The Mission of NCI-Frederick Communications

NCI-Frederick Communications is comprised of the ABCC Networking Group and the LAN Office. Its mission is to provide assistance to all NCI-Frederick organizations in acquiring and maintaining Local Area Networks and in accessing Wide Area Network services such as Email and the Internet. Major responsibilities include coordinating all NCI-Frederick network infrastructure activities and implementing and supporting all new networks.

In coordinating network infrastructure activities, NCI-Frederick Communications handles requests for new networks as well as requests for network upgrades and enhancements at NCI-Frederick. The Communications Group also fields network-related problem reports.

While implementing and supporting new networks, the Communications Group handles cable-plant installation, workstation configuration, network server/network client configuration, and problem resolution.