United States Government Publishing Office publisher pbl distributor dst United States Government Accountability Office author aut Government Organization text government publication eng GAOREPORTS Legislative Agency Publications gao legislative 2010-08-12 U.S. Government Printing Office 2004-09-15 monographic deposited born digital 18 p. GA 1.13:GAO-04-1085T https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GAOREPORTS-GAO-04-1085T P0b002ee180389d31 f:d041085t DGPO 2010-08-12 2011-03-24 GAOREPORTS-GAO-04-1085T machine generated eng fdlp REPORT GAOREPORTS-GAO-04-1085T GAO-04-1085T Billing procedures Information technology Performance measures Satellites Service contracts Telecommunication Telecommunication industry Testimony A12486 The General Services Administration (GSA) has begun planning for a governmentwide telecommunications program known as Networx. GSA issued a request for information in October 2003 that proposed two acquisitions: Networx Universal, which was to provide a full range of national and international network services across the United States, and Networx Select, which was to provide agencies with leading-edge services with less extensive geographic coverage. Contracts under the Select acquisition were to be awarded 9 months after the Universal In February, we testified on GSA's initial plans and identified four key challenges GSA faced in ensuring a successful outcome for the program: structure and scheduling, transition planning, service inventories, and performance measures. At the committee's request, GAO assessed GSA's progress in addressing the challenges identified as well as GSA's efforts to address longstanding issues related to billing. https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GAOREPORTS-GAO-04-1085T/html/GAOREPORTS-GAO-04-1085T.htm https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GAOREPORTS-GAO-04-1085T/pdf/GAOREPORTS-GAO-04-1085T.pdf GAO-04-1085T https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GAOREPORTS-GAO-04-1085T Testimony GAO-04-1085T; Telecommunications: GSA Has Made Progress in Planning Governmentwide Program but Challenges Remain; Billing procedures Information technology Performance measures Satellites Service contracts Telecommunication Telecommunication industry