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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, [email protected] (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, 
[email protected], 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 
[email protected] 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 
[email protected] 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 [email protected]. July 29, 1994--Government 
plans to make available the comments received June 24, 1994, via the 
Internet address [email protected] 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 
[email protected] 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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