Telecommunications: GSA Should Assess Agencies’ Effectiveness at Preventing Service Disruptions
What GAO Found The General Services Administration (GSA) is responsible for ensuring that federal agencies have access to telecommunications services. Six agencies GAO selected to review recently completed their transitions from expired, legacy telecommunications contracts to the replacement Enterprise Infrastructure Solutions (EIS) contract. However, their transitions were delayed by more than three years past GSA’s September 2022 revised deadline. Due to continued delays, GSA took actions to extend the service period of the legacy contracts until May 2026 at the latest to avoid service disruptions. The delays exposed the agencies to price increases due to the ability of vendors to raise p.
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What GAO Found The General Services Administration (GSA) is responsible for ensuring that federal agencies have access to telecommunications services.
Six agencies GAO selected to review recently completed their transitions from expired, legacy telecommunications contracts to the replacement Enterprise Infrastructure Solutions (EIS) contract.
However, their transitions were delayed by more than three years past GSA’s September 2022 revised deadline.
Due to continued delays, GSA took actions to extend the service period of the legacy contracts until May 2026 at the latest to avoid service disruptions.
The delays exposed the agencies to price increases due to the ability of vendors to raise p…
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