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 <title><![CDATA[Let the building begin]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[Ready or not, Web services are coming to your agency and XML architect Brand L. Niemann of EPA has noticed the move from abstract to apps.]]></description>
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 <volume>22</volume>
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 <title><![CDATA[Bush plans 12 percent pop in &#146;04 IT spending]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[Although the increase in overall government spending likely will be less than 5 percent in fiscal 2004, President Bush plans to request more than twice that for federal IT.]]></description>
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 <volume>22</volume>
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 <title><![CDATA[Is this the year for wireless gear?]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[In a world filled with uncertainty, one thing seems a sure bet: 2003 will be a breakthrough year for wireless networking in offices and campuses around the country.]]></description>
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 <volume>22</volume>
 <issue>2</issue>
 <title><![CDATA[The lowdown on IEEE 802.11 wireless]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[What is it? The IEEE 802.11 wireless standards allow PCs, handhelds and other devices to connect wirelessly to LANs and the Internet. Dominant in the market now is 802.11b, which transmits data at up to 11 Mbps on the 2.4-GHz band. Coming along are 802.11a, at 54 Mbps on the 5-GHz band, and 802.11g, which will use the 2.4-GHz band at up to 54 Mbps.]]></description>
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 <volume>22</volume>
 <issue>2</issue>
 <title><![CDATA[People on the Move]]></title>
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 <volume>22</volume>
 <issue>2</issue>
 <title><![CDATA[Who&#146;s who in the new Congress]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[With Republicans in control of both houses of Congress, one of the first, most obvious changes in government is in the makeup of congressional committees. Here&#146;s the state of the assignments for the 108th Congress.]]></description>
 <link>http://www.gcn.com/print/22_2/20982-1.html?topic=&amp;CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
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 <volume>22</volume>
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 <title><![CDATA[Navy and Army take steps to consolidate HR systems]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[In the eyes of Defense Department overseers, the Navy and Army are taking the interim steps&#151;sometimes a bit unsteadily&#151;to make their human resources systems for military members ready for transition to a DOD-wide system.]]></description>
 <link>http://www.gcn.com/print/22_2/20948-1.html?topic=&amp;CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
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 <volume>22</volume>
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 <title><![CDATA[DOD wages a new bandwidth battle]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[The Defense Department is once again fighting to protect a band of radio frequencies from industry encroachment. ]]></description>
 <link>http://www.gcn.com/print/22_2/20949-1.html?topic=&amp;CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
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 <volume>22</volume>
 <issue>2</issue>
 <title><![CDATA[CRTs have their drawbacks but still score big]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[Users of CRT monitors tend to have two views of the displays they use every day.]]></description>
 <link>http://www.gcn.com/print/22_2/20923-1.html?topic=&amp;CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
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 <volume>22</volume>
 <issue>2</issue>
 <title><![CDATA[Sen. Edwards&#146; IT bill would bolster security]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[The National Cyber Security Leadership Act of 2003, introduced this month by Sen. John Edwards, complements the Federal Information Security Management Act, which was part of last year&#146;s homeland security bill.]]></description>
 <link>http://www.gcn.com/print/22_2/20963-1.html?topic=&amp;CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
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 <volume>22</volume>
 <issue>2</issue>
 <title><![CDATA[22 agencies get deal for priority cellular service]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[The National Communications System, which represents 22 federal agencies, has awarded the first contract for nationwide Wireless Priority Service to T-Mobile USA Inc. of Bellevue, Wash.]]></description>
 <link>http://www.gcn.com/print/22_2/20964-1.html?topic=&amp;CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
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 <volume>22</volume>
 <issue>2</issue>
 <title><![CDATA[New Trail Bossprogram rides in from sunset]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[A group of current and former government IT managers is working to revive the General Services Administration&#146;s Trail Boss program.]]></description>
 <link>http://www.gcn.com/print/22_2/20965-1.html?topic=&amp;CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
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 <volume>22</volume>
 <issue>2</issue>
 <title><![CDATA[DLA renews deal for data analysis center]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[The Defense Logistics Agency has renewed a contract with Booz Allen Hamilton Inc. of McLean, Va., to run the Survivability/Vulnerability Information Analysis Center.]]></description>
 <link>http://www.gcn.com/print/22_2/20966-1.html?topic=&amp;CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
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 <volume>22</volume>
 <issue>2</issue>
 <title><![CDATA[Wis. governor inaugurates with a webcast]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[Inauguration day in Wisconsin used to mean layering on plenty of winter garments to brave the icy weather in Madison.]]></description>
 <link>http://www.gcn.com/print/22_2/20967-1.html?topic=&amp;CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
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 <volume>22</volume>
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 <title><![CDATA[Feedback helps OFPP amend Circular A-76]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[The Office of Federal Procurement Policy is evaluating more than 650 comments about proposed changes to OMB Circular A-76.]]></description>
 <link>http://www.gcn.com/print/22_2/20968-1.html?topic=&amp;CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
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 <volume>22</volume>
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 <title><![CDATA[System revamp grounds NASA travel payments]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[It&#146;s a good thing astronauts don&#146;t file for mileage expenses while in space. If they did, some wouldn&#146;t be able to submit expenses for reimbursement until March 10.]]></description>
 <link>http://www.gcn.com/print/22_2/20969-1.html?topic=&amp;CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
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 <volume>22</volume>
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 <title><![CDATA[Census will count lines online]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[Under a Census Bureau contract, the Open GIS Consortium Inc. is working out ways for local and tribal jurisdictions to report boundary changes electronically.]]></description>
 <link>http://www.gcn.com/print/22_2/20970-1.html?topic=&amp;CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
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 <volume>22</volume>
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 <title><![CDATA[Holistic approach is Rx for security]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[Dr. Peter S. Tippett, chief technology officer of TruSecure Corp. of Herndon, Va., began working with computers before he began studying medicine. For many years, he mixed the two fields until finally devoting himself full time to viruses of the computer rather than biological kind.]]></description>
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 <volume>22</volume>
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 <title><![CDATA[&#147;Did you hear...&#148; ]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[Mayhem in motion. British digital risk management firm mi2g Ltd. has GIF-animated the numbers and locations of overt digital attacks against governments worldwide over the last two years. According to the map, at www.mi2g.com/cgi/mi2g/frameset.php?pageid=/cgi/mi2g/press/160103.php, hack attacks against U.S. government sites peaked in May 2001. ]]></description>
 <link>http://www.gcn.com/print/22_2/20984-1.html?topic=&amp;CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
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 <volume>22</volume>
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 <title><![CDATA[Packet Rat: The Rat&#146;s caffeine jag gives boss a jolt]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[Microsoft Corp.&#146;s recent announcement that it will let government officials peek inside its Windows source code&#151;if they come to Redmond, Wash., to scrutinize the last 3 percent&#151;curled the furry one&#146;s whiskers.]]></description>
 <link>http://www.gcn.com/print/22_2/20985-1.html?topic=&amp;CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
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 <volume>22</volume>
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 <title><![CDATA[Matchup: Speaking in Tongues]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[Do you ever find yourself on the steep side of the jargon learning curve? Well, fear not, GCN will catch you. But we&#146;re not going to do all the work. You still have to match up the jargon in the left column with the definition on the right.]]></description>
 <link>http://www.gcn.com/print/22_2/20987-1.html?topic=&amp;CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
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 <volume>22</volume>
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 <title><![CDATA[Readers see dual message on work force ]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[Are federal officials saying one thing and doing another when it comes to the government&#146;s IT work force?]]></description>
 <link>http://www.gcn.com/print/22_2/20953-1.html?topic=&amp;CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
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 <volume>22</volume>
 <issue>2</issue>
 <title><![CDATA[Federal Contract Law: Contracting without competition is out of control]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[The most troublesome public contracts aren&#146;t those for R&amp;D programs. Folks expect them to run over cost and over budget. After all, estimation is an art, prognostication is a fiction and exaggeration is a successful political strategy. Motive, method and opportunity all come together in this predictably serial crime.]]></description>
 <link>http://www.gcn.com/print/22_2/20954-1.html?topic=&amp;CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
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 <volume>22</volume>
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 <title><![CDATA[Calendar]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[2-5 Geospatial Information and Technology Association Annual ConferenceSan Antonio. Contact GITA; Web: www.gita.org, phone: 303-337-0513.]]></description>
 <link>http://www.gcn.com/print/22_2/20955-1.html?topic=&amp;CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
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 <volume>22</volume>
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 <title><![CDATA[Contract models help the push toward performance]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[Government agencies are buying more services. In fact, you could say agencies are on a services spending spree.]]></description>
 <link>http://www.gcn.com/print/22_2/20909-1.html?topic=&amp;CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
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 <volume>22</volume>
 <issue>2</issue>
 <title><![CDATA[CIOs take a new approach, put performance first]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[The landscape of government IT services acquisition is shifting.]]></description>
 <link>http://www.gcn.com/print/22_2/20910-1.html?topic=&amp;CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
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 <volume>22</volume>
 <issue>2</issue>
 <title><![CDATA[Tailor contracts to take advantage of FSS deals]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[Two years ago, the General Services Administration started offering financial and business services on the Federal Supply Schedule, and observers expected the revenue eventually to surpass that of the IT schedule, which brought in $13.2 billion in fiscal 2002.]]></description>
 <link>http://www.gcn.com/print/22_2/20911-1.html?topic=&amp;CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
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 <volume>22</volume>
 <issue>2</issue>
 <title><![CDATA[Set parameters to make the most of Web services]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[If you want to know what agencies think about hosting their own Internet sites, look no further than Firstgov.gov. The General Services Administration did not hesitate to outsource the online face of the federal government to AT&amp;T Corp.]]></description>
 <link>http://www.gcn.com/print/22_2/20912-1.html?topic=&amp;CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
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 <volume>22</volume>
 <issue>2</issue>
 <title><![CDATA[Pick an outsourcing model that fits your needs]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[When it comes to outsourcing human resources work, government agencies have several options.]]></description>
 <link>http://www.gcn.com/print/22_2/20913-1.html?topic=&amp;CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
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 <volume>22</volume>
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 <title><![CDATA[Assess your LAN before choosing the best plan]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[A few years ago, the state of IT in the city of Falls Church, Va., was in what chief financial officer Shirley Hughes calls the dark ages.]]></description>
 <link>http://www.gcn.com/print/22_2/20916-1.html?topic=&amp;CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
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 <volume>22</volume>
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 <title><![CDATA[Measure in-house abilities against requirements]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[With all the worries about a pending work force shortage and the talk about agencies sticking to their missions, security remains the one IT service federal managers have yet to relinquish to the private sector.]]></description>
 <link>http://www.gcn.com/print/22_2/20918-1.html?topic=&amp;CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
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 <volume>22</volume>
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 <title><![CDATA[Define metrics first, then call for help]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[Robert Otto, CIO and chief technology officer for the Postal Service, made the decision to outsource his agency&#146;s computer help desk to EDS Corp. the same way he would buy pens or paper. Otto sees help desk services as a commodity.]]></description>
 <link>http://www.gcn.com/print/22_2/20920-1.html?topic=&amp;CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
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 <volume>22</volume>
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 <title><![CDATA[TSA set to test biometric systems at 20 airports]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[Over the next several months, the Transportation Security Administration will test biometric devices at 20 U.S. airports. The agency plans to quickly award contracts for the pilot of its Airport Access Control Pilot Program.]]></description>
 <link>http://www.gcn.com/print/22_2/20938-1.html?topic=&amp;CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
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 <volume>22</volume>
 <issue>2</issue>
 <title><![CDATA[E-Authentication waits for rest of the pack]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[Technically, e-Authentication is ready&#151;and waiting.]]></description>
 <link>http://www.gcn.com/print/22_2/20939-1.html?topic=&amp;CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
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 <volume>22</volume>
 <issue>2</issue>
 <title><![CDATA[State scraps pilot for international communications]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[The State Department recently decided to end a knowledge management pilot that the department&#146;s inspector general said was poorly planned and implemented.]]></description>
 <link>http://www.gcn.com/print/22_2/20940-1.html?topic=&amp;CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
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 <volume>22</volume>
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 <title><![CDATA[Agriculture, Interior combine campsite reservation systems]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[The Office of Management and Budget has ordered the government by October to consolidate its two major campsite reservation systems.]]></description>
 <link>http://www.gcn.com/print/22_2/20941-1.html?topic=&amp;CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
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 <volume>22</volume>
 <issue>2</issue>
 <title><![CDATA[National Recreation Reservation Service makes its site user friendly]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[The Agriculture Department and the Army Corps of Engineers this month launched a redesigned National Recreation Reservation Service Web site.]]></description>
 <link>http://www.gcn.com/print/22_2/20942-1.html?topic=&amp;CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
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 <volume>22</volume>
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 <title><![CDATA[Payroll merger takes shape]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[The Bush administration views the consolidation of payroll services as the first salvo in merging federal administrative services. ]]></description>
 <link>http://www.gcn.com/print/22_2/20971-1.html?topic=&amp;CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
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 <volume>22</volume>
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 <title><![CDATA[Military ready to roll out new technologies if needed in Iraq ]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[As the United States prepares for potential conflict with Iraq, the military is readying an arsenal of next-generation weaponry and systems to wage a high-tech war.]]></description>
 <link>http://www.gcn.com/print/22_2/20972-1.html?topic=&amp;CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
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 <volume>22</volume>
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 <title><![CDATA[Ridge promises data sharing will be department&#146;s top priority]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[Homeland Security secretary Tom Ridge this month pledged to coordinate the government&#146;s immigration and law enforcement databases.]]></description>
 <link>http://www.gcn.com/print/22_2/20973-1.html?topic=&amp;CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
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 <volume>22</volume>
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 <title><![CDATA[OMB evaluates plan for an interagency transaction portal]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[The Office of Management and Budget by March will begin testing a prototype system for agencies to conduct interagency transactions.]]></description>
 <link>http://www.gcn.com/print/22_2/20974-1.html?topic=&amp;CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
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 <volume>22</volume>
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 <title><![CDATA[Congress limps toward passage of 2003 budget]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[As the Bush administration unveiled its fiscal 2004 IT budget request last week, the Senate remained gridlocked over funding for this year.]]></description>
 <link>http://www.gcn.com/print/22_2/20975-1.html?topic=&amp;CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
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 <volume>22</volume>
 <issue>2</issue>
 <title><![CDATA[Former Utah CIO offers pointers]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[Agencies should start taking small steps toward Web services, former Utah CIO Phillip J. Windley says.]]></description>
 <link>http://www.gcn.com/print/22_2/20976-1.html?topic=&amp;CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
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 <volume>22</volume>
 <issue>2</issue>
 <title><![CDATA[Brass warn of data overload]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[SAN DIEGO&#151;The new command and control technologies on ships, aircraft and land combat vehicles are bringing warfighters perilously close to information overload, current and former military chiefs say.]]></description>
 <link>http://www.gcn.com/print/22_2/20977-1.html?topic=&amp;CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
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 <volume>22</volume>
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 <title><![CDATA[SSA pioneers voice print app for W-2 system]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[By testing voice print biometrics to give users access to its online wage reporting system, the Social Security Administration again will push the limits of IT.]]></description>
 <link>http://www.gcn.com/print/22_2/20978-1.html?topic=&amp;CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
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 <volume>22</volume>
 <issue>2</issue>
 <title><![CDATA[ Memo to HSD]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[A good test for general managerial soundness of the new Homeland Security Department will be whether it can track and control its IT assets, both hardware and software.]]></description>
 <link>http://www.gcn.com/print/22_2/20924-1.html?topic=&amp;CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
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 <volume>22</volume>
 <issue>2</issue>
 <title><![CDATA[Another View: We&#146;re from Washington&#151;and we&#146;re here to learn]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[The lingering effects of Sept. 11, 2001, are still not fully recognized in many government quarters.]]></description>
 <link>http://www.gcn.com/print/22_2/20925-1.html?topic=&amp;CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
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 <volume>22</volume>
 <issue>2</issue>
 <title><![CDATA[Significa]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[Here comes the judge!]]></description>
 <link>http://www.gcn.com/print/22_2/20926-1.html?topic=&amp;CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
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 <volume>22</volume>
 <issue>2</issue>
 <title><![CDATA[Editorial Cartoon]]></title>
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 <link>http://www.gcn.com/print/22_2/20927-1.html?topic=&amp;CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
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 <volume>22</volume>
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 <title><![CDATA[Web Extra: Tablet PCs]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[While vendors were planning their new tablet PCs running Microsoft Windows XP Tablet Edition, they predicted three distinct form factors. But the advantages of the convertible tablet format has led to a merging of the other two, so that only two distinct formats really exist.]]></description>
 <link>http://www.gcn.com/print/22_2/20919-1.html?topic=&amp;CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
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 <volume>22</volume>
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 <title><![CDATA[These tablet PCs worthy of note]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[Tablet PCs have been hyped as the form factor of the future, but not until late last year did any reach the market. Do the little portable computers measure up to their promise?]]></description>
 <link>http://www.gcn.com/print/22_2/20952-1.html?topic=&amp;CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
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 <volume>22</volume>
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 <title><![CDATA[Calif. city shakes up damage reports]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[Scott Fabbro, project coordinator for the land information system of Glendale, Calif., learned from the experiences of his father, a Federal Emergency Management Agency inspector, how vital geographic data can be in an emergency.]]></description>
 <link>http://www.gcn.com/print/22_2/20944-1.html?topic=&amp;CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
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 <volume>22</volume>
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 <title><![CDATA[Southwest states share data to fight drug traffic]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[More than 70 percent of the cocaine and heroin destined for the United States comes across the 1,933-mile border with Mexico.]]></description>
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 <volume>22</volume>
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 <title><![CDATA[State lines]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[Management fiasco. The Hazleton Area School District in Pennsylvania paid for at least $433,841 in computers and services that the district did not receive, said the state&#146;s auditor general, Robert Casey. The culprit? Mismanagement and a lack of contract oversight, according to Casey&#146;s audit.]]></description>
 <link>http://www.gcn.com/print/22_2/20947-1.html?topic=&amp;CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
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 <volume>22</volume>
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 <title><![CDATA[E-crime Squad]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[The Secret Service, formed in 1865 to combat counterfeiting, has become the lead agency in investigating electronic crime.]]></description>
 <link>http://www.gcn.com/print/22_2/20928-1.html?topic=&amp;CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
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 <volume>22</volume>
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 <title><![CDATA[Power User: A simple formula sets shortcuts for Windows apps]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[Omnipresent computer mice have made many users forget that the keyboard can control Microsoft Windows programs all by itself. That&#146;s handy when, for example, your mouse breaks or you&#146;re working on an airline tray table.]]></description>
 <link>http://www.gcn.com/print/22_2/20929-1.html?topic=&amp;CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
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 <volume>22</volume>
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 <title><![CDATA[NYC gets a jump on disease outbreaks]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[Long before the 2001 anthrax incidents, New Yorkers had dealt with public health dilemmas.]]></description>
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 <volume>22</volume>
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 <title><![CDATA[Indiana portal goes googly for popular search engine]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[For seven years, Indiana&#146;s government portal, at www.accessindiana.com, had used a search engine from Verity Inc. of Sunnyvale, Calif., to index billing information.]]></description>
 <link>http://www.gcn.com/print/22_2/20932-1.html?topic=&amp;CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
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