Governmentwide Initiatives: Critical Issues Facing the Next Federal
Telecommunications System (Testimony, 05/03/94, GAO/T-AIMD-94-114).

In recent months, the General Services Administration (GSA) and the
Defense Department (DOD) have started to consolidate the acquisition of
telecommunications services for both the civil and defense agencies
within government.  Although GAO supports the consolidation and believes
that it could lead to a truly integrated, governmentwide
telecommunications system, several major issues must be addressed if the
effort is to be successful.  This testimony discusses (1) the progress
GSA has made in improving its overall management of the Federal
Telecommunications System (FTS) 2000; (2) DOD's efforts to reinvent the
way it manages its communications resources; and (3) the recent decision
by GSA and DOD to consolidate communications requirements for the
follow-on to FTS 2000.  GAO also touches on key issues that Congress and
the executive branch agencies will need to consider in planning for a
consolidated telecommunications acquisition.

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 REPORTNUM:  T-AIMD-94-114
     TITLE:  Governmentwide Initiatives: Critical Issues Facing the Next 
             Federal Telecommunications System
      DATE:  05/03/94
   SUBJECT:  Telecommunications operations
             Federal agencies
             Interagency relations
             Federal procurement
             Defense procurement
             Cost analysis
             Cost control
             Procurement evaluation
             ADP procurement
             Defense communications operations
IDENTIFIER:  FTS 2000
             FTS 2000 Price Redetermination/Service Reallocation
             Defense Information System Network
             Federal Telecommunications System 2000
             
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