications systems that meet the exclusionary criteria of the Warner Amendment, Public Law 97-86, 1 December 1981, which is also known as the Brooks Bill.
		Use of FTS2000 by U.S. Government agencies is mandatory when telecommunications are required.
		However, the Warner Amendment excludes the mandatory use of FTS2000 in instances related to maximum security.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Warner_exemption (103 words)

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		Escalate to the first level supervisor at the AT&T FTS2000 NCC when the reported trouble has not been resolved in a reasonable amount of time or regular or satisfactory status reports are not provided.
		Escalate to the AT&T FTS2000 Service Manager when a total out of service condition exists, escalation to the NCC first level supervisor has been required, or resolution of the reported trouble does not meet reasonable expectations.
		Offices whose access to FTS2000 is provided by a non-ANI GSA arrangement are billed based on a formula developed by the GSA.
	www.fs.fed.us /im/directives/fsh/6609.14/6609.14,90.txt (1169 words)

	AT&T News Release, 1990-06-25, AT&T finishes FTS2000 phone system for U.S. government (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-10)
		Known as FTS2000 (FTS stands for federal telecommunications system), the new network has about 1.3 million users working for 92 government agencies in some 4,200 locations scattered among the 50 states plus Puerto Rico, Guam, and the Virgin Islands.
		The overall FTS2000 contract was procured by the General Services Administration (GSA) on behalf of all government agencies.
		AT&T's FTS2000 traffic is carried on a free-standing private network of digital switching machines tied together by more than 300,000 miles of company-made fiber optic cable.
	www.att.com /news/0690/900625.fsa.html (652 words)

	U.S. Geological Survey - Federal Telecommunications System (FTS2000)
		The FTS2000 network is under the overall direction and management of the GSA and provides voice, record, data, video and facsimile services over point-to-point and switched networks.
		The USGS portion of the DOI FTS2000 bill is received in the Branch of Telecommunications Services and charges are made to the USGS divisions and offices based on percentages provided by the Telecommunications Advisory Committee (TAC).
		FTS2000 "on net" calls can be made to all other Government offices in the continental United States by dialing 8, waiting for the dial tone, and then dialing the desired seven digit FTS2000 number.
	www.usgs.gov /usgs-manual/313/313-6.html (957 words)

	Nat' Academies Press, Beyond FTS2000: A Program for Change: Appendix A -- FTS2000 Case Study (1989)
		The FTS2000 Steering Committee had several times raised the question of what strategy was being pursued by GSA to bring Congress into the project.
		Interpretation was proceeding slowly on a case-by-case basis and GSA had expected that FTS2000 might test the bounds of the MFJ and require interaction with the FCC or Judge Greene's court.
		On October 19, 1987, as the FTS2000 team was coming to terms with having conceded victory to Brooks in splitting up the procurement, GSA awarded contracts for several switches previously leased from AT&T to BOCs (Note 46~.
	www.nap.edu /openbook.php?record_id=10446&page=36 (7007 words)

	H-1290-3 - Telephone Communications
		The FTS2000 is the recommended long distance service for use by all DOI Bureau offices.
		The FTS2000 Federal Calling Cards are required for accessing the FTS network from off-net locations and teleconference services.
		The FTS2000 Federal Calling Card shall be used instead of personal or commercial credit cards for placing official calls from off-net locations.
	www.blm.gov /nhp/efoia/wo/handbook/h1290-3.html (2293 words)

	GSA - GSA, Native American Tribal Council Sign FTS2000 Service Agreement
		By joining GSA's long-distance FTS2000 telecommunications service, Native Americans will have access to reliable and cheaper information technology and support services for the betterment of their tribal members, their economic empowerment, social development, and cultural preservation.
		Just one FTS2000 service -- Internet connectivity or access to the "information super highway" -- can bring the world and all its knowledge almost instantly to anyone, especially to classroom children who need the latest in information today to prepare for tomorrow.
		FTS2000 provides clear and cost-effective long-distance service to 1.7 million users in the federal government.
	www.gsa.gov /Portal/gsa/ep/contentView.do?P=XAE&contentId=9253&contentType=GSA_BASIC (732 words)

	Inspector General, Controls Required on Telephone Lines and Charges, February 12, 1999
		The District's FTS2000 coordinator told us that, by 1995, all District agencies were mandated to have their telephone lines connected to the FTS2000.
		Since the intent of the FTS2000 program is to save on telecommunications cost through volume purchasing, the District should establish a requirement that all current and future telephone lines be connected to FTS2000.
		FTS2000 is a General Services Administration-managed program that provides domestic long distance telecommunications to Federal agencies and the District at a lower rate than is available from regular commercial prices.
	www.dcwatch.com /govern/ig990212.htm (5376 words)

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		Respondent maintains that according to the FTS2000 RFP the awardee would be required to file a tariff that incorporated the offered prices and that complied with the contract terms.
		Thereafter, whenever the contract was modified substantively, AT&T revised its FTS2000 tariff to reflect the contract modification, as required by the FCC.
		The parties dispute whether under the RFP and resulting FTS2000 contract, appellant's original contract pricing was based on a tariff or was to be incorporated into a subsequent tariff.
	www.gsbca.gsa.gov /appeals/w1544914.txt (2463 words)

	What is ISDN
		The government designed FTS2000 to provide a full spectrum of state-of-the-art telecommunications services, available equally to large and small agencies nationwide at prices that decrease as overall traffic volumes increase.
		FTS2000 is a government contract that serves the communications needs of more than 1.7 million government employees across the United States, including a growing number of military personnel.
		With the addition of Department of Defense telecommunications traffic, which now is being transitioned onto the FTS2000 network, the yearly government expenditure for telecommunications under the current contract could reach $900 million by 1996.
	www.cob.ohio-state.edu /~muhanna_1/old/831s95/sart/moonb.htm (1459 words)

	FTS2000 COMMUNICATIONS NETWORK (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-10)
		The new FTS2000 number, 1-800-525-0216, will replace all existing numbers for access to the NLM databases and DOC LINE by the end of 1996.
		The FTS2000 service is only for users in the fifty states and U.S. territories.
		Many Grateful Med PC-DOS 6.6 users and some Mac 2.2 users are experiencing an FTS2000 script problem with the current FTS login method used in those versions of Grateful Med.
	nnlm.gov /psr/lat/v5n3/fts2000.html (419 words)

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		As a general policy, the DoD Components shall use the FTS2000 for all "dial 9-1" service to include direct distance dialing (DDD), Wide-Area Telephone Service (WTS), 800 lines, and for procurements of dedicated circuits that are covered by reference (e) and are not satisfied by a DoD common-user system.
		This policy does not apply to service that the FTS2000 contract does not cover such as international services, intra-local access transport area services, service within a 25-mile radius of the metropolitan area center, or services within a metropolitan area.
		That includes FTS2000, DSN, DDN, the Automatic Digital Network, dedicated point-to-point service, and the primary inter-exchange carrier service associated with business or tie line to the local exchange carrier (e.g., DDD, Foreign Exchange, WATS, 800 service, etc.) and contractor-provided telecommunications including the interconnection of various functional ADP systems.
	www.dtic.mil /whs/directives/corres/text/d464013p.txt (1509 words)

	HCO Memo 90-164
		If the telecommunications service does not fall within the scope of the FTS2000 contract, the DAR will state this on the requisition, sign it and forward the requisition on to the appropriate contracting office.
		Under Public Law 100-440, all Federal agencies are required to use FTS2000 for any of these services, and for any other services which are added to the contract in the future.
		If it is found to be outside the scope of FTS2000, the DAR will state this on the request, sign it, and forward the request to the appropriate procurement office for acquisition.
	oamweb.osec.doc.gov /docs/hco_90-164.htm (782 words)

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		GSA argues that the Board lacks jurisdiction because there was neither a claim by any party to this appeal nor a final decision of the contracting officer on a claim, as required by the Contract Disputes Act of 1978 (CDA), 41 U.S.C. We deny GSA's motion to dismiss.
		The contractor shall provide the [SOC] with access to FTS2000 services, specialized procedural support and the operational and administrative information require[d] for the center to accomplish its mission.
		This portion of the FTS2000 contract was not structured so that GSA paid for only the data access or data reporting services as it received them.
	www.gsbca2.gsa.gov /oldappeals/w131821.txt (1925 words)

	AT&T News Release, 1994-12-14, AT&T and GSA add new videoconferencing to FTS2000 contract (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-10)
		AT&T today announced that it had signed a FTS2000 contract modification with GSA on November 15 that provides government customers with access to AT&T Global Business Video Services (GBVS) capabilities and business videoconferencing.
		AT&T FTS2000 now provides government agencies with a number of features and capabilities that enable users to videoconference quickly and easily with business, industry and education.
		These AT&T FTS2000 enhanced videoconferencing capabilities are available now.
	www.att.com /news/1294/941214.bsa.html (268 words)

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		The DoD Components shall use FTS2000 for reference (f) long-haul telecommunications requirements within the 50 States, Guam, Puerto Rico, and the U.S. Virgin Islands unless an exception from the use of FTS2000 has been received from the GSA or the requirements are satisfied on a DoD common-user system without expenditure of additional appropriated funds.
		If a Component's requirement necessitates a DPA with or without an exception from the use of FTS2000, the Component is responsible for submitting the APR (which includes the FTS2000 exception) through its appropriate channels to the GSA.
		However, if only an FTS2000 exception is required, a designated agency representative from DISA's Defense Commercial Communications Office shall process the application to the GSA for the appropriate exception.
	www.dtic.mil /whs/directives/corres/text/i464014p.txt (3265 words)

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		DARs are bureau points of contact with the FTS2000 contractor for all ordering of FTS2000 network services and features, and are the only bureau personnel authorized to place service requests with the contractor.
		Unless an exception has been authorized, bureaus shall use the FTS2000 services to satisfy long distance voice, data, and video telecommunications requirements which are within the scope of the FTS2000 network.
		Telephone calling cards, including FTS2000 authorization codes, shall be issued on a controlled basis to employees whose duties require the placement of long distance calls from locations where Government©provided telephone service is not available.
	elips.doi.gov /elips/DM_word/2923.doc (6968 words)

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		FTS2000 provides the GSA with a variety of services including voice, data, and video services.
		Sprint was awarded 40 percent of FTS2000 services and has provided telecommunications services and features to 80 billable GSA agencies and sub-agencies for 10 years.
		The existing FTS2000 user location inventory X System will be a primary source of information used to establish the customer in the FTS2001 customer X and the Provisioning System.
	www.sprintbiz.com /government/fts2001/vol2/V2_App_D-1-4-REDACTED.doc (3108 words)

	CSTB Publication: Beyond FTS2000: A Program for Change
		This document was prepared to serve as background to the Federal Telecommunications System (FTS) and the FTS2000 project for non-government readers of the main report.
		In addition, this document was prepared as a self contained case study of the FTS2000 project conducted by the U.S. General Services Administration (GSA) to replace the Federal Telecommunications System -- the largest private telecommunications system in the world.
		The FTS2000 project was the largest non-DOD procurement in the history of the U.S. government.
	www7.nationalacademies.org /cstb/pub_beyondfts2000.html (165 words)

	264.4 - Domestic & International Electronic Mail (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-10)
		Mailing List - Group of FTS2000 Mail boxes sharing one common address to which a message can be sent to all members on the list at one time.
		However, there is a $3.50 per month charge for an enhanced mailbox for selected users to establish and manage shared folders.
		Examples are X.25, FTS2000 MAIL Dial, Packet Async Dial, etc.
	www.afm.ars.usda.gov /ppweb/264-04.HTM (1347 words)

	DOIM HOME PAGE
		Agencies do not have to issue orders to continue to receive offered FTS2000 services that they are receiving on December 6, 2000.
		Agencies will continue to be invoiced for all FTS2000 services for which they have not issued disconnect orders even if they are no longer using those services.
		Disconnect orders will have to be issued to ATandT for all FTS2000 services with an effective date prior to the end of the continuation period.
	www.army.mil /doim/FTS2000Continued_Dispatch.html (608 words)

	USDA / NITC Tactical Plan
		NITC is the only USDA organization with access to all FTS2000 service information, which provides us with the unique ability to monitor service changes initiated by agencies to ensure cost effective solutions are implemented by USDA agencies.
		Post FTS2000 Transition Planning - This task will adapt the USDA Network Analysis Process to the mix of services, providers, and tariffs of the Post FTS2000 contract, allowing analysis to be part of the decision process during transition.
		The FTS2000 follow-on project is currently defining the requirements for the replacement contract for FTS2000.
	www.usda.gov /da/infores/nitctact.htm (8471 words)

	Company News On Call
		The reduction will allow Sprint's FTS2000 customers to take advantage of the new contract's lower prices while they transition to the FTS2001 network.
		Tony D'Agata, vice president and general manager of Sprint Government Systems Division, said he hopes the lower rates will hasten the transition to the FTS2001 contract by offering federal agencies a glimpse of the savings the new contract will provide.
		The pricing, equivalent to rates proposed for the first and second years of the FTS2001 contract, are effective as of Sept. 1 and will be credited to customers' accounts retroactively.
	www.prnewswire.com /cgi-bin/stories.pl?ACCT=105&STORY=/www/story/11-15-1999/0001075458 (397 words)

	GSA Releases FTS2000 Cost Effectiveness Study (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-10)
		The report to Congress is on the cost effectiveness of the agency's Federal Telecommunications System 2000 (FTS2000) program, which provides long-distance telecommunications services to Federal agencies.
		The report compares FTS2000 prices with available public commercial prices negotiated by large corporations and finds that FTS2000 prices were competitive and, in the aggregate, the least expensive in the industry.
		The report states that the already excellent FTS2000 prices are further reduced in fiscal year 1998.
	www.gsa.gov /Portal/gsa/ep/contentView.do?pf=y&channelId=-13259&contentId=9203&programId=9404&pageTypeId=8199&contentType=GSA_BASIC&com.broadvision.session.new=Yes&P=XAE (228 words)

	Department of the Interior
		The report may be provided by a telephone company, FTS2000 contractor, or originate from GSA consolidated or bureau-managed telephone systems.
		Telephone calling cards, including FTS2000 authorization codes, shall be issued on a controlled basis to employees whose duties require the placement of long distance calls from locations where Government-provided telephone service is not available.
		By-pass approval may be obtained if a complete cost benefit analysis shows: (a) definite economic advantage, sufficient to sustain an OMB Circular A-76 scrutiny; (b) FTS2000 regulations are not circumvented; and, (c) State Public Utility Commission objection to the proposed intrastate by-pass network is unlikely.
	elips.doi.gov /elips/release/2923.htm (6937 words)

	AT&T Gets More Than Dial Tone in Fed Market
		McKeever also said that some of NASA’s telecom traffic is staying with ATandT, and suggested the company could obtain some other agency business as well, but she would not elaborate.
		Unlike FTS2000, "FTS2001 is not a mandatory contract, so the agencies are free to negotiate the best deal they can get.
		While WorldCom was not part of the FTS2000 contract, "MCI was always the third strong party that could snatch business" when the contract expired, she said.
	www.thecrawfordgroup.com /html/press/wt_06_05_00.html (931 words)

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