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consist of three main types of components: access lines, which are electrical connections from the building to the local phone company's office; switches, which route calls according to the number dialed; and long-distance electrical connections between the switches. All these electrical connections are usually-termed circuits (they go to and from a pair of locations)
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SOURCE: Information Resources Management Servic'e', General Servic-es Administration, internal presentation materials, 1987.
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SOURCE: Information Resources Management- Service, General Services Administration, internal presentation materials, 1987.
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SOURCE: Information Resources Management Service, General Services Administration, internal presentation materials, 1987.
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In retrospect, this was typical of the time, with major companies extending into new areas, using untried technology, and doing so in an industry that was undergoing major organizational upheavals.
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, the government's supplies buyer; and the Information Resources Management Service (IRMS) , the government's computer and telecommunications manager.
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Grad le Vice President, Government Communications American Telephone ant Telegraph Company 1120 20th Street, NW Washington, DC 20036 Dea r M - e: Thank you for your prompt reply to my letter. Bowever, I must tell you in all frankness I do not feel at all comfortable with your response.
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The FTS was operating at 1.5 billion call minutes, that is, at an average of 30 cents/minute. Figure 2-2 shows that as a major user leaves the network the cost per minute goes up for the remaining users and that, in fact, the U.S.
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SOURCE: Information Resources Management Service, General Services Administration, internal presentation materials, 1986.
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Postal Seance = $4.0 minion FIGURE 232 As a major user leaves, the average cost per minute goes up SOURCE: Information Resources Management Service, General Services Administration, internal presentation materials, 1987.
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SOURCE: Information Resources Management Service, General Services Administration, internal presentation materials, 1987.
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FIGURE 2-4 The old FTS: You can pay for it inequitably. SOURCE: ; Information Resources Management Service, General Services Administration, internal presentation materials, 1987.
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FIGURE 2-5 The old FTS: You can pay for it equitably. SOURCE: Information Resources Management Service, General Services Administration, internal presentation materials, 1987.
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The right balance is hard to achieve: if the procurement staff dominate, the program strategy may suffer and innovation be stifled; if the programmatic staff dominate, the procurement may be legally flawed. Chapter 3 1.
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In addition see typical press articles: Wilke, John, 1985, "Uncle Sam Plans the Biggest Phone Deal Ever," Business Reek, February 18; Tucker, Elizabeth, 1985, "Bidding to Open on U.S. Phone Contract," Washington Post , February 12; Anderson, Kevin, 1985, "GSA Briefs Potential Phone Bidders," USA Today, February 14.
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It is premature to begin a procurement of this magnitude, which could def ine the structure of Federal telecommunications for the next 20 years, without a thorough policy and budgetary review by OMB, the. user agencies, and the Department of Justice.
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Kline had been deputy administrator to Carmen and was a member of the permanent civil service unconnected with the Reagan administration. From his retirement in April 1985 to Golden's arrival in June the acting administrator was Dwight Ink, a past deputy administrator and also a member of the permanent civil service unconnected with the Reagan administration.
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20405 Dear Jerry: EXECUTIVE OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT OFFICE Of MANAGEMENT AND BUDGET WASHINGTON, D.C. 20503 December 14, 1983 | TO I Recjd ~ Due/ Coord withy Hi__ Signature of__ Appro Act ions Information Cy of Reply to _ ~ Infusion ~~> Aqua I was pleased to learn from you that we are in basic agreement that the market situation and rapid pace of-technol require an examination of alternative approaches to securing Federal long distance telecommunications service.
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Recently, Mrs. Homer's office published a notice in the Federal Register relating to individual agencies' procurements of long distance telecommunications services.
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Hence agencies were to be given free choice about participation in the contract. FIRMR Bulletin 29, Changes to Federal Telecommunications System (FTS)
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contract for phone system valued at $4.5 billion," Call Street Journal, July 25 ; Washington Post, December 10 , 1986, "AT&T, Boeing join forces on phone contract bid"; The New York Times, December 10, 1986, "AT&T to join Boeing in bid." 4. The final draft REP released for comment was: Information Resources Management Service, 1986.
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Telecommunications Reports, July 13, 1987, "US Sprint will not bid FTS2000 project." 11. The initial REP stated only, "The ~ ~ ~ ~ _of an indefinite quantity fixed price with economic price adjustments type of contract resulting from this solicitation." Amendment 1, March 31, 1987, clarified GSA's intentions and created clause L.7.d as follows: 1 community Richter, more government contemplates award with economic price adjustments Each offeror, at the time it submits its offer, must certify that its proposal does not constitute a common carrier service subject to the Federal Communications Commission (FCC)
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See Cauley, 1987, "Senate probing GSA phone contract," Washington Times , July 15; and Bonafield, "Senate revisits FTS plan," Communications Week, June 20.
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Sprint's reason: If GSA acceded to Brooks's demands for two network winners, US Sprint would have time to find a partner and submit a bid. See Davis and Jeanne Saddler, 1987, "GSA reversal on phone pact revives bidding chances for EDS, US Sprint," Call Street Journal , September 28, which says "Sprint, which started as a Dallas based company, has been lobbying Rep.
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34. For a good survey of the various points of view of all parties on splitting the network see Telecommunications Reports, August 10, 1987, "Brooks advocacy of split contract." For a good survey of the difference between Brooks' and Golden's positions see Havemann, 1987, "For phone contractors a busy signal," Washington Post, August 26.
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SOURCE: SRA Corporation for General Services Administration, internal modelling results, 1987 .
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and how many customers shared office facilities (and so were served by the same local switch, requiring provision of two sets of access lines)
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Sources of quotes in order, see: Cauley, 1987, "GSA granted delay in bid protest," Washington Times, November 24; Epstein, 1987, "Bribery suspected in U.S. phone contract," Cleveland Plain Dealer, December 4; Sims, 1987, "Federal investigators looking into charges of corruption: U.S.
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divides huge contract for FTS2000," Call Street Journal, December 8; Burgess, John, 1988, "US Sprint, AT&T win phone deal," Washington Post, December 8; Telecommunications Reports, December 12, 1988, "AT&T team, US Sprint sign record contracts for FTS2000 networks"; Jackson, Kelly, 1988, "AT&T, Sprint victors in FTS2000 contest," Communications Seek, December 12; Rivenbark, Leigh, 1988, "Sprint, AT&T win FTS2000," Federal Computer Week, December 12; Taff, Anita, 1988, "AT&T, US Sprint win coveted fed net deal," Network World, December 12.
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