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Federal Telecommunications System 2000 (FTS2000) is a long distance telecommunications service for the United States federal government, including services such as switched voice service for voice or data up to 4.8 kb/s, switched data at 56 kb/s and 64 kb/s, switched digital integrated service for voice, data, image, and video up to 1.544 Mb/s, packet switched service for data in packet form, video transmission for both compressed and wideband video, and dedicated point-to-point private line for voice and data.


Note 1: Use of FTS2000 contract services is mandatory for use by U.S. Government agencies for all acquisitions subject to 40 U.S.C. 759.


Note 2: No U.S. Government information processing equipment or customer premises equipment other than that which are required to provide an FTS2000 service are furnished.


Note 3: The FTS2000 contractors will be required to provide service directly to an agency's terminal equipment interface. For example, the FTS2000 contractor might provide a terminal adapter to an agency location in order to connect FTS2000 ISDN services to the agency's terminal equipment.


Note 4: GSA awarded two 10-year, fixed-price contracts covering FTS2000 services on December 7, 1988.


Note 5: The Warner Amendment excludes the mandatory use of FTS2000 in instances related to maximum security.


Source: from Federal Standard 1037C and from the Federal Information Resources Management Regulation Title 41 CFR Chapter 201


FTS2000 was completed in 2000, and was replaced by FTS2001.


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Warner exemption - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (103 words)
In telecommunication, a Warner exemption is a statutory exemption pertaining to the acquisition of telecommunications systems that meet the exclusionary criteria of the Warner Amendment, Public Law 97-86, 1 December 1981, which is also known as the Brooks Bill.
Use of FTS2000 by U.S. Government agencies is mandatory when telecommunications are required.
However, the Warner Amendment excludes the mandatory use of FTS2000 in instances related to maximum security.
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