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 2006-06-06 monographic deposited born digital 62 p. GA 1.13:GAO-06-476 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GAOREPORTS-GAO-06-476 P0b002ee180394ec1 f:d06476 DGPO 2010-08-12 2011-03-23 GAOREPORTS-GAO-06-476 machine generated eng fdlp REPORT GAOREPORTS-GAO-06-476 GAO-06-476 Contract administration Federal procurement Federal procurement policy Government contracts Telecommunications Strategic planning Lessons learned Interagency relations Other Written Product A55180 With the current governmentwide telecommunications contracts set to expire, the General Services Administration's (GSA) Federal Technology Service (FTS) and its customer agencies must prepare to transition their services to a new contract vehicle. The previous federal effort to transition telecommunications services proved to be a large, complex task. GAO was asked to determine to what extent (1) selected agencies used sound practices in preparing for the transition and (2) GSA's FTS has prepared for the transition by addressing previous lessons learned and providing agencies with guidance on sound transition planning. https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GAOREPORTS-GAO-06-476/html/GAOREPORTS-GAO-06-476.htm https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GAOREPORTS-GAO-06-476/pdf/GAOREPORTS-GAO-06-476.pdf GAO-06-476 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GAOREPORTS-GAO-06-476 Other Written Product GAO-06-476; Telecommunications: Full Adoption of Sound Transition Planning Practices by GSA and Selected Agencies Could Improve Planning Efforts; Contract administration Federal procurement Federal procurement policy Government contracts Telecommunications Strategic planning Lessons learned Interagency relations