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 <volume>21</volume>
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 <title><![CDATA[USDA takes HR to new level]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[About 40 percent of Agriculture Department employees nationwide now tap into human resources services remotely through the Combined Administrative Management System.]]></description>
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 <volume>21</volume>
 <issue>6</issue>
 <title><![CDATA[GAO balks at OMB&#146;s refusal to share data]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[A minor turf battle has erupted over agencies&#146; initial efforts to comply with the Government Information Security Reform Act.]]></description>
 <link>http://www.gcn.com/print/21_6/18205-1.html?topic=&amp;CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
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 <volume>21</volume>
 <issue>6</issue>
 <title><![CDATA[OPM sketches map for online personnel files]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[A single database ultimately will link every federal employee once the Office of Personnel Management builds a giant personnel infrastructure.]]></description>
 <link>http://www.gcn.com/print/21_6/18206-1.html?topic=&amp;CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
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 <volume>21</volume>
 <issue>6</issue>
 <title><![CDATA[People on the Move]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[Delia Davis and Wilbert Kelley of the General Services Administration&#146;s Office of Electronic Government were honored last month for their work on GSA&#146;s FedBizOpps Program.]]></description>
 <link>http://www.gcn.com/print/21_6/18182-1.html?topic=&amp;CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
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 <volume>21</volume>
 <issue>6</issue>
 <title><![CDATA[Caught up in the Web]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[Top left: Jeffrey Wells, project manager of the Environmental Protection Agency&#146;s Office of Environmental Information, talks at the Web-Enabled Government program in Washington, about the fundamentals of e-government.]]></description>
 <link>http://www.gcn.com/print/21_6/18183-1.html?topic=&amp;CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
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 <volume>21</volume>
 <issue>6</issue>
 <title><![CDATA[Pentagon employees honored for Sept. 11 valor]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[The Defense Department earlier this month honored 39 employees each with a Medal For Valor for their actions during the terrorist attacks on Sept. 11.]]></description>
 <link>http://www.gcn.com/print/21_6/18185-1.html?topic=&amp;CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
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 <volume>21</volume>
 <issue>6</issue>
 <title><![CDATA[Edward Dancy Jr., a founder of FGIPC, dies]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[Edward D. Dancy Jr., who helped pioneer remote-access systems while with the General Services Administration and was a founder of the Federation of Government Information Processing Councils, died Feb. 26 in Pensacola Beach, Fla., where he had lived for the past 10 years.]]></description>
 <link>http://www.gcn.com/print/21_6/18186-1.html?topic=&amp;CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
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 <volume>21</volume>
 <issue>6</issue>
 <title><![CDATA[FCC decision protects military spectrum use]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[The Federal Communications Commission has struck an accord with the Defense Department, approving the use of the ultra-wideband radio frequency above 3.1 GHz to advance wireless communications without harming critical, spectrum-dependent military systems.]]></description>
 <link>http://www.gcn.com/print/21_6/18161-1.html?topic=&amp;CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
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 <volume>21</volume>
 <issue>6</issue>
 <title><![CDATA[Spectrum Summit seeks peace in the air]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[How government divvies up the federal portion of the spectrum is the focus of intense interest.]]></description>
 <link>http://www.gcn.com/print/21_6/18162-1.html?topic=&amp;CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
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 <volume>21</volume>
 <issue>6</issue>
 <title><![CDATA[Navy tests portal on aircraft carrier]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[On the USS George Washington, sailors are testing the first 50 applications handpicked for use on a Web portal that will connect ships at sea to the Navy-Marine Corps Intranet.]]></description>
 <link>http://www.gcn.com/print/21_6/18169-1.html?topic=&amp;CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
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 <volume>21</volume>
 <issue>6</issue>
 <title><![CDATA[These apps help bring handhelds into the fold]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[Handheld computers are serious data and communications tools in agencies as diverse as the Forest Service and the Navy. The next step for them is to be taken seriously as part of the enterprise.]]></description>
 <link>http://www.gcn.com/print/21_6/18163-1.html?topic=&amp;CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
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 <volume>21</volume>
 <issue>6</issue>
 <title><![CDATA[USPS cancels its PosteCS e-mail service]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[A lack of consumer interest and the need to cut costs have prompted the Postal Service to discontinue its PosteCS international Internet message delivery service.]]></description>
 <link>http://www.gcn.com/print/21_6/18170-1.html?topic=&amp;CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
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 <volume>21</volume>
 <issue>6</issue>
 <title><![CDATA[CIO Council plans a virtual job fair in April]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[The CIO Council and Industry Advisory Council will hold a virtual IT job fair in mid-April.]]></description>
 <link>http://www.gcn.com/print/21_6/18171-1.html?topic=&amp;CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
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 <volume>21</volume>
 <issue>6</issue>
 <title><![CDATA[EPA, DOT say: Leave your car at home]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[The Environmental Protection Agency and the Transportation Department have joined forces on an interagency Web site that promotes commuting alternatives.]]></description>
 <link>http://www.gcn.com/print/21_6/18172-1.html?topic=&amp;CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
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 <volume>21</volume>
 <issue>6</issue>
 <title><![CDATA[Midwest roads scholars peel out on wireless]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[The Nebraska Roads Department is going wireless.]]></description>
 <link>http://www.gcn.com/print/21_6/18173-1.html?topic=&amp;CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
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 <volume>21</volume>
 <issue>6</issue>
 <title><![CDATA[GX3 won&#146;t boot up without a fingerprint]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[The Pentium 4 TransPort GX3 notebook PC that MicronPC LLC released this month has three layers of biometric security&#151;more than its predecessor.]]></description>
 <link>http://www.gcn.com/print/21_6/18174-1.html?topic=&amp;CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
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 <volume>21</volume>
 <issue>6</issue>
 <title><![CDATA[Davis-Burton bill promotes IT staff exchange]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[Reps. Tom Davis (R-Va.) and Dan Burton (R-Ind.) this month introduced a bill that would sanction an exchange program between federal agencies and industry for midlevel IT managers for up to two years.]]></description>
 <link>http://www.gcn.com/print/21_6/18175-1.html?topic=&amp;CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
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 <volume>21</volume>
 <issue>6</issue>
 <title><![CDATA[Tax filings via home PC are up 40 percent]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[So far this year, about 4.8 million users have filed income tax returns from home computers, a 40 percent increase over last year, according to the IRS.]]></description>
 <link>http://www.gcn.com/print/21_6/18176-1.html?topic=&amp;CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
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 <volume>21</volume>
 <issue>6</issue>
 <title><![CDATA[Ridge: Security has similarities to Y2K rollover]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[The director of homeland security vowed recently to take on the nation&#146;s security tasks the way the government took on year 2000 systems preparations. The only difference: This task won&#146;t end when the next new year begins, Tom Ridge said.]]></description>
 <link>http://www.gcn.com/print/21_6/18177-1.html?topic=&amp;CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
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 <volume>21</volume>
 <issue>6</issue>
 <title><![CDATA[INTERVIEW: Bruce Chizen, Adobe&#146;s picture painter]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[Bruce Chizen, president and chief executive officer of Adobe Systems Inc. since 2000, joined the company in 1994. He helped develop and market Adobe applications as vice president and general manager of the graphics professional and consumer divisions.]]></description>
 <link>http://www.gcn.com/print/21_6/18146-1.html?topic=&amp;CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
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 <volume>21</volume>
 <issue>6</issue>
 <title><![CDATA[DID YOU HEAR]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[Lord of the schemas. You just never know what will inspire a burst of poetry. Would you believe Extensible Markup Language? No? Well, it happened in the distant land of MiddleMark, after the Great Battle when SGML smote monsters with mighty runes in ancient elven tongues.]]></description>
 <link>http://www.gcn.com/print/21_6/18178-1.html?topic=&amp;CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
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 <volume>21</volume>
 <issue>6</issue>
 <title><![CDATA[CRYPTOGRAM: The meaning of it all]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[Ever step back from the bits and bytes of the daily routine to take a look at the big picture? The following quotation might provide inspiration.]]></description>
 <link>http://www.gcn.com/print/21_6/18179-1.html?topic=&amp;CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
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 <volume>21</volume>
 <issue>6</issue>
 <title><![CDATA[Packet Rat: Network alert -- BOOM!]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[The Rat recently stumbled onto the next revolution in desktop computing by accident. He has seen the future, and it runs on Linux&#151;or, rather, Final Fantasy X.]]></description>
 <link>http://www.gcn.com/print/21_6/18180-1.html?topic=&amp;CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
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 <volume>21</volume>
 <issue>6</issue>
 <title><![CDATA[Current Issue Crossword/Puzzle]]></title>
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 <link>http://www.gcn.com/print/21_6/18181-1.html?topic=&amp;CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
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 <volume>21</volume>
 <issue>6</issue>
 <title><![CDATA[Army systems office seeks agility, efficiency]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[The Army&#146;s effort at transformation is apparent in the new scope of Kevin Carroll&#146;s office.]]></description>
 <link>http://www.gcn.com/print/21_6/18166-1.html?topic=&amp;CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
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 <volume>21</volume>
 <issue>6</issue>
 <title><![CDATA[Federal Contract Law: GAO plans protest rule revisions&#151;it&#146;s about time]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[The General Accounting Office has announced its intention to revise the rules on bid protests. GAO, which has been deciding protests for about 70 years, received statutory sanction back in 1984, with the Competition in Contracting Act.]]></description>
 <link>http://www.gcn.com/print/21_6/18167-1.html?topic=&amp;CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
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 <volume>21</volume>
 <issue>6</issue>
 <title><![CDATA[Calendar]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[April 15-18. Users Conference.Arlington, Va. Contact the Defense Technical Information Center; phone: 703-767-8236; Web: www.dtic.mil/dtic/annualconf.]]></description>
 <link>http://www.gcn.com/print/21_6/18168-1.html?topic=&amp;CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
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 <volume>21</volume>
 <issue>6</issue>
 <title><![CDATA[GSA pulls a Fast one for FirstGov]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[If you&#146;ve never heard of Fast Search and Transfer of Oslo, Norway, you&#146;re not alone. Despite its low name recognition, the company&#146;s search engine will power the next generation of the FirstGov portal.]]></description>
 <link>http://www.gcn.com/print/21_6/18187-1.html?topic=&amp;CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
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 <volume>21</volume>
 <issue>6</issue>
 <title><![CDATA[Treasury prepares to converge its networks]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[The Treasury Department has mapped out the stages for building a departmentwide digital communications infrastructure by the end of the decade.]]></description>
 <link>http://www.gcn.com/print/21_6/18188-1.html?topic=&amp;CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
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 <volume>21</volume>
 <issue>6</issue>
 <title><![CDATA[Should feds be in the online ID biz?]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[Government-issued identification, from driver&#146;s licenses to Social Security cards, has become the de facto standard for establishing identity in the paper world.]]></description>
 <link>http://www.gcn.com/print/21_6/18189-1.html?topic=&amp;CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
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 <volume>21</volume>
 <issue>6</issue>
 <title><![CDATA[Customs cracks down on airlines that missed deadline for supplying passenger information ]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[The Customs Service this month implemented a three-phase plan to improve compliance with the Aviation Transportation and Security Act.]]></description>
 <link>http://www.gcn.com/print/21_6/18190-1.html?topic=&amp;CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
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 <volume>21</volume>
 <issue>6</issue>
 <title><![CDATA[DARPA shifts its focus toward security efforts]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[The Bush administration&#146;s use of technology to bolster homeland security has prompted the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency to reorganize its offices, combining its IT and homeland security efforts.]]></description>
 <link>http://www.gcn.com/print/21_6/18191-1.html?topic=&amp;CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
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 <volume>21</volume>
 <issue>6</issue>
 <title><![CDATA[DOD mulls restrictions on foreign IT workers]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[A draft Defense Department proposal would remove many foreign nationals from IT jobs deemed sensitive.]]></description>
 <link>http://www.gcn.com/print/21_6/18192-1.html?topic=&amp;CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
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 <volume>21</volume>
 <issue>6</issue>
 <title><![CDATA[GovNet&#146;s future is still unclear]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[GovNet, the proposed secure intranet for mission-critical agency communications, has drawn 169 responses to a request for information.]]></description>
 <link>http://www.gcn.com/print/21_6/18193-1.html?topic=&amp;CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
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 <volume>21</volume>
 <issue>6</issue>
 <title><![CDATA[Latest e-gov task: finding funding]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[When agencies agreed to lead the 24 projects for the Office of Management and Budget&#146;s e-government initiative, a major question left unanswered was how agencies would fund the work.]]></description>
 <link>http://www.gcn.com/print/21_6/18194-1.html?topic=&amp;CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
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 <volume>21</volume>
 <issue>6</issue>
 <title><![CDATA[Feds discuss challenges of interagency projects]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[When e-government managers come knocking on the door for cooperation from the chiefs of federal programs and processes, the common response is, &#147;I have a way that should be the way.&#148;]]></description>
 <link>http://www.gcn.com/print/21_6/18195-1.html?topic=&amp;CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
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 <volume>21</volume>
 <issue>6</issue>
 <title><![CDATA[OPM maps out self-serve site]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[More than 50 agencies are working with the Office of Personnel Management on versions of Employee Express, online personnel applications.]]></description>
 <link>http://www.gcn.com/print/21_6/18196-1.html?topic=&amp;CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
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 <volume>21</volume>
 <issue>6</issue>
 <title><![CDATA[DISA delays  contract award for DREN again]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[For the second time in two months, the Defense Information Systems Agency has delayed the award of a $400 million network contract.]]></description>
 <link>http://www.gcn.com/print/21_6/18197-1.html?topic=&amp;CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
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 <volume>21</volume>
 <issue>6</issue>
 <title><![CDATA[Guard begins overhaul of distress alert system]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[The Coast Guard&#146;s maritime 911 system to monitor distress calls from vessels is set for a major upgrade.]]></description>
 <link>http://www.gcn.com/print/21_6/18198-1.html?topic=&amp;CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
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 <volume>21</volume>
 <issue>6</issue>
 <title><![CDATA[CIO Council backs NAPA study on IT pay]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[The CIO Council is backing a National Academy of Public Administration report that calls for government to rethink the pay of federal IT workers.]]></description>
 <link>http://www.gcn.com/print/21_6/18199-1.html?topic=&amp;CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
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 <volume>21</volume>
 <issue>6</issue>
 <title><![CDATA[Info sharing requires a change of mind, not hub]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[Agencies must change their mind-set, not necessarily their technology, to expand information sharing, federal officials told a congressional panel last month.]]></description>
 <link>http://www.gcn.com/print/21_6/18200-1.html?topic=&amp;CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
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 <volume>21</volume>
 <issue>6</issue>
 <title><![CDATA[Runway system cleared for takeoff]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[After years of criticism over delays, cost overruns and malfunctions, the Federal Aviation Administration&#146;s system to warn air traffic controllers of potential runway accidents finally seems on-track.]]></description>
 <link>http://www.gcn.com/print/21_6/18201-1.html?topic=&amp;CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
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 <volume>21</volume>
 <issue>6</issue>
 <title><![CDATA[Labor will expand use of online expert advisers]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[The Labor Department plans to expand to about 100 the array of systems that offer expert advice to the public via the Web.]]></description>
 <link>http://www.gcn.com/print/21_6/18202-1.html?topic=&amp;CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
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 <volume>21</volume>
 <issue>6</issue>
 <title><![CDATA[GSA&#146;s payroll system keeps agencies in the money]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[When the Office of Personnel Management decided to scrap its 20-year-old payroll processing system last year, it considered keeping the operation in-house.]]></description>
 <link>http://www.gcn.com/print/21_6/18203-1.html?topic=&amp;CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
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 <volume>21</volume>
 <issue>6</issue>
 <title><![CDATA[EDITORIAL]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[Surprise! Rep. Steve Horn&#146;s House Government Reform Subcommittee on Government Efficiency, Financial Management and Intergovernmental Relations has given agencies an F for computer security [GCN, March 4, Page 9].]]></description>
 <link>http://www.gcn.com/print/21_6/18147-1.html?topic=&amp;CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
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 <volume>21</volume>
 <issue>6</issue>
 <title><![CDATA[ANOTHER VIEW]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[Government institutions and programs will emerge from the trauma of Sept. 11 much stronger than they had been on Sept. 10. ]]></description>
 <link>http://www.gcn.com/print/21_6/18148-1.html?topic=&amp;CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
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 <volume>21</volume>
 <issue>6</issue>
 <title><![CDATA[Editorial Cartoon]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[SOAP Simple Object Access Protocol: an XML protocol for exchanging information to allow access to services, objects and servers over the Web, regardless of platform or programming language.]]></description>
 <link>http://www.gcn.com/print/21_6/18149-1.html?topic=&amp;CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
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 <volume>21</volume>
 <issue>6</issue>
 <title><![CDATA[LCD projectors run the gamut in size and power]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[A couple of years ago, the GCN Lab predicted that digital projectors would become uniformly tiny and bright. Were we ever wrong.]]></description>
 <link>http://www.gcn.com/print/21_6/18164-1.html?topic=&amp;CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
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 <volume>21</volume>
 <issue>6</issue>
 <title><![CDATA[The eMachine is easy on your wallet]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[The $800 eMachines T4155 desktop client breaks the gigahertz barrier but not the bank.]]></description>
 <link>http://www.gcn.com/print/21_6/18165-1.html?topic=&amp;CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
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 <volume>21</volume>
 <issue>6</issue>
 <title><![CDATA[NASA shuttles data to local level]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[Susan Carson Lambert, executive director of Kentucky&#146;s Geographic Information Office, doesn&#146;t hide her excitement about the recent $1.3 million grant her office received from NASA.]]></description>
 <link>http://www.gcn.com/print/21_6/18143-1.html?topic=&amp;CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
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 <volume>21</volume>
 <issue>6</issue>
 <title><![CDATA[States stake claim to digital government turf]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[Clear some space on your reference bookshelf: The National Association of State CIOs last month released a 400-plus-page compendium of digital government in the states.]]></description>
 <link>http://www.gcn.com/print/21_6/18144-1.html?topic=&amp;CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
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 <volume>21</volume>
 <issue>6</issue>
 <title><![CDATA[STATE LINES]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[E-awards. Illinois and Kansas shared top honors in the Digital State 2001 survey conducted by the Progress and Freedom Foundation and the Center for Digital Government.]]></description>
 <link>http://www.gcn.com/print/21_6/18145-1.html?topic=&amp;CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
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 <volume>21</volume>
 <issue>6</issue>
 <title><![CDATA[Sign Language]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[Washington is about to become the first state in which employers can digitally sign their online wage reports to the Social Security Administration. Washington also is the first state to have its digital certificates accepted by federal agencies.]]></description>
 <link>http://www.gcn.com/print/21_6/18150-1.html?topic=&amp;CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
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 <volume>21</volume>
 <issue>6</issue>
 <title><![CDATA[Internaut: ICANN says, &#145;I can&#146;t, not any longer&#146;]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[The federal government gave up managing the Internet Domain Name System root in 1999. Now the job may be handed back to the government or to an international body with multigovernment sponsorship.]]></description>
 <link>http://www.gcn.com/print/21_6/18151-1.html?topic=&amp;CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
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 <volume>21</volume>
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 <title><![CDATA[USGS lab&#146;s system is good to the last drop]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[A customized commercial laboratory application is keeping test results in order at a Geological Survey water quality lab in Denver. USGS officials hope it will bring in more fee revenue by increasing sample loads.]]></description>
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 <volume>21</volume>
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 <title><![CDATA[Sun seeks open-source ideas ]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[Sun Microsystems Inc. is leading an effort to do for peer-to-peer computing what the Hypertext Transfer Protocol and HTML did for the Web.]]></description>
 <link>http://www.gcn.com/print/21_6/18153-1.html?topic=&amp;CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
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 <volume>21</volume>
 <issue>6</issue>
 <title><![CDATA[Power User: You can get a commanding view in Windows 2000]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[Power users who miss the convenience of MS-DOS commands can still find them under Microsoft Windows 2000.]]></description>
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 <volume>21</volume>
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 <title><![CDATA[National public health network suffers hiccups in emergencies]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[Representatives of state, local and federal public health and IT organizations told the House Government Reform Subcommittee on Technology and Procurement Policy late last year that they weren&#146;t getting the information they need to thwart bioterrorism.]]></description>
 <link>http://www.gcn.com/print/21_6/18155-1.html?topic=&amp;CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
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 <volume>21</volume>
 <issue>6</issue>
 <title><![CDATA[NASA space station team pilots voice over IP system]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[NASA is readying a voice over IP teleconferencing system to link operations personnel for the International Space Station with research scientists around the world.]]></description>
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