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 <volume>22</volume>
 <issue>10</issue>
 <title><![CDATA[How data is used creates culture gulf]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[If terrorists and other criminals benefit from a culture of sharing information, shouldn&#146;t government agencies trying to stop them be able to do the same?]]></description>
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 <volume>22</volume>
 <issue>10</issue>
 <title><![CDATA[OMB tightens screws on business cases]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[The days of agencies giving the Office of Management and Budget multiple IT business cases for back-office operations are over.]]></description>
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 <volume>22</volume>
 <issue>10</issue>
 <title><![CDATA[Coming into full bloom: technologies for the future]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[Which technologies are going to define government IT for the next few years? GCN takes a look at products, trends and standards likely to take root in five key areas: Web applications, security, communications, storage and microprocessing.]]></description>
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 <volume>22</volume>
 <issue>10</issue>
 <title><![CDATA[Tale of the Tape]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[Not long ago, tape storage technology seemed to be down for the count. The growing demands of electronic storage&#151;for imaging, multimedia, streaming video and other data-intensive applications&#151;led people to question whether older generations of tape drives and libraries could compete with fast-growing optical technologies.]]></description>
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 <volume>22</volume>
 <issue>10</issue>
 <title><![CDATA[The lowdown: tape storage]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[What are they? Tape storage devices run the gamut from small, PC-related systems in the gigabyte range to large enterprise tape libraries capable of up to petabytes of storage.]]></description>
 <link>http://www.gcn.com/print/22_10/21948-1.html?topic=&amp;CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
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 <volume>22</volume>
 <issue>10</issue>
 <title><![CDATA[People on the Move]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[White House cybersecurity adviser Howard Schmidt is resigning, leaving the administration with no IT security chief at a time when the public and private sectors are struggling to make cyberspace a safer place.]]></description>
 <link>http://www.gcn.com/print/22_10/21983-1.html?topic=&amp;CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
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 <volume>22</volume>
 <issue>10</issue>
 <title><![CDATA[Netcentricity takes center stage]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[The Defense Department&#146;s plans for network-centric battle got the four-star treatment last month during a two-day conference, Net-centric Operations 2003, in Vienna, Va.]]></description>
 <link>http://www.gcn.com/print/22_10/21984-1.html?topic=&amp;CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
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 <volume>22</volume>
 <issue>10</issue>
 <title><![CDATA[Security, bandwidth occupy network managers]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[Security issues are keeping many government network administrators up at night.]]></description>
 <link>http://www.gcn.com/print/22_10/21926-1.html?topic=&amp;CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
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 <volume>22</volume>
 <issue>10</issue>
 <title><![CDATA[Defense brass explain IT spending to Hill]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[The Defense Department&#146;s fiscal 2004 IT budget of $28 billion is too big to waste on poorly planned programs, a congressman told several Defense and military CIOs last month at a hearing of the House Armed Services Subcommittee on Terrorism, Unconventional Threats and Capabilities.]]></description>
 <link>http://www.gcn.com/print/22_10/21945-1.html?topic=&amp;CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
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 <volume>22</volume>
 <issue>10</issue>
 <title><![CDATA[Air Force adds sixth satellite to Milstar]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[The Air Force recently launched its sixth and final Military Strategic and Tactical Relay satellite to improve communications and situational awareness for warfighters in Iraq and Afghanistan.]]></description>
 <link>http://www.gcn.com/print/22_10/21946-1.html?topic=&amp;CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
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 <volume>22</volume>
 <issue>10</issue>
 <title><![CDATA[HSD signs on to e-signatures for immigration]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[The Homeland Security Department last week issued an interim rule clearing the way for the use of electronic signatures for filing immigration benefits applications.]]></description>
 <link>http://www.gcn.com/print/22_10/21964-1.html?topic=&amp;CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
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 <volume>22</volume>
 <issue>10</issue>
 <title><![CDATA[PKI certificates gain following by DOD vendors]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[Two years ago, the Defense Department got a tepid response when it invited contractors to use its public-key infrastructure.]]></description>
 <link>http://www.gcn.com/print/22_10/21965-1.html?topic=&amp;CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
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 <volume>22</volume>
 <issue>10</issue>
 <title><![CDATA[IAC to issue own version of data reference model]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[The Industry Advisory Council will soon release its own version of a data reference model for a federal enterprise architecture.]]></description>
 <link>http://www.gcn.com/print/22_10/21966-1.html?topic=&amp;CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
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 <volume>22</volume>
 <issue>10</issue>
 <title><![CDATA[Microsoft wants to dredge bigger federal channel]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[Microsoft Corp. is making what it calls a gigantic push for more public-sector sales&#151;an area the software giant acknowledges its competitors have dominated.]]></description>
 <link>http://www.gcn.com/print/22_10/21967-1.html?topic=&amp;CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
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 <volume>22</volume>
 <issue>10</issue>
 <title><![CDATA[Marine Corps hires SRA for system services]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[The Marine Corps last week awarded SRA International Inc. a seven-year, $115 million contract to support IT at the Command, Control, Communications and Computers CIO Directorate.]]></description>
 <link>http://www.gcn.com/print/22_10/21968-1.html?topic=&amp;CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
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 <volume>22</volume>
 <issue>10</issue>
 <title><![CDATA[SBA will make sure that small means small ]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[The Small Business Administration has issued a proposed rule that will require small businesses receiving schedule or multiple-award contracts to certify annually that they still meet SBA&#146;s size standard for a small business.]]></description>
 <link>http://www.gcn.com/print/22_10/21969-1.html?topic=&amp;CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
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 <volume>22</volume>
 <issue>10</issue>
 <title><![CDATA[Energy IG pans notebook lapses at Los Alamos]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[The Los Alamos National Laboratory has lost control of its inventory of classified and unclassified notebook PCs, the Energy Department inspector general reported last month.]]></description>
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 <volume>22</volume>
 <issue>10</issue>
 <title><![CDATA[DLP projectors vs. LCDs]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[Texas Instruments Inc., the company that invented digital light processing, wants to prove that DLP projectors surpass LCDs in length of service.]]></description>
 <link>http://www.gcn.com/print/22_10/21971-1.html?topic=&amp;CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
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 <volume>22</volume>
 <issue>10</issue>
 <title><![CDATA[Cyberwar can yield tangible results]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[Technology consultant George P. Lampe began his Air Force service in 1967 and retired from active duty in 1998 with the rank of major general.]]></description>
 <link>http://www.gcn.com/print/22_10/21925-1.html?topic=&amp;CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
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 <volume>22</volume>
 <issue>10</issue>
 <title><![CDATA[&#147;Did you hear...&#148; ]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[Where is Saddam Hussein? Gone to Elvisland? Now we&#146;ll never be able to tell him apart from Saddam doubles and actors, who are being auditioned by the dozens for a West End stage show in London. Meanwhile, the Associated Press reported last month that U.S. businesses will scorn looted Iraqi paintings and gold-plated weapons in favor of selling their own war collectibles: &#147;Wipe Out Saddam&#148; toilet paper and &#147;Bomb Saddam Mad Blast&#148; hot sauce. What&#146;s next: A Saddam lookalike to sing and tap-dance at your child&#146;s birthday party? ]]></description>
 <link>http://www.gcn.com/print/22_10/21985-1.html?topic=&amp;CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
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 <volume>22</volume>
 <issue>10</issue>
 <title><![CDATA[Packet Rat: The Rat draws a line in the sand]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[When last heard from, the Rat was flirting with the idea of applying for an IT position with the transitional Iraq government. Then he was stirred from restless sleep by a phone call telling him to pack a bag.]]></description>
 <link>http://www.gcn.com/print/22_10/21987-1.html?topic=&amp;CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
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 <volume>22</volume>
 <issue>10</issue>
 <title><![CDATA[Find a word: Chiefs R us]]></title>
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 <volume>22</volume>
 <issue>10</issue>
 <title><![CDATA[GAO preps investment advice]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[As pressure increases on agencies to justify their IT investments, the General Accounting Office is preparing a tool to make the job easier. GAO this summer will release its updated IT Investment Management Framework to give agencies a methodology for improving their capital planning and investment control processes.]]></description>
 <link>http://www.gcn.com/print/22_10/21951-1.html?topic=&amp;CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
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 <volume>22</volume>
 <issue>10</issue>
 <title><![CDATA[Federal Contract Law: Three trends to watch for in federal procurement]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[Although it is tough to predict the direction of procurement policy, there are some trends with interesting possibilities. Three areas in particular hold promise.]]></description>
 <link>http://www.gcn.com/print/22_10/21952-1.html?topic=&amp;CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
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 <volume>22</volume>
 <issue>10</issue>
 <title><![CDATA[Calendar]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[1-4 WebSphere Advisor DevCon Conference.Las Vegas. Contact Advisor Media Inc.; phone: 858-278-5600; Web: www.Advisor.com/WSDevCon.]]></description>
 <link>http://www.gcn.com/print/22_10/21954-1.html?topic=&amp;CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
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 <volume>22</volume>
 <issue>10</issue>
 <title><![CDATA[Online extra: Is the data for spies or for cops?]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[Some cultural barriers to information sharing for homeland security reflect a fundamental conflict: Intelligence agencies gather secret information for purposes of preventing terrorist acts; law enforcement agencies prosecute offenders.]]></description>
 <link>http://www.gcn.com/print/22_10/21955-1.html?topic=&amp;CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
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 <volume>22</volume>
 <issue>10</issue>
 <title><![CDATA[Agencies must dine on alphabet soup]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[Like laborers on the tower of Babel, state and federal IT officials are frustrated in their efforts to share information for homeland security purposes, in part because they speak different languages.]]></description>
 <link>http://www.gcn.com/print/22_10/21972-1.html?topic=&amp;CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
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 <volume>22</volume>
 <issue>10</issue>
 <title><![CDATA[Aggregating data helps, but raises privacy concerns]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[Data mining is one way homeland security analysts can generate aggregate data sets. But cultural practices have not kept up with technology.]]></description>
 <link>http://www.gcn.com/print/22_10/21973-1.html?topic=&amp;CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
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 <volume>22</volume>
 <issue>10</issue>
 <title><![CDATA[Applications: XML, Web services pave the way]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[Computer applications express agencies&#146; missions as code. Missions stem from a blend of policy and the management of implementing policy.]]></description>
 <link>http://www.gcn.com/print/22_10/21974-1.html?topic=&amp;CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
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 <volume>22</volume>
 <issue>10</issue>
 <title><![CDATA[Security: Biometrics gains a foothold  ]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[If you want to see the near future of biometric security control, look at the Defense Manpower Data Center (DMDC) in Seaside, Calif.]]></description>
 <link>http://www.gcn.com/print/22_10/21976-1.html?topic=&amp;CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
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 <volume>22</volume>
 <issue>10</issue>
 <title><![CDATA[Communications: It&#146;s all wireless]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[Predictions about the future of communications conjure up different technologies that all have one thing in common: They&#146;re wireless.]]></description>
 <link>http://www.gcn.com/print/22_10/21978-1.html?topic=&amp;CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
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 <volume>22</volume>
 <issue>10</issue>
 <title><![CDATA[Storage: the shrinking form factor ]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[Data storage will always be the bedrock of IT systems. That&#146;s why it&#146;s the object of such continuous and intense research and development.]]></description>
 <link>http://www.gcn.com/print/22_10/21979-1.html?topic=&amp;CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
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 <volume>22</volume>
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 <title><![CDATA[Processing: 64-bit computing ramps up]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[Suddenly, everything about 64-bit computing is new again.In some form, 64-bit processors designed for proprietary operating systems have been in data centers for years. But the recent debut of the Opteron microprocessor chip from Advanced Micro Devices Inc. of Sunnyvale, Calif., to be followed this summer by an upgraded Itanium 2 from Intel Corp., promises to ratchet up the pressure to switch enterprise applications away from the 32-bit track. That&#146;s because devices priced in the PC server range will have 64-bit capability.]]></description>
 <link>http://www.gcn.com/print/22_10/21980-1.html?topic=&amp;CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
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 <volume>22</volume>
 <issue>10</issue>
 <title><![CDATA[One step at a time]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[If the Iraq war has demonstrated anything, it&#146;s that even organizations as big as the U.S. armed services can change in remarkable ways. The agility and lethality of the forces, military analysts are saying, has been dramatic compared with conflicts as recent as the 1991 Gulf War.]]></description>
 <link>http://www.gcn.com/print/22_10/21928-1.html?topic=&amp;CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
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 <volume>22</volume>
 <issue>10</issue>
 <title><![CDATA[Another View: Regional ISACs provide security coordination]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[State and local government officials should give serious thought to establishing regional information sharing and analysis centers, or ISACs. The need for interstate ISACs is clear. With such an operation in place, member governments could better defend against cyberattacks and coordinate responses to attacks when they occur.]]></description>
 <link>http://www.gcn.com/print/22_10/21930-1.html?topic=&amp;CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
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 <volume>22</volume>
 <issue>10</issue>
 <title><![CDATA[Significa]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[IT advancements have often been driven by the needs of the space program. In the 1960s and 1970s, NASA sparked the trend for small, light systems. Now commercial requirements have overtaken and nearly eliminated circuitry built only for government use.]]></description>
 <link>http://www.gcn.com/print/22_10/21931-1.html?topic=&amp;CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
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 <volume>22</volume>
 <issue>10</issue>
 <title><![CDATA[Editorial Cartoon]]></title>
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 <link>http://www.gcn.com/print/22_10/21932-1.html?topic=&amp;CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
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 <volume>22</volume>
 <issue>10</issue>
 <title><![CDATA[Biometrics gets better but still needs some work]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[The biometrics market is maturing past its once-flimsy hardware and confusing software.]]></description>
 <link>http://www.gcn.com/print/22_10/21949-1.html?topic=&amp;CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
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 <volume>22</volume>
 <issue>10</issue>
 <title><![CDATA[Face recognition system still not in the best light]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[Our test tool in this review, Saf2000, came bundled with Visionics FaceIt facial biometrics software, acquired last year by Identix. We tested it with the Panasonic Authenticam.]]></description>
 <link>http://www.gcn.com/print/22_10/21950-1.html?topic=&amp;CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
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 <volume>22</volume>
 <issue>10</issue>
 <title><![CDATA[Government users face hurdles on remote sensing]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[State and local governments have new opportunities to use remote sensing data, thanks to recent technological developments, according to a study released last month by a committee of the National Research Council. And many of the hurdles they face in using this data are not technological, the study said.]]></description>
 <link>http://www.gcn.com/print/22_10/21920-1.html?topic=&amp;CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
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 <volume>22</volume>
 <issue>10</issue>
 <title><![CDATA[Georgia portal was ready for IRS link]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[When the Small Business Administration went looking for a state partner to roll out a piece of its Business Compliance One-Stop e-government project, Georgia happened to be at the right place at the right time.]]></description>
 <link>http://www.gcn.com/print/22_10/21921-1.html?topic=&amp;CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
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 <volume>22</volume>
 <issue>10</issue>
 <title><![CDATA[State lines]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[Medicaid tracking. West Virginia last month awarded a $61 million contract to Unisys Corp. to handle Medicaid transactions.]]></description>
 <link>http://www.gcn.com/print/22_10/21922-1.html?topic=&amp;CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
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 <volume>22</volume>
 <issue>10</issue>
 <title><![CDATA[In the loop]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[Between now and October, the Treasury Department will link most of its employees to a human resources system replacing dozens of scattered databases, some dating back to the 1960s.]]></description>
 <link>http://www.gcn.com/print/22_10/21934-1.html?topic=&amp;CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
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 <volume>22</volume>
 <issue>10</issue>
 <title><![CDATA[Internaut: HSD should fix a big weakness -- spoofing]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[As the Homeland Security Department starts collecting data about infrastructure vulnerabilities, I hope it will focus on one of the most obvious: hackers&#146; ability to cover their tracks by spoofing IP addresses.]]></description>
 <link>http://www.gcn.com/print/22_10/21935-1.html?topic=&amp;CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
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 <volume>22</volume>
 <issue>10</issue>
 <title><![CDATA[FedCIRC simplifies incident reports]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[The Federal Computer Incident Response Center has simplified its online reporting system for computer security breaches.]]></description>
 <link>http://www.gcn.com/print/22_10/21937-1.html?topic=&amp;CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
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 <volume>22</volume>
 <issue>10</issue>
 <title><![CDATA[Wideband clears phone ranges for  teleconferences ]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[The Polycom SoundStation VTX 1000 teleconferencing phone, due out later this year, is the third generation of the ubiquitous triangular conference room device from Polycom Inc. of Pleasanton, Calif.]]></description>
 <link>http://www.gcn.com/print/22_10/21938-1.html?topic=&amp;CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
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 <volume>22</volume>
 <issue>10</issue>
 <title><![CDATA[Power User: In-house video setup needn&#146;t cost more than $5,000]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[With in-house video production capability, an agency can record anything from IT inventories to training sessions. It makes sense to have digital recordings good enough to incorporate into later projects.]]></description>
 <link>http://www.gcn.com/print/22_10/21939-1.html?topic=&amp;CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
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 <volume>22</volume>
 <issue>10</issue>
 <title><![CDATA[Sysadmins struggle to manage growing security infrastructures]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[IT security now hangs on applying patches as soon as they&#146;re posted, properly configuring hardware and software, and monitoring a host of devices that block unwanted traffic.]]></description>
 <link>http://www.gcn.com/print/22_10/21940-1.html?topic=&amp;CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
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