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 <title><![CDATA[Security's part of big picture]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[For agencies, the enterprise defines most IT objectives--including systems security.  "You need to have an agencywide perspective on a lot of things associated with overall enterprise architecture," said French Caldwell, vice president and research director for Gartner Inc. of Stamford, Conn., and a former program analyst in the Office of the Secretary of the Navy.]]></description>
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 <volume>21</volume>
 <issue>23</issue>
 <title><![CDATA[Feds must weigh worth of vendors' CMM claims]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[Agencies often rely on Capability Maturity Model ratings touted by vendors when deciding whether to hire them for software development jobs. But are the rating claims made by many vendors legit? Maybe, maybe not.]]></description>
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 <volume>21</volume>
 <issue>23</issue>
 <title><![CDATA[Digital security]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[Tightened security after Sept. 11 has accelerated agencies' exploration of biometrics, but a trend toward greater use of the devices had begun long before the terrorist attacks.]]></description>
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 <volume>21</volume>
 <issue>23</issue>
 <title><![CDATA[The lowdown on biometrics]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[What are biometrics? According to Jeffrey S. Dunn, chairman of the Biometrics Consortium, &#147;Biometrics are automated methods of recognizing a person based on a physiological or behavioral characteristic. Examples of human traits used for biometric recognition include fingerprints, speech, face, retina, iris, handwritten signature, hand geometry and wrist veins. During enrollment, a sample of the biometric trait is taken, processed by a computer and stored for later comparison.&#148;]]></description>
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 <volume>21</volume>
 <issue>23</issue>
 <title><![CDATA[People on the move]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[Interior CIO Darryl White, who is on detail as acting CIO of the Bureau of Reclamation, has announced he will retire from the government Aug. 15. White was detailed to help the bureau with homeland security efforts, according to the department. Hord Tipton, CIO of the Bureau of Land Management, has been detailed to be Interior CIO.]]></description>
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 <volume>21</volume>
 <issue>23</issue>
 <title><![CDATA[IT execs go to the source]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[Members of the government and industry IT communities gathered in Washington recently to discuss the elements and implications of competitive sourcing. The day-long seminar, presented by the Digital Government Institute and Post Newsweek Tech Media, featured CIOs, chief financial officers, procurement and program executives, and other contracting IT officials.]]></description>
 <link>http://www.gcn.com/print/21_23/19607-1.html?topic=&amp;CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
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 <volume>21</volume>
 <issue>23</issue>
 <title><![CDATA[Friends say so long to Army's Browning]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[With Miriam Browning leaving the Army after three decades, some who know her got together recently to help her say goodbye.]]></description>
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 <volume>21</volume>
 <issue>23</issue>
 <title><![CDATA[Defense and child health group partner on telemedicine project]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[The Defense Department is building a virtual hospital in poor countries to link skilled doctors in the United States with children overseas suffering with terminal illnesses.]]></description>
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 <volume>21</volume>
 <issue>23</issue>
 <title><![CDATA[Incoming]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[Sub deal. The Naval Sea Systems Command has awarded a 10-year, $392 million systems support contract to Perot Systems Corp. of Plano, Texas. Perot Systems will provide program, logistics, financial management and engineering services to the NAVSEA Submarine Directorate in Washington.]]></description>
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 <volume>21</volume>
 <issue>23</issue>
 <title><![CDATA[DOD procurement app gets upgrade]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[The Defense Department has begun using the latest version of the Standard Procurement System, an acquisition application for users to perform speedy contract placements and administration functions.]]></description>
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 <volume>21</volume>
 <issue>23</issue>
 <title><![CDATA[Corps begins prepping for NMCI]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[In theory, the Marine Corps doesn&#146;t need to be a part of the Navy-Marine Corps Intranet, the single network that will link voice, video and data throughout the Navy Department.]]></description>
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 <volume>21</volume>
 <issue>23</issue>
 <title><![CDATA[Major programs within NMCI]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[Common Aviation Command and Control System: Through the CAC2S project, the service will coordinate modernization of the Marine Air Command and Control System. CAC2S will eliminate current aviation command and control systems and add aviation combat direction and air defense functions.]]></description>
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 <volume>21</volume>
 <issue>23</issue>
 <title><![CDATA[Homeland bill includes limited FOIA exemption ]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[Information about IT security that the private sector voluntarily submits to the proposed Homeland Security Department would get limited exemption from the Freedom of Information Act under House and Senate versions of the homeland security bill.]]></description>
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 <volume>21</volume>
 <issue>23</issue>
 <title><![CDATA[No mass attacks on the Net in wake of NIPC warning]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[Large-scale cyberattacks against U.S. targets failed to materialize last week, despite a warning from the FBI's National Infrastructure Protection Center.]]></description>
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 <volume>21</volume>
 <issue>23</issue>
 <title><![CDATA[OMB ties GPEA compliance to e-gov progress]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[When agencies submit their next Government Paperwork Elimination Act progress reports, they must detail the status of their e-government projects - as requested recently by the Office of Management and Budget.]]></description>
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 <volume>21</volume>
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 <title><![CDATA[New low-power, green-design PC doesn't have fan]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[The NEC PowerMate eco uses less electricity and contains fewer toxic substances than most other desktop systems, touts maker NEC Solutions America Inc.]]></description>
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 <volume>21</volume>
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 <title><![CDATA[OPM looks for execs to pass on their know-how ]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[The Office of Personnel Management is seeking agency executives and senior managers to serve two-year faculty assignments in its Executives in Residence program.]]></description>
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 <volume>21</volume>
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 <title><![CDATA[GSA's e-Buy relaunch puts RFQs online]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[The General Services Administration&#146;s Federal Supply Service last week enhanced its e-Buy portal to let contracting officers and vendors interact more easily online. Agency buyers now can go through the entire request for quotes process electronically, including receiving vendor proposals.]]></description>
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 <volume>21</volume>
 <issue>23</issue>
 <title><![CDATA[Agency notebooks on the lam]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[Despite assurances a year ago from attorney general John Ashcroft that the Justice Department would tighten control of its gear, its agencies continue to misplace notebook computers and weapons.]]></description>
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 <volume>21</volume>
 <issue>23</issue>
 <title><![CDATA[What's different at your office since Sept. 11? ]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[If you work in or with government IT, how have the terrorist attacks changed you and your workplace?]]></description>
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 <volume>21</volume>
 <issue>23</issue>
 <title><![CDATA[VA sets four-part systems agenda]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[As John A. Gauss was preparing to retire last May after serving in the Navy for 32 years, he received a call from a friend in the private sector asking him to consider applying for the position of assistant secretary for information and technology at the Veterans Affairs Department.]]></description>
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 <volume>21</volume>
 <issue>23</issue>
 <title><![CDATA[Did you hear...]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[Microsoft's LinuxWorld agenda. Buzz reader Doug P. responded to our query about the fun and games at the Microsoft Corp. booth this week at LinuxWorld Expo in San Francisco. He said the most popular booth giveaway will be a free Linux version of the "Blue Screen of Death" computer game. "It doesn't work very well, but costly upgrades will be available shortly," Doug quipped. He also predicted there will be well-attended seminars on how to patch security holes (given by the software company with the most experience) and how to sell beta versions for profit (free demo CD-ROM for Windows 95 only). Plus, he expects an off-the-record briefing about the upcoming Unix-based Windows NO (short for Next Operating system). "And, just as everyone suspects," Doug concluded, "Microsoft representatives at LinuxWorld Expo will be taking names." ]]></description>
 <link>http://www.gcn.com/print/21_23/19609-1.html?topic=&amp;CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
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 <volume>21</volume>
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 <title><![CDATA[Rat warns warfighters about war-chalking]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[The Defense Department's impending sanctions on wireless devices didn't surprise the Rat, who's been bemoaning wireless network security - or the lack thereof - for some time now.]]></description>
 <link>http://www.gcn.com/print/21_23/19610-1.html?topic=&amp;CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
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 <volume>21</volume>
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 <title><![CDATA[Find a word:  E-gov's who's who]]></title>
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 <volume>21</volume>
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 <title><![CDATA[One CIO's advice: Take baby steps]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[When Stephen Hawald took over as the CIO for federal student aid at the Education Department in 1999, students applying for aid had few online services available to them.]]></description>
 <link>http://www.gcn.com/print/21_23/19571-1.html?topic=&amp;CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
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 <volume>21</volume>
 <issue>23</issue>
 <title><![CDATA[Federal Contract Law: On financial statements, who should feds trust?]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[Federal contracting officials are notoriously risk-averse. Often they will prefer large contractors to small-business competitors because they think size equals dependability.]]></description>
 <link>http://www.gcn.com/print/21_23/19573-1.html?topic=&amp;CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
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 <volume>21</volume>
 <issue>23</issue>
 <title><![CDATA[Calendar]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[6-17 Guidance Software User ConferenceChantilly, Va. Contact Guidance Software Inc.; Web: www.thetrainingco.com/html/GuidanceConference.html.]]></description>
 <link>http://www.gcn.com/print/21_23/19574-1.html?topic=&amp;CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
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 <volume>21</volume>
 <issue>23</issue>
 <title><![CDATA[GSA set to release RFP for travel site]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[Federal employees make about 4 million air and rail trips a year and spend more than $100 million annually on fees to travel agents. With the success of commercial travel Web sites, many government managers wonder why booking trips isn&#146;t easier and cheaper.]]></description>
 <link>http://www.gcn.com/print/21_23/19521-1.html?topic=&amp;CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
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 <volume>21</volume>
 <issue>23</issue>
 <title><![CDATA[FAA contractors settle dispute, agree to share]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[The Federal Aviation Administration got a billion-dollar piece of its air traffic control modernization project under way after contract bidders Lockheed Martin Corp. and Raytheon Co. resolved a dispute over the award.]]></description>
 <link>http://www.gcn.com/print/21_23/19522-1.html?topic=&amp;CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
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 <volume>21</volume>
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 <title><![CDATA[OMB restricts more IT projects]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[After halting IT infrastructure efforts last month at agencies tapped to become part of the proposed Homeland Security Department, the Office of Management and Budget now has directed these same agencies to cease work on financial, personnel and procurement system projects.]]></description>
 <link>http://www.gcn.com/print/21_23/19588-1.html?topic=&amp;CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
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 <volume>21</volume>
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 <title><![CDATA[TSA awaits go-ahead on $1b IT project]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[Although the Transportation Security Administration last month awarded Unisys Corp. a contract to build and run a systems architecture for the agency, it's unclear what work Unisys will do or how the agency will pay the company.]]></description>
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 <volume>21</volume>
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 <title><![CDATA[DLA goes live with supply chain system]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[Three Defense Logistics Agency locations are using the first release of the agency's $500 million Business Systems Modernization program to manage 170,000 items for customers.]]></description>
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 <volume>21</volume>
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 <title><![CDATA[How to secure a wireless network? Very carefully]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA["Wireless is a leaky environment," said Ken Evans, vice president of marketing for Fortress Technologies Inc. of Tampa, Fla. "It's impossible to stop the radio frequency signals."]]></description>
 <link>http://www.gcn.com/print/21_23/19595-1.html?topic=&amp;CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
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 <volume>21</volume>
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 <title><![CDATA[Single sign-on reduces headaches, costs at PTO]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[One industry analyst hails it as the "Holy Grail of many organizations." It's single sign-on.]]></description>
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 <volume>21</volume>
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 <title><![CDATA[Clarke previews national cyberstrategy]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[Presidential adviser Richard Clarke last month told a gathering of 1,500 computer security experts that they have a duty to be gadflies.]]></description>
 <link>http://www.gcn.com/print/21_23/19601-1.html?topic=&amp;CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
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 <volume>21</volume>
 <issue>23</issue>
 <title><![CDATA[NIST, DOD raise wireless caution flags]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[The government's attitude toward wireless devices might be described as caveat user.]]></description>
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 <volume>21</volume>
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 <title><![CDATA[FAA develops its own model]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[The Federal Aviation Administration, whose air traffic systems development history is among the most troubled in government, has customized its own Capability Maturity Model - the first agency to do so.]]></description>
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 <volume>21</volume>
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 <title><![CDATA[IRS tests database, sets free-filing deal]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[The IRS has begun testing the Customer Account Data Engine, the database management system that will replace the nearly 40-year-old Master File and Integrated Data Retrieval System.]]></description>
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 <volume>21</volume>
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 <title><![CDATA[NASA aims for IT mission control]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[NASA has made history for decades with its work in space. Now it is planning a revolutionary project to improve its systems here on Earth.]]></description>
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 <volume>21</volume>
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 <title><![CDATA[Too fast to the altar]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[Creating a Homeland Security Department&#x00D1;whatever form it finally takes&#x00D1;won&#x00D5;t be clean or easy.]]></description>
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 <volume>21</volume>
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 <title><![CDATA[Letter to the editor: GoBook was unfairly downrated]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[In your recent review of rugged notebook computers, we are disappointed with the testing criteria and question the review's objectivity and accuracy, and the resulting categorization of our product, the Itronix GoBook.]]></description>
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 <volume>21</volume>
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 <title><![CDATA[Another View: Homeland security IT looks doomed from the start]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[Even before it is established, the proposed Homeland Security Department is getting off on the wrong foot. It looks as though the department will be unable to take full advantage of IT to ensure its operational success and, ultimately, its success in ensuring a United States safe from terrorism.]]></description>
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 <volume>21</volume>
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 <title><![CDATA[Significa]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[If the answer, my friend, is blowin&#x00D5; in the wind, imaging and Web technology from NASA can help you find it.]]></description>
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 <volume>21</volume>
 <issue>23</issue>
 <title><![CDATA[Editorial Cartoon]]></title>
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 <volume>21</volume>
 <issue>23</issue>
 <title><![CDATA[Smooth the bumpy road to 508 compliance]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[In the year since Section 508 of the Disability Act Amendments took effect, we've seen considerable advances. One is a better toolkit to make agency Web sites accessible for every user.]]></description>
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 <volume>21</volume>
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 <title><![CDATA[App puts efficiency on the docket]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[Court administrators in Mobile, Ala., have wrestled for years with a paper document management process that took as long as two days to prepare a court docket for action by a judge.]]></description>
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 <volume>21</volume>
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 <title><![CDATA[NASCIO guide writer's aim: Make cybersecurity awareness a way of life for public-sector CIOs]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[The National Association of State Chief Information Officers last month issued a report on IT security titled Public-Sector Information Security: A Call to Action for Public-Sector CIOs. The report is available at www.nascio.org/2001/11/securityforum011113-14.cfm.]]></description>
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 <title><![CDATA[State Lines]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[The federal government will provide $5 million to help fund an emergency District of Columbia government communications center at St. Elizabeths Hospital in Southeast Washington.]]></description>
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 <volume>21</volume>
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 <title><![CDATA[Power over paper]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[The Justice Department's Antitrust Division has made a case for document management.Systems analyst Lisa Sarubbi, office automation chief Cheryl Porpora and co-workers are testing DeskSite 6.01a software from iManage Inc. of Foster City, Calif., in preparation for use throughout the Antitrust Division later this year.]]></description>
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 <volume>21</volume>
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 <title><![CDATA[Power User: Here's a guide to finding what's invisible on the Web]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[Many Web users know how to get the most out of the Google.com search engine or its up-and-coming rival, AllTheWeb.com. Also useful are metasearch engines such as Dogpile.com, Ixquick.com, Net-comber.com, Pandia.com and Search.com.]]></description>
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 <volume>21</volume>
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 <title><![CDATA[Gates dismisses the password as passe]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[An inaugural security newsletter e-mailed last month by Microsoft Corp. chairman Bill Gates said the company's February work halt to study Windows' security took almost two months and cost more than $100 million.]]></description>
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 <volume>21</volume>
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 <title><![CDATA[Washington city tests wireless emergency net]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[When an earthquake rocked Washington last year, users flooded the state's 800-MHz emergency radio frequency, jamming all communications.]]></description>
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 <volume>21</volume>
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 <title><![CDATA[Energy, NASA add supersized Linux gear to their systems]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[The Energy Department's Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory is buying the world's largest Linux cluster, built by Linux Networx Inc. of Sandy, Utah.]]></description>
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 <volume>21</volume>
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 <title><![CDATA[AF picks firewall for phone networks]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[The Information Warfare Battlelab at Kelly Air Force Base, Texas, has given its approval to the Enterprise Telephony Management firewall appliance from SecureLogix Corp. of San Antonio. Now the appliance is going in at Air Force bases in the continental United States.]]></description>
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 <title><![CDATA[Energy buys massively parallel Linux system]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[Under a $24.5 million contract, Hewlett-Packard Co. is building a 1,388-processor supercomputer, the fastest single computer running open-source Linux, for an Energy Department laboratory.]]></description>
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