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FOREST SERVICE MANUAL
SOUTHWESTERN REGION (REGION 3)
ALBUQUERQUE, NEW MEXICO
FSM 6600 – SYSTEMS MANAGEMENT
CHAPTER 6640 – TELECOMMUNICATIONS
Supplement No.: 6600-2001-3
Effective Date: August 22, 2001
Duration: This supplement is effective until superseded or removed.
Approved: DALE J. FABIAN
Deputy Regional Forester, Operations
Date Approved: 08/22/2001
Posting Instructions: Supplements are numbered consecutively by title and calendar year.
Post by document; remove the entire document and replace with this supplement. Retain this
transmittal as the first page(s) of this document. The last supplement to this title was 6600-20012 Transmittal.
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New Document(s):
2 Pages
Superseded Document(s)
(Amendment Number and
Effective Date)
Digest:
6640.42a
The Regional Forester, through the Deputy Regional Forester of
Operations, designates the Director of Information Resources
Management as the approving, and/or reviewing and recommending
official for alternative workplaces telecommunications plans and designs
under their authority.
The Government Paperwork Elimination Act guides the Region to
facilitate telecommunications in the broadest scope. This includes
promotion of electronic documents like online forms and formats that
have self evident preparation and use procedures, and that comply with
agency guidelines.
R3 SUPPLEMENT 6600-2001-3
EFFECTIVE DATE: 08/22/2001
DURATION: This supplement is effective until superseded or removed
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FSM 6600 – SYSTEMS MANAGEMENT
CHAPTER 6640 - TELECOMMUNICATIONS
6640.4 – RESPONSIBILITY
6640.42a – Regional Foresters, Station Directors, Area Director, and Institute
Director
The Regional Forester, through the Deputy Regional Forester of Operations, designates the
Director of Information Resources Management as the approving, and/or reviewing and
recommending official for alternative workplaces telecommunications plans and designs under
their authority.
The Government Paperwork Elimination Act guides the Region to facilitate telecommunications
in the broadest scope. This includes promotion of electronic documents like online forms and
formats that have self evident preparation and use procedures, and that comply with agency
guidelines.
1. Director, Information Resources Management. This Director is responsible for
determining information resources requirements to support telecommunications of an
alternative workplace. Participants’ full startup telecommunications costs may be $2,000
to $15,000, plus month-to-month expenses. Staff Directors and Forest Supervisors
should correspond (file code 6640) with the Director of IRM to determine IRM related
costs. IRM staff provides related support services for alternative workplaces.
Implementation of equipment and services at an alternative workplace may take 120
days.