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 <volume>22</volume>
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 <title><![CDATA[NASA team combs data for clues to Columbia disaster]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[NASA began marshaling information in a central database and using models to help it analyze the Columbia space shuttle disaster within hours of the accident.]]></description>
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 <volume>22</volume>
 <issue>3</issue>
 <title><![CDATA[OMB to agencies: Justify that IT spending]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[As the White House detailed each agency&#146;s share of the $59.3 billion earmarked for IT in the president&#146;s fiscal 2004 budget request, one thing became clear: The administration will increase its pressure on agencies to justify their IT investments.]]></description>
 <link>http://www.gcn.com/print/22_3/21095-1.html?topic=&amp;CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
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 <volume>22</volume>
 <issue>3</issue>
 <title><![CDATA[Digital records swamp NARA]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[The National Archives and Records Administration received more electronic files from the Clinton administration than it had in the previous 30 years from all of government. Reynold Cahoon of the NARA, states that the electronic record-keeping could not keep up. ]]></description>
 <link>http://www.gcn.com/print/22_3/21096-1.html?topic=&amp;CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
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 <volume>22</volume>
 <issue>3</issue>
 <title><![CDATA[Databases relate to the Web  ]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[At first glance, enterprise database systems might seem to be super-sized versions of desktop database applications such as Microsoft Access. But any confusion between the two wouldn&#146;t last long.]]></description>
 <link>http://www.gcn.com/print/22_3/21069-1.html?topic=&amp;CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
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 <volume>22</volume>
 <issue>3</issue>
 <title><![CDATA[Databases go mobile on phones, PDAs and handheld computers]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[As mobile devices such as smart phones, handheld computers and personal digital assistants proliferate, managers have found ways to fit them into the enterprise&#151;for instance, to handle e-mail, voice messaging and limited word processing.]]></description>
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 <volume>22</volume>
 <issue>3</issue>
 <title><![CDATA[The lowdown on enterprise databases]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[What are they? Enterprise database management systems serve up to thousands of networked users across an organization. They run on single servers or multiple servers organized in clusters. Most come in versions for a variety of operating systems.]]></description>
 <link>http://www.gcn.com/print/22_3/21071-1.html?topic=&amp;CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
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 <volume>22</volume>
 <issue>3</issue>
 <title><![CDATA[People on the Move]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[National Weather Service CIO Barry West took over last month as acting president of the Federation of Government Information Processing Councils.]]></description>
 <link>http://www.gcn.com/print/22_3/21115-1.html?topic=&amp;CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
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 <volume>22</volume>
 <issue>3</issue>
 <title><![CDATA[A fond farewell for Stouffer]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[The Association for Federal Information Resources Managers said so long to Debra Stouffer last month with a reception in Washington.]]></description>
 <link>http://www.gcn.com/print/22_3/21117-1.html?topic=&amp;CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
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 <volume>22</volume>
 <issue>3</issue>
 <title><![CDATA[A new page for Turner]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[The retirement ceremonies last month for Navy deputy CIO Ron Turner touched on the variety of Turner&#146;s experience.]]></description>
 <link>http://www.gcn.com/print/22_3/21118-1.html?topic=&amp;CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
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 <volume>22</volume>
 <issue>3</issue>
 <title><![CDATA[Committee will push for fielding new IT faster ]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[The new chairman of the House Armed Services Committee has vowed to boost the speed of bringing new technologies to warfighters.]]></description>
 <link>http://www.gcn.com/print/22_3/21067-1.html?topic=&amp;CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
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 <volume>22</volume>
 <issue>3</issue>
 <title><![CDATA[Air traffic trainees hear new voices ]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[Air Force trainees are learning air traffic control maneuvers with the help of software that listens to their instructions and responds like a human pilot.]]></description>
 <link>http://www.gcn.com/print/22_3/21068-1.html?topic=&amp;CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
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 <volume>22</volume>
 <issue>3</issue>
 <title><![CDATA[FBI pins down records management ]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[In response to criticism of the FBI&#146;s management of evidence, the bureau has launched a massive records management project to overhaul the way millions of paper records are handled at headquarters, at 56 field offices, and by legal attaches around the world.]]></description>
 <link>http://www.gcn.com/print/22_3/21054-1.html?topic=&amp;CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
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 <volume>22</volume>
 <issue>3</issue>
 <title><![CDATA[Major programs within the FBI]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[Trilogy. This agencywide program to deploy 21,000 desktop systems for use by agents is intended to replace the antiquated Automated Case Management System with a Virtual Case File system. The new system will help agents collaborate with each other by capturing all data about a specific case for mutual use. It will also create an audit trail to record each instance in which a case file is accessed or changed. The $379 million program will provide multimedia case information to FBI agents via high-speed links.]]></description>
 <link>http://www.gcn.com/print/22_3/21055-1.html?topic=&amp;CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
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 <volume>22</volume>
 <issue>3</issue>
 <title><![CDATA[INS contract will support its move to HSD]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[The Immigration and Naturalization Service has issued a $2.6 million task order to PEC Solutions Inc. to assist the agency&#146;s move to the Homeland Security Department.]]></description>
 <link>http://www.gcn.com/print/22_3/21097-1.html?topic=&amp;CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
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 <volume>22</volume>
 <issue>3</issue>
 <title><![CDATA[FAR councils seek changes to bundling rule]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[The Federal Acquisition Regulation councils late last month issued a proposed rule to curtail the bundling of contracts by agencies.]]></description>
 <link>http://www.gcn.com/print/22_3/21098-1.html?topic=&amp;CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
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 <volume>22</volume>
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 <title><![CDATA[Rule simplifies defense buys in emergencies ]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[The civilian and defense Federal Acquisition Regulation councils late last month issued an interim rule simplifying the way agencies can buy products or services for defense or recovery from terrorist attacks.]]></description>
 <link>http://www.gcn.com/print/22_3/21099-1.html?topic=&amp;CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
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 <volume>22</volume>
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 <title><![CDATA[Army starts up enterprisewide systems plan]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[The Army next month will release a request for proposals for a $700 million governmentwide acquisition contract for hardware, software and IT services.]]></description>
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 <volume>22</volume>
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 <title><![CDATA[Energy IG finds &#145;dysfunction&#146; at Los Alamos lab]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[Los Alamos National Laboratory needs better controls over procurement and property systems, the Energy Department&#146;s inspector general said in a Jan. 30 report.]]></description>
 <link>http://www.gcn.com/print/22_3/21101-1.html?topic=&amp;CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
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 <volume>22</volume>
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 <title><![CDATA[DOD reaches deal to share radio frequency ]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[The Defense Department and IT product vendors have struck an agreement to share a band of radio frequencies without jeopardizing military radar systems that are used to guide warships and provide weather forecasts.]]></description>
 <link>http://www.gcn.com/print/22_3/21102-1.html?topic=&amp;CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
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 <volume>22</volume>
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 <title><![CDATA[Airman gets six years for theft of PCs]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[A military judge has sentenced an Air Force staff sergeant to six years in prison for the theft of four notebook PCs and two handheld devices from Central Command last summer.]]></description>
 <link>http://www.gcn.com/print/22_3/21103-1.html?topic=&amp;CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
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 <volume>22</volume>
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 <title><![CDATA[Army will issue Future Combat Systems RFP]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[The Army plans to release a request for proposals in mid-February to begin the system design and demonstration phase of the Future Combat Systems program to modernize soldiers&#146; equipment and weaponry.]]></description>
 <link>http://www.gcn.com/print/22_3/21104-1.html?topic=&amp;CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
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 <volume>22</volume>
 <issue>3</issue>
 <title><![CDATA[E-gov skills start with cooperation]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[When Jim Van Wert saw the opportunity to work on an e-government project, he jumped at it. As the Small Business Administration&#146;s acting ombudsman, he represented the agency during the Office of Management and Budget&#146;s development of the Quicksilver program. And when SBA and OMB sought a project leader for the Business Compliance One-Stop initiative, Van Wert couldn&#146;t resist.]]></description>
 <link>http://www.gcn.com/print/22_3/21053-1.html?topic=&amp;CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
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 <volume>22</volume>
 <issue>3</issue>
 <title><![CDATA[&#147;Did you hear...&#148; ]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[Reality GAO. Who knew the straitlaced General Accounting Office not only uncovers lies but also tells them? Read about GAO&#146;s sting at www.gao.gov/new.items/d03269r.pdf. At the request of Sen. Susan M. Collins (R-Maine), then ranking minority member of the Governmental Affairs Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations, an undercover GAO agent spent a year investigating whether bogus degrees from diploma mills are defrauding employers. The GAO agent posed as Susan M. Collins and bought bachelor&#146;s and master&#146;s degrees from the nonexistent Lexington University by way of Degrees-R-Us of Las Vegas. GAO&#146;s deadpan conclusion: &#147;Based on the lack of candid responses during our interviews with [other] individuals who purchased degrees, we were not able to determine whether they benefited financially or otherwise.&#148; ]]></description>
 <link>http://www.gcn.com/print/22_3/21119-1.html?topic=&amp;CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
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 <volume>22</volume>
 <issue>3</issue>
 <title><![CDATA[Find a word: Wireless Signals]]></title>
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 <link>http://www.gcn.com/print/22_3/21120-1.html?topic=&amp;CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
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 <volume>22</volume>
 <issue>3</issue>
 <title><![CDATA[Packet Rat: The Rat ponders the extinction of species]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[&#147;What&#146;s that, Dad?&#148; asked one of the ratlings as the family scurried through the Smithsonian&#146;s Museum of Natural History one recent weekend.]]></description>
 <link>http://www.gcn.com/print/22_3/21121-1.html?topic=&amp;CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
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 <volume>22</volume>
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 <title><![CDATA[Teamwork speeds tech overhaul]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[Within the year, the Agriculture Department plans to have 2,824 service centers connected on the Web, bringing a 10-year technology overhaul to fruition.]]></description>
 <link>http://www.gcn.com/print/22_3/21077-1.html?topic=&amp;CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
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 <volume>22</volume>
 <issue>3</issue>
 <title><![CDATA[Another View: Bush brother takes the lead on outsourcing]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[Florida residents should rejoice in their governor&#146;s prescience. Gov. Jeb Bush was the first to outsource the state&#146;s personnel management, giving state workers better service and saving taxpayers $173 million.]]></description>
 <link>http://www.gcn.com/print/22_3/21078-1.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_3/21079-1.html?topic=&amp;CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
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 <volume>22</volume>
 <issue>3</issue>
 <title><![CDATA[E-filers get a price break]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[The IRS last month launched Free File at IRS.gov, offering free online tax return filing to an estimated 78 million Americans, about 60 percent of taxpayers.]]></description>
 <link>http://www.gcn.com/print/22_3/21046-1.html?topic=&amp;CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
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 <volume>22</volume>
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 <title><![CDATA[IG: FAA mismanaged weather system]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[The Federal Aviation Administration has been its own worst enemy on the Integrated Terminal Weather System program, according to the Transportation Department&#146;s inspector general.]]></description>
 <link>http://www.gcn.com/print/22_3/21047-1.html?topic=&amp;CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
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 <volume>22</volume>
 <issue>3</issue>
 <title><![CDATA[Energy picks off-the-shelf business apps]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[The Energy Department is planning to construct an integrated business system from off-the-shelf Web applications.]]></description>
 <link>http://www.gcn.com/print/22_3/21048-1.html?topic=&amp;CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
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 <volume>22</volume>
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 <title><![CDATA[EPA launches rule-making site]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[The administration took a step toward its goal of establishing a single place for citizens to comment on proposed federal regulations last month with the launch of www.regulations.gov.]]></description>
 <link>http://www.gcn.com/print/22_3/21105-1.html?topic=&amp;CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
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 <volume>22</volume>
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 <title><![CDATA[Bush: U.S. defense depends on data]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[For the Bush administration&#146;s proposed Terrorist Threat Integration Center to succeed, the FBI, CIA and other intelligence agencies will have to overcome the age-old problem of mixing databases and agency cultures.]]></description>
 <link>http://www.gcn.com/print/22_3/21106-1.html?topic=&amp;CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
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 <volume>22</volume>
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 <title><![CDATA[White House plan requires integrating bioterror warning systems]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[The government has begun work on multiple bioterrorism alert systems that it must integrate to create the nationwide warning network described by President Bush last month in his State of the Union address.]]></description>
 <link>http://www.gcn.com/print/22_3/21107-1.html?topic=&amp;CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
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 <volume>22</volume>
 <issue>3</issue>
 <title><![CDATA[Bush pushes $1b for enterprise architectures]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[The president&#146;s fiscal 2004 budget request earmarks $1 billion of the government&#146;s IT spending for enterprise architecture projects. The year-old Federal Enterprise Architecture Program Management Office is slated to get $2.5 million to carry on its interagency work, the Office of Management and Budget&#146;s chief technology officer, Norman Lorentz, said last week.]]></description>
 <link>http://www.gcn.com/print/22_3/21108-1.html?topic=&amp;CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
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 <volume>22</volume>
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 <title><![CDATA[What the &#146;04 IT budget means for each agency]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[The Agriculture Department plans to continue developing its enterprise architecture, including a project to connect field offices via a virtual private network. USDA would receive $2.25 billion for IT next year, up from $2.14 billion this year.]]></description>
 <link>http://www.gcn.com/print/22_3/21109-1.html?topic=&amp;CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
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 <volume>22</volume>
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 <title><![CDATA[Lawmakers seek $40m restored in &#146;03 for e-gov ]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[Congress late last month entered the home stretch on finishing the fiscal 2003 budget when it named members to a conference committee to iron out differences between House and Senate spending bills.]]></description>
 <link>http://www.gcn.com/print/22_3/21110-1.html?topic=&amp;CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
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 <volume>22</volume>
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 <title><![CDATA[President Bush sends $379.9 billion DOD budget to Congress]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[Out of its proposed $379.9 billion fiscal 2004 budget, the Defense Department wants to spend $24.3 billion on overhauling the military to meet 21st century threats and rolling out joint systems that rely heavily on IT.]]></description>
 <link>http://www.gcn.com/print/22_3/21111-1.html?topic=&amp;CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
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 <volume>22</volume>
 <issue>3</issue>
 <title><![CDATA[Security funding only seems set to rise next year]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[IT security funding is slated to rise 10 percent, to $4.7 billion, in fiscal 2004.]]></description>
 <link>http://www.gcn.com/print/22_3/21112-1.html?topic=&amp;CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
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 <volume>22</volume>
 <issue>3</issue>
 <title><![CDATA[New department expects big funding boost]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[Spending for the new Homeland Security Department is the highest priority in President Bush&#146;s fiscal 2004 budget proposal, Office of Management and Budget director Mitchell E. Daniels Jr. said last week.]]></description>
 <link>http://www.gcn.com/print/22_3/21113-1.html?topic=&amp;CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
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 <volume>22</volume>
 <issue>3</issue>
 <title><![CDATA[Bush pay plan includes bonuses for IT workers]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[The Bush administration hopes a proposal for a pay-for-performance fund will give agencies an edge when they compete with industry for IT workers.]]></description>
 <link>http://www.gcn.com/print/22_3/21114-1.html?topic=&amp;CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
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 <volume>22</volume>
 <issue>3</issue>
 <title><![CDATA[WEB EXTRA: Mission Control  -- Individuals aren&#146;t the only users of government services]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[Important performance improvement imperatives are now linked to the federal budget process.]]></description>
 <link>http://www.gcn.com/print/22_3/21049-1.html?topic=&amp;CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
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 <volume>22</volume>
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 <title><![CDATA[Ridge&#146;s challenge]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[The Bush administration has characteristically gagged Homeland Security Department officials except for secretary Tom Ridge&#151;and I&#146;ll bet he clears every syllable with the White House.]]></description>
 <link>http://www.gcn.com/print/22_3/21056-1.html?topic=&amp;CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
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 <volume>22</volume>
 <issue>3</issue>
 <title><![CDATA[Another View: More than ever, Web site usability is king]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[The world has endured many failures to communicate, from Paul Newman&#146;s in the 1967 movie &#147;Cool Hand Luke&#148; to Dilbert&#146;s everyday office adventures with his pointy-haired boss. Web site usability is often misunderstood. Yet it is getting even more important than just two years ago, now that the e-government drive has gathered massive momentum.]]></description>
 <link>http://www.gcn.com/print/22_3/21057-1.html?topic=&amp;CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
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 <volume>22</volume>
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 <title><![CDATA[Significa]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[How&#146;s your health? The National Center for Health Statistics, thinking citizens would want to know, has spent three years building an online database of public health indicators, under the rubric of the Healthy People 2010 project.]]></description>
 <link>http://www.gcn.com/print/22_3/21058-1.html?topic=&amp;CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
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 <volume>22</volume>
 <issue>3</issue>
 <title><![CDATA[Editorial Cartoon]]></title>
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 <link>http://www.gcn.com/print/22_3/21059-1.html?topic=&amp;CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
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 <volume>22</volume>
 <issue>3</issue>
 <title><![CDATA[Palm hands more power to the people ]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[Palm Inc. has powered up the Tungsten T handheld computer with a 144-MHz Texas Instruments OMAP1510 copper complementary-metal-oxide-semiconductor processor, instead of the sluggish 33-MHz Motorola DragonBall VZ in earlier Palms.]]></description>
 <link>http://www.gcn.com/print/22_3/21073-1.html?topic=&amp;CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
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 <volume>22</volume>
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 <title><![CDATA[Lotus suite blooms anew]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[The Lotus Development Corp. office product line has always been known for good security and back-end features. It&#146;s mainly the user interface that has kept Lotus on the sidelines of the suite market.]]></description>
 <link>http://www.gcn.com/print/22_3/21074-1.html?topic=&amp;CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
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 <volume>22</volume>
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 <title><![CDATA[Glide through your next PowerPoint presentation]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[Government officials use Microsoft PowerPoint to illustrate everything from population demographics to budget shortfalls. Most of them feel a little anxious about controlling their presentations accurately while speaking before a tough crowd.]]></description>
 <link>http://www.gcn.com/print/22_3/21075-1.html?topic=&amp;CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
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 <volume>22</volume>
 <issue>3</issue>
 <title><![CDATA[RoboDemo teaches you the basics of Flash in a flash ]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[Macromedia Flash is an increasingly popular vehicle for lively, engaging online information. It has advantages over standard HTML coding and graphical formats such as rotating .GIFs or movies.]]></description>
 <link>http://www.gcn.com/print/22_3/21076-1.html?topic=&amp;CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
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 <volume>22</volume>
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 <title><![CDATA[CD simulates disaster scenarios]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[Emergency responders and political leaders in Story County, Iowa, have practiced handling disaster situations together only every two years because coordinating all the different entities was too difficult and time-consuming.]]></description>
 <link>http://www.gcn.com/print/22_3/21050-1.html?topic=&amp;CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
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 <volume>22</volume>
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 <title><![CDATA[D.C. will track ambulances wirelessly]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[The District of Columbia&#146;s Fire and Emergency Medical Services Department expects its wireless reporting and tracking system for emergency medical workers to be  running by spring, said Dr. Fernando Daniels III, the city&#146;s medical director.]]></description>
 <link>http://www.gcn.com/print/22_3/21051-1.html?topic=&amp;CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
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 <volume>22</volume>
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 <title><![CDATA[State lines]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[Sheriffs of Nottingham. The Pennsylvania State Police awarded a contract valued at $11.4 million to ABM, a company with U.S. headquarters in Herndon, Va., and global headquarters in Nottingham, England. The company will provide Pennsylvania&#146;s 4,000 state police officers with Web records management software, including a module called Prophecy, which graphically displays crime hot spots and predicts possible crime trends.]]></description>
 <link>http://www.gcn.com/print/22_3/21052-1.html?topic=&amp;CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
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 <volume>22</volume>
 <issue>3</issue>
 <title><![CDATA[Photo album]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[In California, the Bureau of Land Management tends 15 million acres of national monuments, recreational sites and conservation areas, as well as photographs of them.]]></description>
 <link>http://www.gcn.com/print/22_3/21060-1.html?topic=&amp;CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
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 <volume>22</volume>
 <issue>3</issue>
 <title><![CDATA[Cyber Eye: Cyberterror is still a long way from reality]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[The specter of cyberterror has become a driving force in the IT security debate.]]></description>
 <link>http://www.gcn.com/print/22_3/21061-1.html?topic=&amp;CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
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 <volume>22</volume>
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 <title><![CDATA[Bat and pigeon teach NASA visitors]]></title>
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