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The Agency TMACO is designated within each
mission area/agency and is empowered to control the ordering
and to provide oversight when ordering network (access)
services;
coordinates the mission area/agency's efforts
to achieve the goals of the TNSMP;
reviews telecom service and equipment acquisitions to ensure
that they are supported by documented business needs, that
proper technical analysis has been done, and that service
aggregation alternatives have received thorough consideration;
is the agency liaison for the mission area/agency on matters
relating to TNSMP and will act as the USDA/OCIO/NTSO's single
point of contact, regarding telecommunications;
maintains the appropriate records for telecommunication services
and equipment justifications that provide the basis for NTSO's
assessment of current and future telecommunications management
issues and initiatives;
serves as the signature authority to approve the ordering
of network (access) and telecommunications services and equipment;
facilitates the engineering of network access arrangements
guaranteeing that they meet mission area/agency business requirements
and comply with Departmental regulations and fit within the
USDA IT architecture;
maintains the contents of the agency's telecommunications
Forecast/Inventory/Reporting (FIR) databases;
analyzes opportunities for aggregating existing or planned
agency network access services and equipment via the FIR database;
provides telecommunication recommendations and operational
guidance to the Dedicated Agency Representatives (DAR) (s);
maintains cost/benefit analyses, and all other documentation
pertinent to the agency's decision for implementing telecommunications
services and equipment, and ensuring the most cost-effective
solution for program delivery within USDA, while ensuring
agency compliance with USDA standards of operations.
Questions relating to the TNSMP, and USDA telecommunications
and operations should be directed to agency TMACOs or:
Primary Contact
Stephen Weinert at Stephen.weinert@usda.gov 970-295-5258,
Backup Contact
Paul Jurasin at Paul.Jurasin@usda.gov
970-295-5220.
http://www.ocio.usda.gov/tso/tmaco_index.html
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