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 <volume>20</volume>
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 <title><![CDATA[Who&#146;s owner of FirstGov database? Not Uncle Sam]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[Millionaire philanthropist Eric Brewer owns the FirstGov database of federal Web sites&#151;and in 2003, he&#146;ll take it back.]]></description>
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 <volume>20</volume>
 <issue>24</issue>
 <title><![CDATA[People on the Move]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[James R. Clapper has been named director of the National Imagery and Mapping Agency, the first civilian to hold the post. He replaces Army Lt. Gen. James C. King, who will retire later this year.1]]></description>
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 <volume>20</volume>
 <issue>24</issue>
 <title><![CDATA[Tech group swings into fundraising]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[About 144 information technology professionals who are also members of the Women in Technology group in the Washington area took to the links earlier this month at the Westwood Country Club in Vienna, Va., for WIT&#146;s Second Annual Golf Tournament.]]></description>
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 <volume>20</volume>
 <issue>24</issue>
 <title><![CDATA[No more delays&#151;travel system is ready to go]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[The Pentagon has given the go-ahead for agencies to use the Defense Travel System now that technical problems and a protest that held up deployment have been resolved.]]></description>
 <link>http://www.gcn.com/print/20_24/16840-1.html?topic=&amp;CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
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 <volume>20</volume>
 <issue>24</issue>
 <title><![CDATA[Army flexes its signal power during exercise]]></title>
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 <volume>20</volume>
 <issue>24</issue>
 <title><![CDATA[INCOMING]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[Get it together. The Air Force&#146;s Air Mobility Command is using Unicenter TNG from Computer Associates International Inc. to consolidate its systems.]]></description>
 <link>http://www.gcn.com/print/20_24/16845-1.html?topic=&amp;CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
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 <volume>20</volume>
 <issue>24</issue>
 <title><![CDATA[Feds say virus threats keep them awake at night]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[What&#146;s in a name? Code Red, Kournikova, Melissa, I Love You? Whatever. To federal information technology managers, they&#146;re all names for malicious code, and that&#146;s what they worry about most, a GCN telephone survey on systems security found.]]></description>
 <link>http://www.gcn.com/print/20_24/16834-1.html?topic=&amp;CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
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 <volume>20</volume>
 <issue>24</issue>
 <title><![CDATA[Accounts Conceivable]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[Financial software serves many masters. It must first provide specific functionality for an agency, just as for any business use.]]></description>
 <link>http://www.gcn.com/print/20_24/16849-1.html?topic=&amp;CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
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 <volume>20</volume>
 <issue>24</issue>
 <title><![CDATA[Army plans to centralize IT management]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[The Army intends to centralize systems management at about two dozen major commands under the service&#146;s chief information officer, to designate a single authority to manage information dissemination and to set up accounts for all Army personnel on the agency&#146;s enterprise portal&#151;all by Oct. 1.]]></description>
 <link>http://www.gcn.com/print/20_24/16865-1.html?topic=&amp;CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
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 <volume>20</volume>
 <issue>24</issue>
 <title><![CDATA[USDA Web site lauded for data warehousing]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[The Agriculture Department&#146;s Lighthouse Project has won a first-place award for best practices in data warehousing from the Data Warehousing Institute of Seattle.]]></description>
 <link>http://www.gcn.com/print/20_24/16866-1.html?topic=&amp;CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
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 <volume>20</volume>
 <issue>24</issue>
 <title><![CDATA[Hackers mix it up at Los Alamos chemistry site]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[Hackers defaced an unclassified Web server on the publicly accessible network at Los Alamos National Laboratory during the weekend of Aug. 11.]]></description>
 <link>http://www.gcn.com/print/20_24/16867-1.html?topic=&amp;CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
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 <volume>20</volume>
 <issue>24</issue>
 <title><![CDATA[Pay.gov rings up its first $1b]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[In less than a year of operating its Pay.gov portal, the Treasury Department&#146;s Financial Management Service has collected $1 billion in fees, fines, leases, taxes and other electronic payments from citizens and businesses thorough the portal.]]></description>
 <link>http://www.gcn.com/print/20_24/16868-1.html?topic=&amp;CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
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 <volume>20</volume>
 <issue>24</issue>
 <title><![CDATA[CIO Council will fund eight e-gov portal projects]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[The Chief Information Officers Council this month announced that its electronic-government committee has approved $1.2 million to fund eight cross-agency Web portals.]]></description>
 <link>http://www.gcn.com/print/20_24/16869-1.html?topic=&amp;CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
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 <volume>20</volume>
 <issue>24</issue>
 <title><![CDATA[VA awards two services pacts for data center]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[The Veterans Affairs Department this month awarded a $650 million contract to Logicon Inc. and a $34.55 million contract to Research Dynamics Inc. for systems services at VA&#146;s Austin Automation Center.]]></description>
 <link>http://www.gcn.com/print/20_24/16870-1.html?topic=&amp;CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
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 <volume>20</volume>
 <issue>24</issue>
 <title><![CDATA[Military traffic command picks financial suite ]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[The Military Traffic Management Command will replace its 1970s proprietary financial system with an Oracle Corp. application.]]></description>
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 <volume>20</volume>
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 <title><![CDATA[DOE will do Windows for $20 million]]></title>
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 <volume>20</volume>
 <issue>24</issue>
 <title><![CDATA[INTERVIEW: Doug Walker, WRQ&#146;s chief bicyling commuter]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[Doug Walker is the Walker in Walker, Richer and Quinn Inc. of Seattle, now known as WRQ. As a co-founder and now chairman and chief executive officer, Walker has headed the privately held software company for 20 years.]]></description>
 <link>http://www.gcn.com/print/20_24/16829-1.html?topic=&amp;CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
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 <volume>20</volume>
 <issue>24</issue>
 <title><![CDATA[DID YOU HEAR]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[The hoax that wouldn&#146;t die. Off and on for years, the Internet has floated a rumor that the so-called Federal Bill 602P will impose a 5 cent alternative postage surcharge, collected by Internet service providers, for every e-mail sent. That&#146;s fiction, but the Postal Service&#146;s revenue loss to e-mail is fact.]]></description>
 <link>http://www.gcn.com/print/20_24/16862-1.html?topic=&amp;CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
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 <volume>20</volume>
 <issue>24</issue>
 <title><![CDATA[CROSSWORD]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[STORE IT]]></description>
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 <volume>20</volume>
 <issue>24</issue>
 <title><![CDATA[PACKET RAT]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[Unlike the industry that spawns it, the Rat never throws away any technology. He stockpiles it at the bottom of a drawer, behind the sofa or, in the case of some old AppleBus expansion cards, beneath a wobbly table ]]></description>
 <link>http://www.gcn.com/print/20_24/16864-1.html?topic=&amp;CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
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 <volume>20</volume>
 <issue>24</issue>
 <title><![CDATA[Current Issue Crossword/Puzzle]]></title>
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 <link>http://www.gcn.com/print/20_24/16886-1.html?topic=&amp;CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
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 <volume>20</volume>
 <issue>24</issue>
 <title><![CDATA[Leaving VA, Bubniak offers IT wisdom]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[Robert P. Bubniak ended what he called a long ride in public service last month when he retired as the associate deputy assistant secretary for telecommunications at the Veterans Affairs Department.]]></description>
 <link>http://www.gcn.com/print/20_24/16850-1.html?topic=&amp;CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
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 <volume>20</volume>
 <issue>24</issue>
 <title><![CDATA[OF THE PEOPLE]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[Many of us spend more than a third of our adult lives at work. If you subtract the time when we&#146;re asleep and just look at waking hours, you can see the magnitude of jobs and careers on the rhythm of our lives. Some people actually spend more time with their co-workers than they do with their families.]]></description>
 <link>http://www.gcn.com/print/20_24/16851-1.html?topic=&amp;CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
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 <volume>20</volume>
 <issue>24</issue>
 <title><![CDATA[CALENDAR]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[September 4-7 IRMCO Conference. Hershey, Pa. Contact General Services Administration; phone: 202-501-4298; e-mail: betty.moore@gsa.gov; Web: www.itpolicy.gsa.gov/irmco/irmco01.htm.]]></description>
 <link>http://www.gcn.com/print/20_24/16852-1.html?topic=&amp;CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
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 <volume>20</volume>
 <issue>24</issue>
 <title><![CDATA[NSF OKs supercomputer teragrid]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[The National Science Foundation has given a green light to what could be the largest supercomputing infrastructure ever.]]></description>
 <link>http://www.gcn.com/print/20_24/16873-1.html?topic=&amp;CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
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 <volume>20</volume>
 <issue>24</issue>
 <title><![CDATA[IG&#146;s qualms stall DOT financial system rollout]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[The Transportation Department has delayed the rollout of a new financial system based on critical findings by its inspector general.]]></description>
 <link>http://www.gcn.com/print/20_24/16874-1.html?topic=&amp;CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
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 <volume>20</volume>
 <issue>24</issue>
 <title><![CDATA[HUD plans for a major IT tune-up]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[The Housing and Urban Development Department next week plans to issue a final solicitation to overhaul and run HUD&#146;s systems infrastructure.]]></description>
 <link>http://www.gcn.com/print/20_24/16875-1.html?topic=&amp;CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
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 <volume>20</volume>
 <issue>24</issue>
 <title><![CDATA[Researcher gives voice to digital warfighting]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[When Lockwood Reed speaks, computers listen. Reed is project engineer of the interactive speech technology program for the Army&#146;s Communications-Electronics Command&#146;s Research, Development and Engineering Center (RDEC) at Fort Monmouth, N.J.]]></description>
 <link>http://www.gcn.com/print/20_24/16876-1.html?topic=&amp;CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
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 <volume>20</volume>
 <issue>24</issue>
 <title><![CDATA[DLA takes an industry approach to modernize, handle business on Web]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[With an aging work force and two increasingly expensive Cobol mainframe systems to maintain, the Defense Logistics Agency in 1998 turned to industry when it decided to modernize.]]></description>
 <link>http://www.gcn.com/print/20_24/16878-1.html?topic=&amp;CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
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 <volume>20</volume>
 <issue>24</issue>
 <title><![CDATA[&#145;Quick! The chief needs a new axle for the jeep&#146;]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[Even the most mobile military unit can be slowed by vehicle breakdowns, especially if supply lines for spare parts are sluggish.]]></description>
 <link>http://www.gcn.com/print/20_24/16879-1.html?topic=&amp;CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
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 <volume>20</volume>
 <issue>24</issue>
 <title><![CDATA[Where some the Defense Department&#146;s top systems projects stand]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[Defense Message System. On July 20, DISA began upgrading its backbone infrastructure to DMS Version 3.0, program manager Jerry Bennis said. The version is currently going through developmental testing. Last Friday, the version was scheduled for fielding at several operational test sites.]]></description>
 <link>http://www.gcn.com/print/20_24/16880-1.html?topic=&amp;CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
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 <volume>20</volume>
 <issue>24</issue>
 <title><![CDATA[Web software zeroes in on real-time]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[The Federal Aviation Administration recently began using aircraft situation displays at operational centers in Atlanta, Kansas City, Mo., and San Diego.]]></description>
 <link>http://www.gcn.com/print/20_24/16881-1.html?topic=&amp;CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
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 <volume>20</volume>
 <issue>24</issue>
 <title><![CDATA[USDA puts research on menu]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[The Agriculture Department last month launched a new Web site to provide information about food safety research.]]></description>
 <link>http://www.gcn.com/print/20_24/16882-1.html?topic=&amp;CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
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 <volume>20</volume>
 <issue>24</issue>
 <title><![CDATA[BTS releases nationwide geographic database]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[The Bureau of Transportation Statistics last month released a set of nationwide geographic information system data about transportation facilities.]]></description>
 <link>http://www.gcn.com/print/20_24/16883-1.html?topic=&amp;CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
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 <volume>20</volume>
 <issue>24</issue>
 <title><![CDATA[DOD wants to engage the future]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[The Defense Department&#146;s oft-stated vision for the future of combat thrusts information technology to the fore, embracing concepts such as network-centric warfare and digital battlefields.]]></description>
 <link>http://www.gcn.com/print/20_24/16884-1.html?topic=&amp;CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
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 <volume>20</volume>
 <issue>24</issue>
 <title><![CDATA[EDITORIAL]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[Government agencies could learn a lot from L.L. Bean.]]></description>
 <link>http://www.gcn.com/print/20_24/16831-1.html?topic=&amp;CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
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 <volume>20</volume>
 <issue>24</issue>
 <title><![CDATA[ANOTHER VIEW]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[Federal acquisitions typically begin with the development of a detailed statement of work and the assumption that the tighter the specifications, the better.]]></description>
 <link>http://www.gcn.com/print/20_24/16832-1.html?topic=&amp;CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
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 <volume>20</volume>
 <issue>24</issue>
 <title><![CDATA[Editorial Cartoon]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[For many managers, four words add up to fear: the General Accounting Office. But GAO auditors see their work as helping agencies get systems projects right.]]></description>
 <link>http://www.gcn.com/print/20_24/16835-1.html?topic=&amp;CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
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 <volume>20</volume>
 <issue>24</issue>
 <title><![CDATA[How do digital cameras fare? We find out by taking pictures]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[Digital cameras, whether professional-grade or point-and-shoot, have surpassed conventional film cameras in functionality. At the high end, digital is catching up with film in quality and price.]]></description>
 <link>http://www.gcn.com/print/20_24/16853-1.html?topic=&amp;CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
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 <volume>20</volume>
 <issue>24</issue>
 <title><![CDATA[Talk to Me]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[Public-safety workers depend on wireless devices despite their low bandwidth, spotty access and fragility.]]></description>
 <link>http://www.gcn.com/print/20_24/16836-1.html?topic=&amp;CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
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 <volume>20</volume>
 <issue>24</issue>
 <title><![CDATA[@INFO.POLICY]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[The latest development in the information policy world derives from language tacked onto the fiscal 2001 Treasury appropriations bill last year.]]></description>
 <link>http://www.gcn.com/print/20_24/16837-1.html?topic=&amp;CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
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 <volume>20</volume>
 <issue>24</issue>
 <title><![CDATA[Security holes limit federal use of wireless networks]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[Wireless networks are fast to set up and flexible enough to let workers roam through an office or campus.]]></description>
 <link>http://www.gcn.com/print/20_24/16838-1.html?topic=&amp;CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
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 <volume>20</volume>
 <issue>24</issue>
 <title><![CDATA[NOAA&#146;s satellite archive amasses environmental data]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[A National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration archive of environmental satellite data uses different types of storage for different data availability needs.]]></description>
 <link>http://www.gcn.com/print/20_24/16839-1.html?topic=&amp;CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
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 <volume>20</volume>
 <issue>24</issue>
 <title><![CDATA[CYBER EYE]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[A friend who manages a small network with three servers recently told me this tale of woe.]]></description>
 <link>http://www.gcn.com/print/20_24/16841-1.html?topic=&amp;CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
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 <volume>20</volume>
 <issue>24</issue>
 <title><![CDATA[Feds seek help in fending off cybercrimes]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[Thirteen years after the Defense Department established the first computer emergency response team, and three years after formation of the National Infrastructure Protection Center, white hats still are outgunned in the battle against cybercrime.]]></description>
 <link>http://www.gcn.com/print/20_24/16842-1.html?topic=&amp;CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
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 <volume>20</volume>
 <issue>24</issue>
 <title><![CDATA[NARA is nearly done with Web site snapshots ]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[Nearly all agencies have complied with the National Archives and Records Administration&#146;s program for saving snapshots of Clinton-era Web sites.]]></description>
 <link>http://www.gcn.com/print/20_24/16844-1.html?topic=&amp;CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
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 <volume>20</volume>
 <issue>24</issue>
 <title><![CDATA[Rumba upgrades PC-to-host apps]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[NetManage Inc.&#146;s PC-to-host access software, Rumba, now has Secure Sockets Layer 3.0 authentication and interactive help.]]></description>
 <link>http://www.gcn.com/print/20_24/16846-1.html?topic=&amp;CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
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 <volume>20</volume>
 <issue>24</issue>
 <title><![CDATA[Middleware gives apps common look]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[A legacy-to-Web middleware company has a software development environment that can unify browser client interfaces to multiple applications.]]></description>
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