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D -- RELEASE OF THE ``REVISED POST-FTS2000 PROGRAM STRATEGY Contact Carolyn Thomas (703) 827-5106; Margaret Fischer (703) 883-3363/Contracting Officer, Barbara R. Norsworthy, (703) 827-5188. The Federal government currently satisfies its intercity telecommunications requirements through the Federal Telecommunications System 2000 (FTS2000) contracts. The contracts will expire in December 1998. As a part of the continuing, open discussion related to the provision of telecommunications services in the Post-FTS2000 environment, the government intends to make the following information available to the public: ``Revised Post-FTS2000 Program Strategy.'' This document supersedes Section 7 of the ``Post-FTS2000 Program Strategy,'' which was published in December 1994. In formulating the revisions to the strategy, we paid close attention to the voluminous comments and feedback from industry, government, and other interested parties, responding to the strategy and draft RFPs. We have also considered changes in the telecommunications environment which have transpired since December 1994. These changes include reorganization of the General Services Administration's telecommunications functions into the Federal Telecommunications Service, passage of the Telecommunications Reform Act, further evolution of the government's telecommunications requirements, and the continued success of the FTS2000 program, as demonstrated by the significant price reductions stemming from last year's Price Redetermination and Service Reallocation action. This document will be available on the Internet, via the World Wide Web, on or about February 16, 1996, in Word Perfect 5.1 and Microsoft Word 6.0 format at the following site: http://post.fts2k.gsa.gov. A copy of the document will be mailed to industry on the bidders list for the Telecommunications Services (Draft RFP No. KEF-95-BN-000A) or Technical and Management Support (Draft RFP No. KEF-95-TB-000B) RFPs. Questions concerning this notice may be directed to Barbara Norsworthy, Contracting Officer, on (703) 827-5188. (043)

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