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Continued Review of the Tax Systems Modernization of the Internal Revenue Service Final Report (1996) / Chapter Skim
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6. Telecommunications
Pages 66-70

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From page 66...
... ; · Telecommunications planning within the IRS needs to be improvecl, including development of a comprehensive plan for using the TCS to achieve TSM goals; and · Detailed response time analysis is needed, including analysis of the delays associated with the security architecture. Incleed, since the committee's October 1994 interim report, which highlighted the need for both contingency planning to accommodate TCS schedule slippage and telecommunications response time analysis,2 the most significant change in TSM from a telecommunications perspective appears to have been further slippage of TCS procurement.
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From page 67...
... The very general nature of the IRS/Department of the Treasury responses cited above and the level of discussion in the TTP, particularly in light of the committee's comments in its interim report, have increased the committee's level of concern about TCS schedule and scope, TSM telecommunications management, response times, and security. TCS SCHEDULE AND SCOPE The TCS procurement is a critical part of the infrastructure needed to support TSM systems and applications.
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From page 68...
... In contrast, the IRS has not yet defined an organization at a similar level to manage telecommunications issues.4 The lack of an organization in the past is somewhat understandable, but as the IRS modernizes itself into an organization using modern telephone and data communications, solid telecommunications management is needecl. At a minimum, the following telecommunications issues must be addressed by high-level IRS managers, TSM developers, and telecommunications specialists: · Development of a comprehensive plan for migrating from CON to TCS; · Analysis of future telecommunications costs for all TSM systems and applications; and · Development of a detailed telecommunications model to allow analysis of performance and security issues.
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From page 69...
... IRS directly, or through the Integrated Support Contract, should take prompt steps to establish and benefit from such a group in advance of major TSM deployment activities. TELECOMMUNICATIONS CONNECTIVITY VERSUS SECURITY Both the TCS and the telecommunications planning for TSM reflect a telecommunications architecture of potential universal connectivity.
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