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 <volume>21</volume>
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 <title><![CDATA[NASA jettisons 2nd major IT contract, again cites costs]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[NASA continues to look for ways to tighten its financial ship, and a second large systems contract has paid the price.]]></description>
 <link>http://www.gcn.com/print/21_30/20189-1.html?topic=&amp;CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
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 <volume>21</volume>
 <issue>30</issue>
 <title><![CDATA[You can secure that wireless net]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[Researchers at NASA&#146;s Ames Research Center found the wireless LAN security they sought in freeware.]]></description>
 <link>http://www.gcn.com/print/21_30/20191-1.html?topic=&amp;CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
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 <volume>21</volume>
 <issue>30</issue>
 <title><![CDATA[At 1st birthday, e-gov push toddles along]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[Almost a year after the Office of Management and Budget outlined an ambitious rollout of 24&#151;now 25&#151;e-government initiatives, project leaders have had mixed success in meeting deadlines.]]></description>
 <link>http://www.gcn.com/print/21_30/20192-1.html?topic=&amp;CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
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 <volume>21</volume>
 <issue>30</issue>
 <title><![CDATA[The IT revolution hasn't missed the Hill]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[Two decades ago, technology stood as one of many factors important to the mission and performance objectives of the federal government. But no longer is technology one of many; instead, the information revolution and the ever-evolving technologies that support information collection and assimilation have become nothing short of integral to the functioning of our government.]]></description>
 <link>http://www.gcn.com/print/21_30/20134-1.html?topic=&amp;CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
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 <volume>21</volume>
 <issue>30</issue>
 <title><![CDATA[Future will be amazin']]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[I remember when Government Computer News was first published&#151;we all scrambled to get a subscription.]]></description>
 <link>http://www.gcn.com/print/21_30/20135-1.html?topic=&amp;CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
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 <volume>21</volume>
 <issue>30</issue>
 <title><![CDATA[What's ahead? Standards]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[Since the days of Univac I, the revolutionary data processing system adopted by the Census Bureau in the 1950s, and Arpanet, the Defense Department initiative in the late 1970s that evolved into today&#146;s Internet, IT and the government have been critically linked.]]></description>
 <link>http://www.gcn.com/print/21_30/20136-1.html?topic=&amp;CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
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 <volume>21</volume>
 <issue>30</issue>
 <title><![CDATA[It took 20 years to build a community]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA["Perfect storm" conditions are converging for integrated e-government.]]></description>
 <link>http://www.gcn.com/print/21_30/20137-1.html?topic=&amp;CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
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 <volume>21</volume>
 <issue>30</issue>
 <title><![CDATA[But can we keep the Internet secure?]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[The year is 1982. The Internet has not yet been released to the research, development and academic communities. It has been nearly 10 years since the first definitions of TCP/IP and 13 years since the Internet&#x00D5;s predecessor, Arpanet, began its deployment in late 1969.]]></description>
 <link>http://www.gcn.com/print/21_30/20138-1.html?topic=&amp;CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
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 <volume>21</volume>
 <issue>30</issue>
 <title><![CDATA[Industry cooperation has aided government's renewal]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[In the 1980s, the United States recorded slow economic growth, sluggish productivity growth and losses of global market share and technological leadership in key industries. ]]></description>
 <link>http://www.gcn.com/print/21_30/20139-1.html?topic=&amp;CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
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 <volume>21</volume>
 <issue>30</issue>
 <title><![CDATA[E-mail and the PC top 20 years of breakneck technology growth]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[Since the first GCN was published in December 1982, the federal systems landscape has been a site of constant innovation. Here are 21 technologies that changed the way feds work.]]></description>
 <link>http://www.gcn.com/print/21_30/20140-1.html?topic=&amp;CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
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 <volume>21</volume>
 <issue>30</issue>
 <title><![CDATA[Editorial cartoons through the years]]></title>
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 <link>http://www.gcn.com/print/21_30/20141-1.html?topic=&amp;CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
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 <volume>21</volume>
 <issue>30</issue>
 <title><![CDATA[Reader survey: Feds identify hot technologies]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[When GCN launched in 1982, there was no Internet&#151;at least not as we know it now.]]></description>
 <link>http://www.gcn.com/print/21_30/20142-1.html?topic=&amp;CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
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 <volume>21</volume>
 <issue>30</issue>
 <title><![CDATA[Our Story]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[Homegrown. It&#146;s a word that describes many of the applications that powered the government&#146;s first systems and still fits many of the new e-government apps crafted today. But it&#146;s also a word that describes this publication.]]></description>
 <link>http://www.gcn.com/print/21_30/20144-1.html?topic=&amp;CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
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 <volume>21</volume>
 <issue>30</issue>
 <title><![CDATA[Sometimes fiction is stranger than truth]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[What seems like bread and butter to federal IT workers can seem mysterious and at times sinister to everyone else&#151;especially Hollywood.]]></description>
 <link>http://www.gcn.com/print/21_30/20145-1.html?topic=&amp;CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
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 <volume>21</volume>
 <issue>30</issue>
 <title><![CDATA[Where are they now...]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[This is GCN&#146;s 20th anniversary issue. Join us in a look at the people, policies and technologies that have shaped two decades of government IT. Those who worked on federal IT during the last 20 years were pioneers. There were few guides available as desktop computing replaced mainframes, relational databases replaced flat files, the Internet emerged and government became dependent on technology for many functions. ]]></description>
 <link>http://www.gcn.com/print/21_30/20148-1.html?topic=&amp;CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
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 <volume>21</volume>
 <issue>30</issue>
 <title><![CDATA[Timeline of GCN 20 years]]></title>
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 <link>http://www.gcn.com/print/21_30/20165-1.html?topic=&amp;CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
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 <volume>21</volume>
 <issue>30</issue>
 <title><![CDATA[Switched on, baby]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[Gigabit Ethernet eventually will come directly to desktops, but for now, most workgroups will get by on 10/100-Mbps Fast Ethernet with a couple of Gigabit ports for connecting to high-speed network backbones.]]></description>
 <link>http://www.gcn.com/print/21_30/20178-1.html?topic=&amp;CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
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 <volume>21</volume>
 <issue>30</issue>
 <title><![CDATA[The lowdown: Ethernet workgroup switches]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[What is it? A managed Ethernet workgroup switch generally supports up to 24 10/100-Mbps Ethernet/Fast Ethernet copper ports and two 1-Gbps Gigabit Ethernet copper or fiber uplinks to fast network backbones.]]></description>
 <link>http://www.gcn.com/print/21_30/20180-1.html?topic=&amp;CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
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 <volume>21</volume>
 <issue>30</issue>
 <title><![CDATA[New features, support and services boost network management appeal]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[As administrators optimize their networks for top performance, switch makers are adding built-in or optional advanced features to make their products more attractive to a wider range of buyers.]]></description>
 <link>http://www.gcn.com/print/21_30/20181-1.html?topic=&amp;CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
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 <volume>21</volume>
 <issue>30</issue>
 <title><![CDATA[Here&#146;s looking (back) at you]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[In 1982, Ronald Reagan was in the second of his eight years as president, Leonid Brezhnev died and Yuri (&#147;Yuri, We Hardly Knew Ye&#148;) Andropov stopped in for a cup of chai as Soviet general secretary. The Cold War dragged on.]]></description>
 <link>http://www.gcn.com/print/21_30/20209-1.html?topic=&amp;CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
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 <volume>21</volume>
 <issue>30</issue>
 <title><![CDATA[Army works to meld battlefield IT apps]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[More than a dozen Army IT systems that handle a variety of functions are being managed as one system under the broad Army Battle Command Systems program.]]></description>
 <link>http://www.gcn.com/print/21_30/20161-1.html?topic=&amp;CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
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 <volume>21</volume>
 <issue>30</issue>
 <title><![CDATA[DOD picks five contractors for pay, personnel systems]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[More than 3 million military personnel came a step closer to having a unified personnel and pay system last month when the Space and Naval Warfare Systems Command awarded five contracts to begin development plans for the Defense Integrated Military Human Resources System.]]></description>
 <link>http://www.gcn.com/print/21_30/20162-1.html?topic=&amp;CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
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 <volume>21</volume>
 <issue>30</issue>
 <title><![CDATA[EPA forges an enterprise architecture]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[The Environmental Protection Agency&#146;s efforts to clean up the environment will go much more efficiently when the agency has cleaned up its management structure and policy, EPA officials have said.]]></description>
 <link>http://www.gcn.com/print/21_30/20150-1.html?topic=&amp;CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
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 <volume>21</volume>
 <issue>30</issue>
 <title><![CDATA[Major programs within EPA]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[Central Data Exchange. The Office of Environmental Information is creating a portal through which state environmental agencies and other stakeholders can submit data to EPA. The agency awarded a $285 million contract to Computer Sciences Corp. to build the CDX, which is a major part of the agency's National Environmental Information Network. The system performs automatic authentication of the sources of data, and EPA expects that it will increase the quality of data that state agencies and companies submit to the agency.]]></description>
 <link>http://www.gcn.com/print/21_30/20151-1.html?topic=&amp;CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
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 <volume>21</volume>
 <issue>30</issue>
 <title><![CDATA[DISA installs server-based antivirus aids]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[The Defense Information Systems Agency has bought server-based antivirus products from Trend Micro Inc. under a five-year, $4.6 million contract.]]></description>
 <link>http://www.gcn.com/print/21_30/20193-1.html?topic=&amp;CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
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 <volume>21</volume>
 <issue>30</issue>
 <title><![CDATA[New York GIS will map city&#146;s underground]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[New York City&#146;s Environmental Protection Department is mapping city sewers with ArcView 8.2 from ESRI of Redlands, Calif.]]></description>
 <link>http://www.gcn.com/print/21_30/20194-1.html?topic=&amp;CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
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 <volume>21</volume>
 <issue>30</issue>
 <title><![CDATA[NASA signs on more vendors to SEWP III]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[NASA has selected 10 additional vendors to provide products under the Scientific and Engineering Workstation Procurement III contract.]]></description>
 <link>http://www.gcn.com/print/21_30/20195-1.html?topic=&amp;CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
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 <volume>21</volume>
 <issue>30</issue>
 <title><![CDATA[Davis says feds are hobbled in A-76 process]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[When it comes to competing for federal jobs with the private sector, agencies must overcome hiring and retention problems if they want a fair shot at keeping the jobs within government, Rep. Tom Davis said at a hearing late last month.]]></description>
 <link>http://www.gcn.com/print/21_30/20196-1.html?topic=&amp;CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
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 <volume>21</volume>
 <issue>30</issue>
 <title><![CDATA[Microsoft wants to raise public trust in software ]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[Acknowledging that Microsoft Corp. products have &#147;too many vulnerabilities,&#148; vice president Mike Nash said software must achieve &#147;the same level of trust as a public utility.&#148;]]></description>
 <link>http://www.gcn.com/print/21_30/20197-1.html?topic=&amp;CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
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 <volume>21</volume>
 <issue>30</issue>
 <title><![CDATA[FBI flags top 20 security holes in Windows, Unix ]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[The FBI&#146;s National Infrastructure Protection Center and the SANS Institute of Bethesda, Md., last week updated their top IT vulnerabilities in Microsoft Windows and Unix systems.]]></description>
 <link>http://www.gcn.com/print/21_30/20198-1.html?topic=&amp;CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
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 <volume>21</volume>
 <issue>30</issue>
 <title><![CDATA[Ortego will step down at National Finance Center]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[John Ortego, director of the Agriculture Department&#146;s National Finance Center, last week announced he would retire after more than 32 years of federal service, effective Jan. 31.]]></description>
 <link>http://www.gcn.com/print/21_30/20199-1.html?topic=&amp;CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
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 <volume>21</volume>
 <issue>30</issue>
 <title><![CDATA[FTC unshells its Net safety symbol]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[Dewie the Turtle, an advocate of safe Internet practices, last month joined Smokey Bear and Woodsy Owl among the government's menagerie of mascots.]]></description>
 <link>http://www.gcn.com/print/21_30/20200-1.html?topic=&amp;CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
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 <volume>21</volume>
 <issue>30</issue>
 <title><![CDATA[Net guru: Encrypt everything]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[Ray Ozzie believes in shared workspaces. The inventor of Lotus Notes collaboration software founded Groove Networks Inc. in 1997 because server-based architectures &#147;fundamentally could not address the dynamic collaboration requirements of a decentralized business environment.&#148;]]></description>
 <link>http://www.gcn.com/print/21_30/20177-1.html?topic=&amp;CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
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 <volume>21</volume>
 <issue>30</issue>
 <title><![CDATA["Did you hear..."]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[Zip the lip. GW Micro Inc.&#146;s Window-Eyes and several other screen-reader applications boast a truly amazing feature: &#147;Flexible verbosity settings for hearing exactly what you want to hear.&#148; Now, if only someone would invent flexible verbosity settings for overly loquacious people. ]]></description>
 <link>http://www.gcn.com/print/21_30/20210-1.html?topic=&amp;CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
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 <volume>21</volume>
 <issue>30</issue>
 <title><![CDATA[Packet Rat: A Ratrospective: Thanks for the RAM]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[In observance of GCN&#146;s 20th anniversary, the Rat decided it was time to share a bit of computing history with his offspring. But first, he had to remember where he&#146;d buried it.]]></description>
 <link>http://www.gcn.com/print/21_30/20211-1.html?topic=&amp;CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
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 <volume>21</volume>
 <issue>30</issue>
 <title><![CDATA[Crossword: Going Back Two Decades]]></title>
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 <link>http://www.gcn.com/print/21_30/20212-1.html?topic=&amp;CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
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 <volume>21</volume>
 <issue>30</issue>
 <title><![CDATA[Spectrum office aids in wireless deal]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[Over the last two years, the Defense Spectrum Office has faced a tough fight for a crucial piece of turf: the radio frequency over which the Defense Department transmits signals for many of its missions.]]></description>
 <link>http://www.gcn.com/print/21_30/20185-1.html?topic=&amp;CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
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 <volume>21</volume>
 <issue>30</issue>
 <title><![CDATA[Federal Contract Law: Judge Daniels takes a 20-year view of reform]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[Judge Stephen Daniels, chairman of the General Services Administration Board of Contract Appeals, recently offered his views of the state of the procurement system. His talk was sponsored by the Office of Federal Procurement Policy, which has provided a forum for the deep thinkers of our field to speak out.]]></description>
 <link>http://www.gcn.com/print/21_30/20186-1.html?topic=&amp;CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
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 <volume>21</volume>
 <issue>30</issue>
 <title><![CDATA[Calendar]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[29-31 Federal Information Assurance ConferenceCollege Park, Md. For more information, contact the Federal Business Council Inc.; Web: www.fbcinc.com/fiac.]]></description>
 <link>http://www.gcn.com/print/21_30/20188-1.html?topic=&amp;CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
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 <volume>21</volume>
 <issue>30</issue>
 <title><![CDATA[Working groups study homeland security agencies&#146; IT setups]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[If Congress approves the creation of the proposed Homeland Security Department, much of its IT infrastructure could be planned extensively in advance.]]></description>
 <link>http://www.gcn.com/print/21_30/20166-1.html?topic=&amp;CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
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 <volume>21</volume>
 <issue>30</issue>
 <title><![CDATA[EPA plans to widen public portal to environmental data]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[The Environmental Protection Agency is gearing up to expand its Window to My Environment portal to make more state and federal environmental data easily available to the public. As the project matures, EPA officials are beginning to extend the uses of the map-based tool to regulatory tasks as well.]]></description>
 <link>http://www.gcn.com/print/21_30/20167-1.html?topic=&amp;CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
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 <volume>21</volume>
 <issue>30</issue>
 <title><![CDATA[IRS inks an order for $35 million worth of PCs]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[The IRS has signed a five-year blanket purchasing agreement with PlanetGov Inc. to provide PCs to its offices nationwide.]]></description>
 <link>http://www.gcn.com/print/21_30/20168-1.html?topic=&amp;CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
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 <volume>21</volume>
 <issue>30</issue>
 <title><![CDATA[Hill, OMB spar over IT freeze]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[Lawmakers last week said the freeze on IT projects at proposed Homeland Security Department agencies has hurt chances for establishing a departmental systems architecture and possibly harmed contractors and systems.]]></description>
 <link>http://www.gcn.com/print/21_30/20201-1.html?topic=&amp;CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
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 <volume>21</volume>
 <issue>30</issue>
 <title><![CDATA[Lawmakers adjust e-gov bills in bid to get them passed this year ]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[The House Government Reform Subcommittee on Technology and Procurement Policy last week approved the E-Government Act of 2002, but stripped out a requirement for a governmentwide CIO.]]></description>
 <link>http://www.gcn.com/print/21_30/20202-1.html?topic=&amp;CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
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 <volume>21</volume>
 <issue>30</issue>
 <title><![CDATA[PTO revises its IT security ranking]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[The Patent and Trademark Office has downgraded its IT security readiness level in the wake of critical reports from the Commerce Department inspector general.]]></description>
 <link>http://www.gcn.com/print/21_30/20203-1.html?topic=&amp;CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
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 <volume>21</volume>
 <issue>30</issue>
 <title><![CDATA[Feds debate what&#146;s limiting biometrics ]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[No federal agency is ready to apply biometric technology enterprisewide.]]></description>
 <link>http://www.gcn.com/print/21_30/20204-1.html?topic=&amp;CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
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 <volume>21</volume>
 <issue>30</issue>
 <title><![CDATA[Wireless signals seep onto streets]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[Agencies ignore the security risks of wireless networking at their peril.]]></description>
 <link>http://www.gcn.com/print/21_30/20205-1.html?topic=&amp;CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
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 <volume>21</volume>
 <issue>30</issue>
 <title><![CDATA[Setting up secure WLAN takes layers]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[A wireless network is like having hundreds of Category 5 cables floating in search of a rogue client.]]></description>
 <link>http://www.gcn.com/print/21_30/20206-1.html?topic=&amp;CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
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 <volume>21</volume>
 <issue>30</issue>
 <title><![CDATA[Security tools play catch-up to wireless]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[All the vulnerabilities of wired networks apply to wireless ones&#151;and then some, the National Institute of Standards and Technology has warned agencies.]]></description>
 <link>http://www.gcn.com/print/21_30/20207-1.html?topic=&amp;CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
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 <volume>21</volume>
 <issue>30</issue>
 <title><![CDATA[Defense CIO sets wireless policy for Pentagon]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[After months of work, the Defense Department CIO last week issued a policy restricting use of wireless devices at the Pentagon.]]></description>
 <link>http://www.gcn.com/print/21_30/20208-1.html?topic=&amp;CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
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 <volume>21</volume>
 <issue>30</issue>
 <title><![CDATA[20 years and counting]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[Anniversaries always prompt people to look for themes, compare the present with the past, make predictions.]]></description>
 <link>http://www.gcn.com/print/21_30/20152-1.html?topic=&amp;CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
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 <volume>21</volume>
 <issue>30</issue>
 <title><![CDATA[Letters to the Editor]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[In your review of antivirus solutions, &#147;Four Antivirus Programs Depth-Charge Viruses Before They Can Infect&#148;, I was disappointed to see Symantec&#146;s corporate edition antivirus solution being inappropriately compared with competing vendors&#146; consumer-focused antivirus solutions.]]></description>
 <link>http://www.gcn.com/print/21_30/20153-1.html?topic=&amp;CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
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 <volume>21</volume>
 <issue>30</issue>
 <title><![CDATA[By the numbers]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[Agency systems chiefs must not only secure their systems, they must make sure people know it. That&#146;s why surveys of the perceived status of systems security are important.]]></description>
 <link>http://www.gcn.com/print/21_30/20154-1.html?topic=&amp;CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
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 <volume>21</volume>
 <issue>30</issue>
 <title><![CDATA[Editorial Cartoon]]></title>
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 <link>http://www.gcn.com/print/21_30/20155-1.html?topic=&amp;CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
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 <volume>21</volume>
 <issue>30</issue>
 <title><![CDATA[Tools to cut the cord]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[When the Internet was new, the rush was on to get every office wired. But now, the explosive growth of the Web and e-mail has left many organizations tethered to tangled, intricate Category 5 webs of their own mad creation. Today, a rush is on again&#151;this time to get rid of the wires.]]></description>
 <link>http://www.gcn.com/print/21_30/20184-1.html?topic=&amp;CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
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 <volume>21</volume>
 <issue>30</issue>
 <title><![CDATA[W.Va. gets the picture with inventory]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[West Virginia&#146;s inventory of its government property won&#146;t be only words and numbers much longer. This fall, the State Treasurer&#146;s Office will begin taking digital photographs of items recorded in its new inventory system.]]></description>
 <link>http://www.gcn.com/print/21_30/20170-1.html?topic=&amp;CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
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 <volume>21</volume>
 <issue>30</issue>
 <title><![CDATA[Arkansas&#146; new CIO is enthusiastic about e-gov]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[Arkansas&#146; recently appointed CIO, Carolyn G. Osborne, likes her newly adopted state, but she said she &#147;still has to get the tar off my heels.&#148;]]></description>
 <link>http://www.gcn.com/print/21_30/20174-1.html?topic=&amp;CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
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 <volume>21</volume>
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 <title><![CDATA[State lines]]></title>
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