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 <title><![CDATA[NIST team sees in stereo]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[A team of computer scientists at the National Institute of Standards and Technology is inventing new ways to study the most common&#151;and the rarest&#151;substances on Earth.]]></description>
 <link>http://www.gcn.com/print/20_25/16941-1.html?topic=&amp;CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
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 <volume>20</volume>
 <issue>25</issue>
 <title><![CDATA[USPS ships out its telecom]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[Despite the General Services Administration&#146;s best intentions of providing agencies with low-cost local telecommunications services through the Metropolitan Area Acquisitions, agencies are looking elsewhere for better deals.]]></description>
 <link>http://www.gcn.com/print/20_25/16942-1.html?topic=&amp;CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
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 <volume>20</volume>
 <issue>25</issue>
 <title><![CDATA[White House to relaunch site]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[The White House Web site, launched with great hoopla in 1994, underwent a dramatic makeover this year when President Bush took office. Now, a second relaunch is imminent.]]></description>
 <link>http://www.gcn.com/print/20_25/16943-1.html?topic=&amp;CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
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 <volume>20</volume>
 <issue>25</issue>
 <title><![CDATA[People on the Move]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[President Bush plans to nominate Arden Bement Jr. to be director of the National Institute of Standards and Technology.]]></description>
 <link>http://www.gcn.com/print/20_25/16914-1.html?topic=&amp;CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
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 <volume>20</volume>
 <issue>25</issue>
 <title><![CDATA[At NIST, seeing the future is all in a day&#146;s work]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[Researchers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology recently showed off their Smart Space Laboratory, where they evaluate new methods of pervasive computing and human-computer interaction.]]></description>
 <link>http://www.gcn.com/print/20_25/16915-1.html?topic=&amp;CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
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 <volume>20</volume>
 <issue>25</issue>
 <title><![CDATA[Committee: Cut jobs, raise salaries]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[Thousands of Pentagon acquisition workers could lose their jobs if a provision passed by a key House committee is approved by Congress this fall.]]></description>
 <link>http://www.gcn.com/print/20_25/16905-1.html?topic=&amp;CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
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 <volume>20</volume>
 <issue>25</issue>
 <title><![CDATA[Army simulations gain speed with move to Linux]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[The Army&#146;s Simulation, Training and Instrumentation Command has found a home for its advanced simulation software, moving it to Linux following the obsolescence of its VAX systems.]]></description>
 <link>http://www.gcn.com/print/20_25/16906-1.html?topic=&amp;CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
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 <volume>20</volume>
 <issue>25</issue>
 <title><![CDATA[Let the games begin]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[The Corps Battle Simulation program simulates battle conditions on a theaterwide basis, with live people taking the command posts.]]></description>
 <link>http://www.gcn.com/print/20_25/16907-1.html?topic=&amp;CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
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 <volume>20</volume>
 <issue>25</issue>
 <title><![CDATA[FAA lets fly with version of STARS]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[The Federal Aviation Administration this summer has been getting its billion-dollar, five-year-old Standard Terminal Automation Replacement System program off the ground.]]></description>
 <link>http://www.gcn.com/print/20_25/16895-1.html?topic=&amp;CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
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 <volume>20</volume>
 <issue>25</issue>
 <title><![CDATA[Thin clients climb back into the ring]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[The battle between fat PCs and thin clients is on again. Let&#146;s start with the tale of the tape:]]></description>
 <link>http://www.gcn.com/print/20_25/16908-1.html?topic=&amp;CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
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 <volume>20</volume>
 <issue>25</issue>
 <title><![CDATA[New from Corel: an XP-to-2002 suite patch]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[The new Corel WordPerfect Office 2002 suite, reviewed recently by GCN [GCN, July 2, Page 36], has a patch so that users can properly load files from rival product Microsoft Office XP.]]></description>
 <link>http://www.gcn.com/print/20_25/16920-1.html?topic=&amp;CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
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 <volume>20</volume>
 <issue>25</issue>
 <title><![CDATA[GSA finds feds pay SmartPay bills on time]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[Almost all government employees who hold SmartPay credit cards have been paying their bills on time, the General Services Administration found in its most recent delinquency report.]]></description>
 <link>http://www.gcn.com/print/20_25/16921-1.html?topic=&amp;CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
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 <volume>20</volume>
 <issue>25</issue>
 <title><![CDATA[House builds an XML foundation]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[The House of Representatives has drafted 110 Extensible Markup Language document type definitions for its legislative activities.]]></description>
 <link>http://www.gcn.com/print/20_25/16922-1.html?topic=&amp;CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
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 <volume>20</volume>
 <issue>25</issue>
 <title><![CDATA[MAA reaches out and touches 21st metro area ]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[The General Services Administration has awarded contracts for local telecommunications in San Antonio to Southwestern Bell Telephone Co. and Winstar Communications Inc. of New York.]]></description>
 <link>http://www.gcn.com/print/20_25/16924-1.html?topic=&amp;CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
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 <volume>20</volume>
 <issue>25</issue>
 <title><![CDATA[Energy spends on high-end software tests ]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[The Energy Department this month parceled out $57 million for computational research via its new Scientific Discovery through Advanced Computing program.]]></description>
 <link>http://www.gcn.com/print/20_25/16925-1.html?topic=&amp;CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
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 <volume>20</volume>
 <issue>25</issue>
 <title><![CDATA[HistoryWired is a big hit with virtual crowd]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[In the first five days after its Aug. 15 debut, the Smithsonian Institution&#146;s new HistoryWired online exhibit drew 92,000 visitors to historywired.si.edu.]]></description>
 <link>http://www.gcn.com/print/20_25/16926-1.html?topic=&amp;CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
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 <volume>20</volume>
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 <title><![CDATA[GPRA study reveals a failure to communicate]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[Although federal research managers have attempted to comply with the 1993 Government Performance and Results Act, they often fail to communicate effectively with oversight panels, a study concluded this month.]]></description>
 <link>http://www.gcn.com/print/20_25/16927-1.html?topic=&amp;CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
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 <volume>20</volume>
 <issue>25</issue>
 <title><![CDATA[Health site looks at drug use on the job]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration has launched a Web site to help agencies and companies prevent drug abuse among their workers.]]></description>
 <link>http://www.gcn.com/print/20_25/16928-1.html?topic=&amp;CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
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 <volume>20</volume>
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 <title><![CDATA[INTERVIEW: Vice Adm. Richard Mayo, the Navy&#146;s IT frontiersman]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[Vice Adm. Richard Mayo, a native of Falls Church, Va., grew up not far from Ground Zero, the Pentagon.]]></description>
 <link>http://www.gcn.com/print/20_25/16894-1.html?topic=&amp;CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
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 <volume>20</volume>
 <issue>25</issue>
 <title><![CDATA[DID YOU HEAR]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[Do you like your wireless phone better than your microwave? Now, what kind of question is that? Turns out Verizon Wireless of Bedminster, N.J., wants to hear from wireless phone users about their habits.]]></description>
 <link>http://www.gcn.com/print/20_25/16916-1.html?topic=&amp;CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
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 <volume>20</volume>
 <issue>25</issue>
 <title><![CDATA[FIND A WORD]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[GOVERNMENT BY THE ELECTRONS]]></description>
 <link>http://www.gcn.com/print/20_25/16917-1.html?topic=&amp;CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
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 <volume>20</volume>
 <issue>25</issue>
 <title><![CDATA[PACKET RAT]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[Few moviegoers can enjoy any film that involves technology if they have the misfortune to be seated alongside the Rat. So it was with some trepidation that his spouse agreed on a family outing to see &#147;Planet of the Apes.&#148;]]></description>
 <link>http://www.gcn.com/print/20_25/16918-1.html?topic=&amp;CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
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 <volume>20</volume>
 <issue>25</issue>
 <title><![CDATA[Current Issue Crossword/Puzzle]]></title>
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 <link>http://www.gcn.com/print/20_25/16919-1.html?topic=&amp;CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
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 <volume>20</volume>
 <issue>25</issue>
 <title><![CDATA[Marines adopt IT blueprint]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[As Marine Corps Commandant Gen. James L. Jones put it recently, speed on today&#146;s battlefield is driven by the military&#146;s communications connectivity.]]></description>
 <link>http://www.gcn.com/print/20_25/16910-1.html?topic=&amp;CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
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 <volume>20</volume>
 <issue>25</issue>
 <title><![CDATA[FEDERAL CONTRACT LAW]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[In 1984, competition was so important to federal procurement that it was the first word in the landmark Competition in Contracting Act. But recently, competition&#146;s prominence has waned as a fundamental goal of procurement.]]></description>
 <link>http://www.gcn.com/print/20_25/16911-1.html?topic=&amp;CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
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 <volume>20</volume>
 <issue>25</issue>
 <title><![CDATA[CALENDAR]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[10 Section 508 and You: Answers to Your Questions. Seminar. Washington. Contact Government Computer News; phone: 301-650-2101; e-mail: Section508@postnewsweektech.]]></description>
 <link>http://www.gcn.com/print/20_25/16912-1.html?topic=&amp;CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
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 <volume>20</volume>
 <issue>25</issue>
 <title><![CDATA[Panel: Monitor Internet use by employees, judges]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[Employees and judges at the nation&#146;s federal courts soon might face computer use monitoring.]]></description>
 <link>http://www.gcn.com/print/20_25/16929-1.html?topic=&amp;CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
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 <volume>20</volume>
 <issue>25</issue>
 <title><![CDATA[Federal courts consider putting cases on the Web]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[A committee of federal judges this month recommended that most federal court case files be available online to the same extent they are in courthouses, with some restrictions.]]></description>
 <link>http://www.gcn.com/print/20_25/16930-1.html?topic=&amp;CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
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 <volume>20</volume>
 <issue>25</issue>
 <title><![CDATA[Digital-signature app lets DOD users work their way up to PKI]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[For David White, electronic-signature capability is sometimes a matter of life or death. For Carl Saenz, it&#146;s a matter of convenience.]]></description>
 <link>http://www.gcn.com/print/20_25/16931-1.html?topic=&amp;CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
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 <volume>20</volume>
 <issue>25</issue>
 <title><![CDATA[Is the FirstGov playing field level?]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[The General Services Administration&#146;s acceptance of the FirstGov search engine as a gift from philanthropist Eric Brewer &#147;shelters all the information from current law.&#148; Or so says David LeDuc, manager of public policy at the Software and Information Industry Association of Washington.]]></description>
 <link>http://www.gcn.com/print/20_25/16932-1.html?topic=&amp;CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
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 <volume>20</volume>
 <issue>25</issue>
 <title><![CDATA[Thrift revamp begins anew]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[Materials, Communication and Computers Inc. expects to finish its analysis of the computerized record-keeping system for the Thrift Savings Plan by September and begin upgrading it, but the company will likely have to start the project from scratch, an official with the Federal Retirement Thrift Investment Board said.]]></description>
 <link>http://www.gcn.com/print/20_25/16933-1.html?topic=&amp;CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
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 <volume>20</volume>
 <issue>25</issue>
 <title><![CDATA[Agencies can now name names]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[Shakespeare asked, &#147;What&#146;s in a name?&#148; To 28 federal agencies that use the Interagency Border Inspection System (IBIS), it&#146;s a particularly vexing question.]]></description>
 <link>http://www.gcn.com/print/20_25/16934-1.html?topic=&amp;CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
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 <volume>20</volume>
 <issue>25</issue>
 <title><![CDATA[As promised, Bush orders less standby power use]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[President Bush recently made good on his promise to instruct agencies to buy equipment that uses less electrical power while switched off.]]></description>
 <link>http://www.gcn.com/print/20_25/16935-1.html?topic=&amp;CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
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 <volume>20</volume>
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 <title><![CDATA[Give In-Q-Tel more time, review panel says]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[An independent panel evaluating the CIA&#146;s information technology incubator said that although it is too early to make a final judgment, In-Q-Tel should be given a chance to prove itself.]]></description>
 <link>http://www.gcn.com/print/20_25/16936-1.html?topic=&amp;CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
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 <volume>20</volume>
 <issue>25</issue>
 <title><![CDATA[Customs will e-mail personnel change info]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[The Customs Service will retire its decades-old SF-50 personnel action form in October.]]></description>
 <link>http://www.gcn.com/print/20_25/16937-1.html?topic=&amp;CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
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 <volume>20</volume>
 <issue>25</issue>
 <title><![CDATA[Reviews mixed on security, staffing]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[Several federal departments received mixed grades from the General Accounting Office for the work force management and information security strategies outlined in their fiscal 2002 performance plans.]]></description>
 <link>http://www.gcn.com/print/20_25/16938-1.html?topic=&amp;CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
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 <volume>20</volume>
 <issue>25</issue>
 <title><![CDATA[Scanning shortens time and lines at embassy in Mexico]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[The U.S. embassy in Mexico City is saving three to five hours a day by processing visas with a system that captures and stores handwritten applications and color photos.]]></description>
 <link>http://www.gcn.com/print/20_25/16939-1.html?topic=&amp;CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
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 <volume>20</volume>
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 <title><![CDATA[VA wants to get  more out of DSS]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[The Veterans Affairs Department is  creating a business plan to ensure that its Decision Support System is fully used in both clinical and financial areas.]]></description>
 <link>http://www.gcn.com/print/20_25/16940-1.html?topic=&amp;CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
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 <volume>20</volume>
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 <title><![CDATA[EDITORIAL]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[Fundamentally, I like Rep. Tom Davis&#146; idea of information technology types in government and industry swapping jobs.]]></description>
 <link>http://www.gcn.com/print/20_25/16897-1.html?topic=&amp;CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
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 <volume>20</volume>
 <issue>25</issue>
 <title><![CDATA[LETTERS TO THE EDITOR]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[In the column &#147;Federal job seekers often get a bad impression&#148; [GCN, July 16, Page 32], Walt Houser hit the nail right on the head. As a retiring member of the military soon to enter the civilian job market, I have dealt with both private-sector and government employment procedures, and the contrast is striking.]]></description>
 <link>http://www.gcn.com/print/20_25/16898-1.html?topic=&amp;CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
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 <volume>20</volume>
 <issue>25</issue>
 <title><![CDATA[Notebooks ready to take the high ground]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[Offices with desktop PCs strewn from end to end are becoming ever more obsolete. Even the most basic notebooks can perform typical office functions as well as their desktop counterparts.]]></description>
 <link>http://www.gcn.com/print/20_25/16909-1.html?topic=&amp;CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
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 <volume>20</volume>
 <issue>25</issue>
 <title><![CDATA[Model Builder]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[To show the Office of Management and Budget what they&#146;re doing and how much it costs taxpayers, several agencies use a PC suite that pulls together their business processes into a model of their enterprise architectures.]]></description>
 <link>http://www.gcn.com/print/20_25/16899-1.html?topic=&amp;CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
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 <volume>20</volume>
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 <title><![CDATA[Landlord GSA posts information on federal properties for sale and lease]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[The General Services Administration, the nation&#146;s largest landlord, has established an online database of 8,000 government-owned or -leased properties.]]></description>
 <link>http://www.gcn.com/print/20_25/16900-1.html?topic=&amp;CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
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 <volume>20</volume>
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 <title><![CDATA[INTERNAUT]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[There&#146;s a lesson here somewhere. The General Accounting Office has said the Commerce Department&#146;s computer networks are unsafe, with compromised security at several levels [GCN, Aug. 13, Page 9].]]></description>
 <link>http://www.gcn.com/print/20_25/16901-1.html?topic=&amp;CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
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 <volume>20</volume>
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 <title><![CDATA[POWER USER]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[You wouldn&#146;t think I&#146;d have trouble finding weather information. There&#146;s weather info to be found everywhere, from outside my own window to the local TV news and the newspaper. There&#146;s even a cable channel devoted to the weather.]]></description>
 <link>http://www.gcn.com/print/20_25/16902-1.html?topic=&amp;CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
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 <volume>20</volume>
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 <title><![CDATA[New encryption product locks down IP calls]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[SecurePhone, an IP telephony encryption product from Information Security Corp. of Deerfield, Ill., secures voice communications from a PC over the Internet or private networks.]]></description>
 <link>http://www.gcn.com/print/20_25/16903-1.html?topic=&amp;CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
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 <volume>20</volume>
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 <title><![CDATA[GovWorks touts telecom service]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[GovWorks, a franchise fund acquisition center run by the Interior Department, plans to offer telecommunications services to agencies this fall.]]></description>
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