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B-146864 1 (1971-02-18)

handle is hein.gao/gaobaafmd0001 and id is 1 raw text is: UNITED STATES GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE WASHINGTON, D.C. 20548 DEFENSE DIVISION .2 B-146864 FEB 18 1971 The Honorable III hI/II lllllllllIII The Secretary of Defense LM095714 Attention: Assistant to the Secretary of Defense (Telecommunications) Dear Mr. Secretary: We are examining into savings possible through the use of the Federal Telecommunications System (FTS)telephone net- work by Department of Defense (DOD) installations. Our re- view is to determine whether increased use of FTS by DOD would reduce Government telecommunications costs. This let- ter presents the results of our review to date. We request your comments on our findings and your answers to certain questions concerning DOD communications policy, as we inter- pret it. COMPARISON OF AUTOVON AND FTS SERVICE The Automatic Voice Network (AUTOVON) is the principal long-distance voice communications network of DOD. It is de- signed to handle essential command operations, intelligence, logistics, and administrative traffic. It offers special technical features, such as alternate routing for increased survivability and multilevel precedence service for priority- call override of other calls. Because AUTOVON is designed to serve DOD activities, service over the system is usually con- fined to traffic between locations of these activities. Com- pletion of AUTOVON calls to nonsubscribers, off-network, is permitted; but, since AUTOVON is limited to the local-dialing areas of existing AUTOVON switchboards, many locations can- not be reached. As a result we find that commercial long- distance facilities provide the only means of reaching many locations called by DOD activities. The FTS telephone network, which is managed by the Gen- eral Services Administration (GSA), serves executive agen- (7 cies and departments, including DOD. It is i ned to 50TH ANNIVERSARY 1921-1971

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