Telecommunications

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116 agencies intend to extend Networx telecommunication contracts

USDA and NOAA are among the agencies that are taking advantage of the continuity of service agreements, giving them an extra year to complete their transition…

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A former Commerce official on the internet policy work yet to be done

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How to fix the festering problem of federal contact centers

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Army

Communication tech is changing what’s possible for troop connectivity

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Musurlian, Peter

New leadership at a group dedicated to helping the government with 5G technology

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National Science FoundationThyagarajan Nandagopal

National Science Foundation looking for a few good ideas for a whole new network

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.(AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis)In this April 7, 2021 photo, a senior receives the Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccine at the Aaron E. Henry Community Health Service Center, in Clarksdale, Miss. Medicare will require nursing homes to report COVID-19 vaccination rates for residents and staff, the government said Tuesday, in what officials hope will become an incentive to keep giving shots even as the worst ravages of the pandemic ease in facilities across the land.(AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis)

Federal employees can get time off if they have reaction to COVID-19 vaccine

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(Getty Images/Image Source/Image Source White)Businessman on phone

Whether on rotary or smart phone, citizens want to call you

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(Chinatopix via AP)In this April 18, 2007 photo, workers install the logo for ZTE, a leading Chinese communications company, on top of an office building in Nanjing in eastern China's Jiangsu province. Washington has imposed restrictions on the ability of one of China's biggest telecoms equipment makers, ZTE Corp., to use American components after concluding the state-owned company improperly exported U.S. technology to Iran. Sanctions that took effect Tuesday, March 8, 2016, were imposed after ZTE was found to be

Second stage of Chinese telecom ban producing unintended consequences

The ZTE, Huawei ban is proving challenging for vendors doing business in countries where China-built networks are almost literally the only way to connect…

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Sal DItri, National Spectrum Consortium

DoD taps National Spectrum Consortium to help develop 5G

For what they plan to do, Federal Drive with Tom Temin spoke to the vice president and general manager of the Consortium Sal D’Itri.

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(Getty Images/iStockphoto/Phototreat)Aerial of the Pentagon, the Department of Defense headquarters in Arlington, Virginia, near Washington DC, with I-395 freeway on the left, and the Air Force Memorial up middle.

NDAA includes more congressional oversight of OTAs

In today’s Federal Newscast, Congress wants more transparency about the use of Other Transaction Authority in Defense spending.

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