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 <volume>21</volume>
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 <title><![CDATA[Tying budgets to results gains renewed emphasis]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[Worsening economic conditions have thrust the performance-based budgeting requirements of the Government Performance and Results Act once again into the spotlight.]]></description>
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 <volume>21</volume>
 <issue>2</issue>
 <title><![CDATA[ISO: search engine for FirstGov]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[When the General Services Administration this month released a request for proposals for a new search engine for FirstGov, the purpose was not only to find a vendor to supply new searching technology but to give the governmentwide Web portal a face-lift.]]></description>
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 <volume>21</volume>
 <issue>2</issue>
 <title><![CDATA[A rush to fill jobs is on]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[There&#146;s a glow about civil service since Sept. 11. Patriotism and respect for the government run high, and the recession has taken some of the wind from private- sector sails.]]></description>
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 <volume>21</volume>
 <issue>2</issue>
 <title><![CDATA[People on the Move]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[John Bailey has been named director of the Education Department&#146;s Office of Educational Technology.]]></description>
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 <volume>21</volume>
 <issue>2</issue>
 <title><![CDATA[Feds chart a course to digital data]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[The Federal Publishers Committee conducted classes during its meeting in Washington this month on how to preserve government information and get it onto the Web. The presentation took the form of two case studies.]]></description>
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 <volume>21</volume>
 <issue>2</issue>
 <title><![CDATA[For Army recruiters, paper goes the way of the dinosaur]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[The Army Recruiting Command is throwing out paper procedures and automating how it manages information about recruits.]]></description>
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 <volume>21</volume>
 <issue>2</issue>
 <title><![CDATA[Joint Chiefs: Bandwidth is top IT need in Afghanistan]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[The biggest technology challenge for warfighters in Afghanistan is getting adequate bandwidth, said Air Force Maj. Gen. Charles E. Croom, vice director for command, control, communications and computer systems with the Joint Chiefs of Staff.]]></description>
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 <volume>21</volume>
 <issue>2</issue>
 <title><![CDATA[Navy tests telemaintenance for cruise missiles]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[It can cost a bundle and take days for technicians to fly out to an aircraft carrier group, make their way to a designated ship and help with maintenance and repair of a Tomahawk cruise missile launching system.]]></description>
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 <volume>21</volume>
 <issue>2</issue>
 <title><![CDATA[SSA boosts its citizen connections]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[While the Social Security Administration waits for the Office of Management and Budget&#146;s OK on one major IT project, others are moving forward and gaining momentum.]]></description>
 <link>http://www.gcn.com/print/21_2/17771-1.html?topic=&amp;CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
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 <volume>21</volume>
 <issue>2</issue>
 <title><![CDATA[Rated XP]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[Microsoft Corp.&#146;s newest operating system is an evolutionary, rather than revolutionary, development. Although it lacks a lot of startling new tools or features, Windows XP does integrate existing Windows features more tightly and adds some enhancements in the multimedia area. XP also greatly enhances workgroup capabilities, especially over the Web.]]></description>
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 <volume>21</volume>
 <issue>2</issue>
 <title><![CDATA[Technology use nets award for Alaskan schools]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[The 2001 Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Awards for the first time recognized a small school district for excellence in the use of educational technology.]]></description>
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 <volume>21</volume>
 <issue>2</issue>
 <title><![CDATA[Defense EMall will link 30,000 new suppliers]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[The Defense Department&#146;s EMall online procurement system will soon get 30,000 new suppliers of off-the-shelf products.]]></description>
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 <volume>21</volume>
 <issue>2</issue>
 <title><![CDATA[Judge tosses thrift board&#146;s AMS lawsuit]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[A federal judge has thrown out a lawsuit filed by the Federal Retirement Thrift Investment Board against American Management Systems Inc.]]></description>
 <link>http://www.gcn.com/print/21_2/17799-1.html?topic=&amp;CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
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 <volume>21</volume>
 <issue>2</issue>
 <title><![CDATA[Education loan system contract gets extension]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[The Education Department has awarded a one-year, $20 million contract extension to Raytheon Co. for work on a loan system.]]></description>
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 <volume>21</volume>
 <issue>2</issue>
 <title><![CDATA[Sandia models predict effects of water policies]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[Using off-the-shelf simulation software, researchers at Sandia National Laboratories have developed computer models to predict the effects of water policy decisions far into the future.]]></description>
 <link>http://www.gcn.com/print/21_2/17801-1.html?topic=&amp;CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
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 <volume>21</volume>
 <issue>2</issue>
 <title><![CDATA[IT stays front and center for four governors]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[Computers and the Internet were topics on the front burner in recent state-of-the-state speeches by the governors of Colorado, Kansas, South Dakota and West Virginia.]]></description>
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 <volume>21</volume>
 <issue>2</issue>
 <title><![CDATA[Verizon wins MAA contract for Norfolk, Va.]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[The General Services Administration has awarded Verizon Federal Inc. of Washington a contract worth up to $350 million over eight years for local telephone service in the Norfolk, Va., area.]]></description>
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 <volume>21</volume>
 <issue>2</issue>
 <title><![CDATA[DOD budget: &#145;down payment&#146; in war on terror]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[President Bush this month signed into law the $317 billion Defense Department fiscal 2002 appropriations bill.]]></description>
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 <volume>21</volume>
 <issue>2</issue>
 <title><![CDATA[INTERVIEW: Arthur W. Coviello Jr., RSA&#146;s cipher chief ]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[Arthur W. Coviello Jr. has been president and chief executive of RSA Security Inc. since 1999, overseeing the growth of its authentication technology. ]]></description>
 <link>http://www.gcn.com/print/21_2/17770-1.html?topic=&amp;CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
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 <volume>21</volume>
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 <title><![CDATA[DID YOU HEAR]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[I, robot. In science fiction, robots enslave or exterminate their creators. In reality, they&#146;re relegated to grunt work. Louisiana State University is developing Robogator, which will use a motion-detecting camera and software to target birds that prey on commercial catfish and crawfish farms.]]></description>
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 <volume>21</volume>
 <issue>2</issue>
 <title><![CDATA[FIND A WORD]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[CYBERFIND]]></description>
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 <volume>21</volume>
 <issue>2</issue>
 <title><![CDATA[PACKET RAT]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[The Rat has a new monkey on his back: a computer gadget that has unexpectedly turned into a time-sucking habit. It all started with Mrs. Rat&#146;s Christmas gift of a color Handspring Visor Prism handheld PC to replace the FrankenPalm he had been lugging around for months.]]></description>
 <link>http://www.gcn.com/print/21_2/17813-1.html?topic=&amp;CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
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 <volume>21</volume>
 <issue>2</issue>
 <title><![CDATA[Current Issue Crossword/Puzzle]]></title>
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 <volume>21</volume>
 <issue>2</issue>
 <title><![CDATA[Defense seeks alternatives to A-76]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[Pentagon brass want to look at alternatives to OMB Circular A-76 competitions when weighing whether to outsource programs.]]></description>
 <link>http://www.gcn.com/print/21_2/17811-1.html?topic=&amp;CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
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 <volume>21</volume>
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 <title><![CDATA[Congressmen: EZ Tax Filing could violate A-76]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[The IRS is getting ahead of itself in its efforts to do more electronically, some members of Congress contend.]]></description>
 <link>http://www.gcn.com/print/21_2/17814-1.html?topic=&amp;CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
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 <volume>21</volume>
 <issue>2</issue>
 <title><![CDATA[Jan.&#146;s list rates 126,000 jobs as outsourceable]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[Seventeen agencies this month gave the Office of Management and Budget their job inventories as required by the Federal Activities Inventory Reform Act.]]></description>
 <link>http://www.gcn.com/print/21_2/17815-1.html?topic=&amp;CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
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 <volume>21</volume>
 <issue>2</issue>
 <title><![CDATA[Forman adds expertise to tech staff]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[Mark Forman has begun building an e-government team of full- and part-time players.]]></description>
 <link>http://www.gcn.com/print/21_2/17816-1.html?topic=&amp;CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
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 <volume>21</volume>
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 <title><![CDATA[Military should adopt technology faster, admiral tells AFCEA West]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[SAN DIEGO&#151;The military needs to improve its acquisition process and the speed with which it implements new technologies, the commander of the Pacific Command says.]]></description>
 <link>http://www.gcn.com/print/21_2/17817-1.html?topic=&amp;CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
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 <volume>21</volume>
 <issue>2</issue>
 <title><![CDATA[IT work force shortage likely to boost outsourcing plans]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[Although work force issues might be getting heightened attention since Sept. 11, other equally tough challenges dog agency managers, as well.]]></description>
 <link>http://www.gcn.com/print/21_2/17818-1.html?topic=&amp;CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
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 <volume>21</volume>
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 <title><![CDATA[New owner will honor Winstar&#146;s MAA contracts]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[The new owner of bankrupt Winstar Communications Inc. of New York says it can fulfill its federal telecommunications contracts.]]></description>
 <link>http://www.gcn.com/print/21_2/17819-1.html?topic=&amp;CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
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 <volume>21</volume>
 <issue>2</issue>
 <title><![CDATA[Software piracy probe slowed by evidence glut]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[Federal prosecutors investigating the global &#147;warez&#148; community of software pirates are digging through massive amounts of data seized in raids conducted in the United States and abroad last month.]]></description>
 <link>http://www.gcn.com/print/21_2/17820-1.html?topic=&amp;CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
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 <volume>21</volume>
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 <title><![CDATA[NET Guard would be a volunteer expert force]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[A force of volunteer technical experts from the public and private sectors would have made a big difference after the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks by rapidly restoring telecommunications and computer networks, Sen. Ron Wyden (D-Ore.) said last month.]]></description>
 <link>http://www.gcn.com/print/21_2/17821-1.html?topic=&amp;CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
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 <volume>21</volume>
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 <title><![CDATA[FBI&#146;s Trilogy program moves into overdrive]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[After the Sept. 11 attacks, FBI leaders put the Trilogy program&#151;the $379 million project to overhaul the agency&#146;s information backbone&#151;into overdrive.]]></description>
 <link>http://www.gcn.com/print/21_2/17822-1.html?topic=&amp;CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
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 <volume>21</volume>
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 <title><![CDATA[PTO&#146;s filing system is ready for the next step]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[For its e-government initiative, the Patent and Trademark Office is developing two workflow management systems to process applications.]]></description>
 <link>http://www.gcn.com/print/21_2/17823-1.html?topic=&amp;CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
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 <volume>21</volume>
 <issue>2</issue>
 <title><![CDATA[EDITORIAL]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[Shortly after Thanksgiving, an Asian elephant at the National Zoo in Washington gave birth. The calf weighed 325 pounds and looked tiny next to its mother. Yet when looking at the mother elephant, I still found it astonishing she could deliver a living being weighing so much.]]></description>
 <link>http://www.gcn.com/print/21_2/17772-1.html?topic=&amp;CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
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 <volume>21</volume>
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 <title><![CDATA[ANOTHER VIEW]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[There&#146;s a saying, &#147;You can&#146;t direct the wind, but you can adjust your sails.&#148; Maybe that&#146;s the underlying message in the efforts for e-government. So how do you adjust the sails?]]></description>
 <link>http://www.gcn.com/print/21_2/17773-1.html?topic=&amp;CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
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 <volume>21</volume>
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 <title><![CDATA[EDITORIAL CARTOON]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[Americans are often said to be workaholics. BusinessWeek magazine recently quoted Microsoft gazillionaire Steve Ballmer as saying, &#147;Let&#146;s start with the fact that I love to work.&#148;]]></description>
 <link>http://www.gcn.com/print/21_2/17775-1.html?topic=&amp;CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
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 <volume>21</volume>
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 <title><![CDATA[UT-103 talks in four tongues]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[Speech recognition technology has stagnated for several years. Faster processors shorten the time needed for voice training but, beyond simple voice navigation or word processing, vendors have made few notable advances.]]></description>
 <link>http://www.gcn.com/print/21_2/17793-1.html?topic=&amp;CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
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 <volume>21</volume>
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 <title><![CDATA[PocketBlue walks a beat wirelessly and silently]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[Aether Systems&#146; PocketBlue application on a wireless personal digital assistant or notebook PC lets law enforcement officers query databases and communicate with each other securely and silently.]]></description>
 <link>http://www.gcn.com/print/21_2/17794-1.html?topic=&amp;CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
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 <volume>21</volume>
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 <title><![CDATA[Mouse and USB hub are mini but mighty gear]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[Travelers soon begin to hate notebook PC mice that require a horizontal surface larger than an airplane seat tray. And most notebooks have only a single Universal Serial Bus port.]]></description>
 <link>http://www.gcn.com/print/21_2/17795-1.html?topic=&amp;CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
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 <volume>21</volume>
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 <title><![CDATA[Buying groups explore alliances]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[State and local procurement officials long have been at a disadvantage compared to private-sector buyers who can exploit discounts and rebates, and the federal government with its greater buying clout. But state buyers have begun pooling their resources to get better prices from IT vendors.]]></description>
 <link>http://www.gcn.com/print/21_2/17767-1.html?topic=&amp;CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
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 <volume>21</volume>
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 <title><![CDATA[STATE LINES]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[Costly allegations. The Pennsylvania Liquor Control Board violated state procurement regulations and incurred $408,000 in cost overruns as it issued $1.5 million in sole-source contracts for its new Warehouse Management System, state auditors charged.]]></description>
 <link>http://www.gcn.com/print/21_2/17768-1.html?topic=&amp;CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
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 <volume>21</volume>
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 <title><![CDATA[From CIA to S.C., CIO puts mission first]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[Matt DeZee spent years in bumper-to-bumper traffic on Washington D.C.&#146;s Capital Beltway.]]></description>
 <link>http://www.gcn.com/print/21_2/17769-1.html?topic=&amp;CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
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 <volume>21</volume>
 <issue>2</issue>
 <title><![CDATA[Knowledge Management]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[Ron Simmons became a believer in Internet collaboration in 1998 while looking for a way to track research funded by the Federal Aviation Administration&#146;s human factors office.]]></description>
 <link>http://www.gcn.com/print/21_2/17779-1.html?topic=&amp;CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
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 <volume>21</volume>
 <issue>2</issue>
 <title><![CDATA[POWER USER]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[OK, I&#146;m cheap, I won&#146;t deny it. Except for a good chair and up-to-date computer hardware, my office looks like a war surplus discard pile. Maybe your government office does, too.]]></description>
 <link>http://www.gcn.com/print/21_2/17781-1.html?topic=&amp;CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
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 <volume>21</volume>
 <issue>2</issue>
 <title><![CDATA[INTERNAUT]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[You&#146;ve probably read blogs without realizing it. &#147;Blog&#148; is short for Web log. These logs are popping up on government Web sites but are usually restricted to small groups and projects.]]></description>
 <link>http://www.gcn.com/print/21_2/17782-1.html?topic=&amp;CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
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 <volume>21</volume>
 <issue>2</issue>
 <title><![CDATA[VA accelerates ESSO database app]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[Anthony J. Principi, now secretary of the Veterans Affairs Department, underwent hip replacement surgery several years ago at a VA hospital in northern California, but he couldn&#146;t get the stitches removed after he returned home to San Diego.]]></description>
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 <volume>21</volume>
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 <title><![CDATA[FTC warns Web&#146;s biohazard hucksters]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[The Federal Trade Commission, assisted by other federal and state authorities, has turned up more than 200 Web sites selling products that claim to prevent or cure anthrax, smallpox and other bioterrorism threats.]]></description>
 <link>http://www.gcn.com/print/21_2/17784-1.html?topic=&amp;CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
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 <volume>21</volume>
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 <title><![CDATA[Ridge calls for a technological infusion to speed the creation of a central clearinghouse for health data]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[Homeland Security director Tom Ridge offered support&#151;but few specifics&#151;for development of a national medical intelligence database when he spoke at a homeland security conference in Washington late last year.]]></description>
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 <volume>21</volume>
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 <title><![CDATA[Motor City signs dotted line for telecom service]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[The General Services Administration has opened the third phase of its Metropolitan Area Acquisition program by awarding local telecommunications contracts for Detroit to SBC Global Services Inc. of San Antonio and Winstar Communications Inc. of New York.]]></description>
 <link>http://www.gcn.com/print/21_2/17787-1.html?topic=&amp;CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
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 <volume>21</volume>
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 <title><![CDATA[GWU battle lab trains IT professionals in security]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[An accelerated, six-month computer security certification program for IT professionals at George Washington University&#146;s Ashburn, Va., campus is one of the first of its kind in response to the government&#146;s Cyber Corps scholarship program.]]></description>
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 <volume>21</volume>
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 <title><![CDATA[Data delivery platform rides on J2EE, scales to thousands of users]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[An information delivery application from Informatica Corp. can send personalized data to desktop PCs, handheld devices and some wireless phones.]]></description>
 <link>http://www.gcn.com/print/21_2/17789-1.html?topic=&amp;CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
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 <volume>21</volume>
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 <title><![CDATA[National Guard will test distance-learning standard]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[The Army National Guard will upgrade its nationwide distance-learning program to handle streaming video and other interactive lessons.]]></description>
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