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PURPOSE. This order provides direction for managing all telecommunications requirements for the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) to ensure costs remain affordable, and to establish the Telecommunications Services Office, within Technical Operations Air Traffic Control (ATC) Communications Program Directorate, as the sole telecommunications service provider for the agency. Immediate action is required to manage the critical funding shortfalls in the Leased Telecommunications Budget. This order documents an already established process for approving and funding new or expanded telecommunications services. It also requires operations (OPS) funded user organizations to provide all funds for all new telecommunications requirements from the date of service delivery until the necessary operational funds to sustain the new services are provided in the Leased Telecommunications Budget.