IFR ACFT WAS INSTRUCTED TO PROCEED DIRECT TO A VORTAC; BUT WAS UNABLE TO PICK UP SIGNAL . CTLR CHKS AND LEARNS THAT THE VORTAC IS NOTAMED OTS FOR MAINT. FACILITY HAD NO INFO ON OUTAGE.

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I WAS WORKING AS A RADAR CTLR WHEN A PLT ON AN IFR FLT PLAN NAVING DIRECT TO LGC VORTAC ADVISED THAT HE HAD LOST THE VOR 'AGAIN.' I ASSIGNED A HDG AND CALLED THE NEXT ARTCC SECTOR TO ADVISE THEM OF HIS HDG. THE ARTCC CTLR ADVISED ME THAT THE VORTAC WAS NOTAMED OUT FOR MAINT. YET ANOTHER INCIDENT WHERE WE WERE NOT ADVISED OF A PERTINENT NOTAM. LGC VORTAC IS IN OUR AIRSPACE AND WE RUN APCHS ON IT. THERE NEEDS TO BE A SYS BY WHICH ALL ATC FACILITIES CAN EASILY AND REGULARLY (AT LEAST DAILY) VERIFY ALL NOTAMS WHICH MAY AFFECT THEM. WE ARE SERVED BY 2 SEPARATE AUTOMATED FSS FACILITIES AND HAVE NUMEROUS ARPTS WHICH FALL INTO VARIOUS NOTAM FILES; SO IT IS IMPOSSIBLE TO CHK THEM ALL (INCLUDING L-NOTAMS; ESPECIALLY). TO FURTHER COMPLICATE IT; FDC NOTAMS ARE DISSEMINATED TO US THROUGH THE ARTCC; NOT AUTOMATED FSS. EVERY ATC FACILITY SHOULD GET A DAILY COMPUTER PRINTOUT OF ALL NOTAMS (FDC NOTAMS; D-NOTAMS; AND L-NOTAMS) WITHIN 100 NM OF THE FACILITY SO THE PERSONNEL ACTUALLY FAMILIAR WITH THE AREA CAN INSURE THAT THEY ARE ACCURATE AND THAT THOSE WHO NEED THEM HAVE THEM. CALLBACK CONVERSATION WITH RPTR REVEALED THE FOLLOWING INFO: RPTR STATES THAT FACILITY MGR IS AWARE OF PROB AND HAS ATTEMPTED TO TRACK IT DOWN BY CONTACTING THE OTHER FACILITIES INVOLVED; BUT IT IS STILL OCCURRING. RPTR SAYS THAT THIS IS A FAIRLY FREQUENT OCCURRENCE AND MAY BE COMPOUNDED BY HAVING 2 FSS'S WITHIN THEIR AIRSPACE; MACON AND ANNISTON; AND 1 CTR. NO UCR FILED OR OTHER ACTION TAKEN ON THIS AS FAR AS THE RPTR IS AWARE OF. RTPR BELIEVES THAT THE SOLUTION TO THE PROB IS TO REQUIRE ALL FSS'S TO FORWARD ALL NOTAMS TO AIR TFC FACILITIES WITHIN A 100 MI RADIUS. SUPPOSEDLY; ONE OF THE FSS'S HAS AGREED TO PROVIDE THE NOTAMS OVER THE LANDLINE WHENEVER THEY ARE REQUESTED; BUT WILL NOT PUT THEM ON THE FDIO PRINTER OR FAX THEM. IT APPEARS THAT THE PROBS CITED BY THE RPTR HAVE BEEN A FAILURE TO RELAY OR FOLLOW THROUGH ON THE DISSEMINATION OF INFO. HOWEVER; RPTR FEELS THAT AIR TFC FACILITIES NEED TO BE AWARE OF ALL NOTAMS WITHIN THEIR AIRSPACE AND THE SURROUNDING ADJACENT AREA.