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 <title><![CDATA[Military brings systems arsenal to war]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[As the 48-hour deadline for Saddam Hussein to step down as president of Iraq ticked down last week, U.S. forces fired the first salvo: a flurry of e-mail to Iraqi commanders. Defense Department officials bombarded Iraqi commanders with messages that asked them to not fight but instead surrender to incoming U.S. and allied forces, said Marine Corps Lt. Gen. James T. Conway of the 1st Marine Expeditionary Force stationed in Kuwait.]]></description>
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 <volume>22</volume>
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 <title><![CDATA[Economies of scale]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[What&#146;s the big deal about blade servers? Think small: in the size of the servers, in the number of cables and wires cluttering up the back of a rack, in the time required for setup and management, and&#151;in some cases at least&#151;in the amount of power consumed.]]></description>
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 <volume>22</volume>
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 <title><![CDATA[The lowdown on a blade server]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[What is it? A blade server is a new type of rack-optimized server that eliminates the complications of rackmount designs. Hot-swappable blades, which are complete servers in themselves, can be inserted into a blade rack chassis in seconds and can share basic components like power supplies, CD-ROM drives, KVM switches, and Ethernet and Fibre Channel links.]]></description>
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 <volume>22</volume>
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 <title><![CDATA[People on the Move]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[The Transportation Department has named Daniel Matthews its new CIO, filling a post that has been handled on an interim basis for more than two years.]]></description>
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 <volume>22</volume>
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 <title><![CDATA[Speakers open up on open-source]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[Open-source software&#146;s growing impact in government got a full airing in Washington last week at a three-day conference on open-source software, aimed at e-government programs in the United States and Europe.]]></description>
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 <volume>22</volume>
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 <title><![CDATA[One for the kids]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[The Bethesda, Md., chapter of the Armed Forces Communications and Electronics Association, along with a lineup of corporate sponsors, put on the ritz this month at the annual fund-raising gala for Children&#146;s Inn at NIH. The inn is a nonprofit family residence for pediatric outpatients and their families at the National Institutes of Health.]]></description>
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 <volume>22</volume>
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 <title><![CDATA[DOD makes progress in meeting OMB goals]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[The Defense Department has improved its rating in two of five initiatives laid out in President Bush&#146;s Management Agenda, but still has a way to go in achieving the highest ranking of green in each of the agenda&#146;s goals, the deputy undersecretary of Defense for plans said.]]></description>
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 <volume>22</volume>
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 <title><![CDATA[Navy adds two new deputy CIOs]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[The Navy Department has approved the appointment of two deputy CIOs to assist CIO David M. Wennergren in improving the efficiency and management of IT assets.]]></description>
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 <volume>22</volume>
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 <title><![CDATA[Navy begins cost studies on voice component of NMCI]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[The Navy has begun efforts to figure out how it will integrate voice services into the Navy-Marine Corps Intranet.]]></description>
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 <volume>22</volume>
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 <title><![CDATA[Paperless office? Check the writing on the wall]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[We hear a lot these days about the coming of the paperless office. Sounds good, er, on paper, but is it a realistic goal?]]></description>
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 <volume>22</volume>
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 <title><![CDATA[FTS 2001 now has high-speed wireless access]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[The General Services Administration has added high-speed wireless service from Sprint Corp. to the company&#146;s FTS 2001 telecommunications contract.]]></description>
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 <volume>22</volume>
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 <title><![CDATA[How one state prepared for HIPAA rules]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act&#146;s privacy rules that take effect next month run to 40 pages in the Federal Register &#147;in three columns, in tiny print,&#148; said Mary Gerlach, CIO of New Mexico&#146;s Health Department.]]></description>
 <link>http://www.gcn.com/print/22_6/21456-1.html?topic=&amp;CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
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 <volume>22</volume>
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 <title><![CDATA[Citrix Systems adds options to software suite]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[Citrix Systems Inc. is broadening MetaFrame, one of the earliest remote access and management infrastructures for heterogeneous clients on Microsoft Windows networks, to handle conferencing and identity management.]]></description>
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 <volume>22</volume>
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 <title><![CDATA[XP for tablet PCs will run apps in eight languages ]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[A forthcoming beta release of Microsoft Corp.&#146;s multilingual software for tablet PCs lets users log on and run applications in multiple foreign languages.]]></description>
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 <volume>22</volume>
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 <title><![CDATA[NSA proposes security boost for Linux kernel]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[The National Security Agency is preparing to submit Linux security enhancements for possible inclusion in a future version of the Linux kernel, a senior scientist in NSA&#146;s Information Assurance Research Group said last week.]]></description>
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 <volume>22</volume>
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 <title><![CDATA[S.C. agencies set to test wearable PCs]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[A dozen public-safety agencies in the Charleston, S.C., metropolitan area will begin testing wearable computers this spring.]]></description>
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 <volume>22</volume>
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 <title><![CDATA[DISA plan calls for cutting 1,200 IT jobs]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[The Defense Information Systems Agency has a plan to consolidate its Computing Services Directorate over the next 30 months, which may result in the loss of up to 1,200 jobs.]]></description>
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 <volume>22</volume>
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 <title><![CDATA[Draft performance plan nearly complete]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[The first version of the performance reference model, one of five segments of the Federal Enterprise Architecture, could be ready in a couple of weeks, said Bob Haycock, manager of the Federal Enterprise Architecture Program Management Office.]]></description>
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 <volume>22</volume>
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 <title><![CDATA[Open-source thrives in sunshine]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[Michael Tiemann&#146;s career has grown along with the open-source software movement. In the late 1980s he wrote GCC, the first native-code C++ compiler and debugger, for the Free Software Foundation.]]></description>
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 <volume>22</volume>
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 <title><![CDATA[&#147;Did you hear...&#148; ]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[Live from Baghdad. Keep up with the latest official news in Iraq via an English-language version of uruklink.net, the state-run Internet service. Besides postings about Saddam Hussein, Uruklink reports sorties by U.S. and British aircraft, headlined as &#147;Evil Ravens.&#148; Oddly, it also links to WhiteHouse.gov through www.iraqtv.ws, and the accompanying translations include anti-Saddam propaganda. ]]></description>
 <link>http://www.gcn.com/print/22_6/21481-1.html?topic=&amp;CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
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 <volume>22</volume>
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 <title><![CDATA[Packet Rat: The cyberrodent gets keel-hauled]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[&#147;That was almost as much fun as a visit from the inspector general,&#148; the Rat grumbled as he arrived home after a night chasing down router problems at his agency. All sweaty and crusty from creeping through wiring closets, he had only time enough to caffeineate and shower before returning to the command bunker. Dawn&#146;s early light made him squint as he entered the burrow door.]]></description>
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 <volume>22</volume>
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 <title><![CDATA[Unscramble: Xtra! Xtra! XML&#146;s in the news]]></title>
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 <volume>22</volume>
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 <title><![CDATA[HR outsourcing catches on]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[The Transportation Security Administration and the Coast Guard have joined several agencies that outsource their human resource operations.]]></description>
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 <volume>22</volume>
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 <title><![CDATA[Federal Contract Law: Is anything small in small-business IT contracts?]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[Everyone knows the Bush Administration wants to make the procurement system more small-business-friendly. Toward this end, it presented two significant changes for small business subcontracting programs earlier this year. But whether small businesses will actually be helped or, possibly, even hurt by the changes remains in question.]]></description>
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 <volume>22</volume>
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 <title><![CDATA[Calendar]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[24-26 FOSE 2003 and GCN Management Conference Washington. Contact Post Newsweek Tech Media; Web: www.fose.com; phone: 800-791-3673.]]></description>
 <link>http://www.gcn.com/print/22_6/21442-1.html?topic=&amp;CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
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 <volume>22</volume>
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 <title><![CDATA[Agencies make telework gains; barriers remain]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[The Office of Personnel Management is working with the CIO Council to sketch out a plan to make it easier for federal employees to telework.]]></description>
 <link>http://www.gcn.com/print/22_6/21412-1.html?topic=&amp;CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
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 <volume>22</volume>
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 <title><![CDATA[TSP system to begin user tests]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[The new and much-maligned Thrift Savings Plan system will begin user-acceptance testing this month and parallel testing with the existing system next month.]]></description>
 <link>http://www.gcn.com/print/22_6/21413-1.html?topic=&amp;CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
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 <volume>22</volume>
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 <title><![CDATA[Despite mixed results, feds make GPEA a priority]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[October will mark five years since President Clinton signed the Government Paperwork Elimination Act in the hope that Internet technology would change the way the government interacts with citizens. Although the Net has transformed how agencies do business, the government will fall short of GPEA&#146;s vision.]]></description>
 <link>http://www.gcn.com/print/22_6/21464-1.html?topic=&amp;CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
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 <volume>22</volume>
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 <title><![CDATA[Contractors support systems on front lines]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[&#147;The role of contractors has increased dramatically as the role of IT has increased,&#148; said Harris Miller, president of the Information Technology Association of America. &#147;Seventy percent to 80 percent of the weapons have some sort of smart-weapon capabilities, as opposed to just 30 percent of weapons in the first Gulf War.&#148;]]></description>
 <link>http://www.gcn.com/print/22_6/21465-1.html?topic=&amp;CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
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 <volume>22</volume>
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 <title><![CDATA[AF test center sees rise in technologies that sniff out bioterror threats]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[ALBUQUERQUE, N.M.&#151;When the military deploys to a battlefront, those back at home bases often play a unique role in speeding up development of new technologies for use in the field.]]></description>
 <link>http://www.gcn.com/print/22_6/21466-1.html?topic=&amp;CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
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 <volume>22</volume>
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 <title><![CDATA[2003 Best New Technology Award finalists]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[Application softwareBoxlight Corp.Location: Poulsbo, Wash.www.boxlight.comProduct: Project DirectorDescription: Projector management and control, wireless presentation controlBooth: 2519]]></description>
 <link>http://www.gcn.com/print/22_6/21467-1.html?topic=&amp;CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
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 <volume>22</volume>
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 <title><![CDATA[Judges choose product finalists ]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[Security products are drawing increased attention in this year&#146;s GCN Best New Technology Awards at FOSE, a 5-year-old awards program that showcases innovative and unique services and products at the annual trade show.]]></description>
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 <volume>22</volume>
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 <title><![CDATA[FOSE rolls with the IT times]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[There will be plenty of new IT for government on display at FOSE next month, but the biggest change will be the trade show&#146;s new home. FOSE will be the first event held in the new Washington Convention Center.]]></description>
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 <volume>22</volume>
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 <title><![CDATA[DOE lab official: &#145;Monopoly&#146; yes, cover-up no]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[A former top official at Los Alamos National Laboratory acknowledged this month that federal dollars were sometimes treated as &#147;Monopoly money,&#148; but he denied trying to thwart investigations of theft and mismanagement allegations.]]></description>
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 <volume>22</volume>
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 <title><![CDATA[Air Force CIO is fed up with A-76]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[The Air Force&#146;s IT team doesn&#146;t want to hold any more competitions under OMB Circular A-76.]]></description>
 <link>http://www.gcn.com/print/22_6/21472-1.html?topic=&amp;CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
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 <volume>22</volume>
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 <title><![CDATA[HSD warns of cyberattacks, names officials to top IT posts]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[Shortly after President Bush set a 48-hour deadline last week for President Saddam Hussein to leave Iraq or face invasion, the Homeland Security Department reminded Internet users to be vigilant for cyberattacks.]]></description>
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 <volume>22</volume>
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 <title><![CDATA[DOD issues bandwidth solicitation]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[By mid-June, the Defense Information Systems Agency plans to award a contract for bandwidth and services to connect about 90 military sites worldwide to the Global Information Grid-Bandwidth Expansion network.]]></description>
 <link>http://www.gcn.com/print/22_6/21474-1.html?topic=&amp;CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
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 <volume>22</volume>
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 <title><![CDATA[Time to talk]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[As NASA ponders the future of space flight and how to manage it, the agency is learning a new lesson about its earthly communications.]]></description>
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 <volume>22</volume>
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 <title><![CDATA[Another View: Do Web sites put agencies&#146; best faces forward?]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[Here is one unmistakable sign that it truly is a new day in government: A growing number of citizens in search of reliable health information, printable tax forms or Social Security information are likely to go to a computer to get what they need. The number of Americans who have visited government Web sites has jumped by more than 70 percent in the past two years, according to the Pew Internet &amp; American Life Project.]]></description>
 <link>http://www.gcn.com/print/22_6/21422-1.html?topic=&amp;CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
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 <volume>22</volume>
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 <title><![CDATA[Significa]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[Geographic information systems have taken on new importance in homeland security and disaster management. State emergency management agencies are honing their use of GIS for disaster response and recovery, and the federal government is responding by creating a new interagency team.]]></description>
 <link>http://www.gcn.com/print/22_6/21423-1.html?topic=&amp;CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
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 <volume>22</volume>
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 <title><![CDATA[Editorial Cartoon]]></title>
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 <volume>22</volume>
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 <title><![CDATA[DLPs light up the room]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[The projector market, including digital-light-processing and LCD projectors, has split into two camps. About half the new  projectors go into the &#147;lighter, lower performance&#148; category while the others fall into the &#147;feature-rich but heavy&#148; side.]]></description>
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 <volume>22</volume>
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 <title><![CDATA[Epson America&#146;s LCD holds its own against its heavier DLPs]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[Epson America Inc. is one of the few vendors with an extensive lineup of only LCD projectors.]]></description>
 <link>http://www.gcn.com/print/22_6/21438-1.html?topic=&amp;CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
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 <volume>22</volume>
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 <title><![CDATA[Online Extra: Product testing at the GCN Lab]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[GCN's Lab undergoes a multi-step process to determine the quality of technology commonly used in government, as well as to test the claims of manufacturers.  What follows is a photo essay illustrating steps in the process.]]></description>
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 <volume>22</volume>
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 <title><![CDATA[Illinois to join federal PKI project]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[Illinois this month intends to join the Federal Bridge Certification Authority and make its digital certificates work with those of four federal agencies.]]></description>
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 <volume>22</volume>
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 <title><![CDATA[State of the states in &#146;03: broke and scared]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[Even the most starry-eyed optimist couldn&#146;t put a happy spin on Federal Sources Inc.&#146;s 9th annual State of the States conference in Washington earlier this month.]]></description>
 <link>http://www.gcn.com/print/22_6/21415-1.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[Infogration in New York. The Center for Technology in Government at the State University of New York in Albany is taking a two-year, hands-on look at information integration projects in two state agencies: the State Police and the Department of Environmental Conservation.]]></description>
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 <volume>22</volume>
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 <title><![CDATA[Trade Weather Report]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[A Web site that maps U.S. export data by state is saving many hours for Commerce Department employees who had been swamped by information requests from federal agencies, Congress and the public that doubled every year.]]></description>
 <link>http://www.gcn.com/print/22_6/21425-1.html?topic=&amp;CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
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 <volume>22</volume>
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 <title><![CDATA[BigFix patches automatically]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[Several government resellers are offering network security products that automatically patch vulnerable gaps or summarize the gaps in real time.]]></description>
 <link>http://www.gcn.com/print/22_6/21426-1.html?topic=&amp;CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
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 <volume>22</volume>
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 <title><![CDATA[Internaut: Radio tags are cheap enough to replace bar codes ]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[Anyone involved in government IT asset management knows what a headache it can be to keep track of hundreds or thousands of pieces of computer equipment.]]></description>
 <link>http://www.gcn.com/print/22_6/21427-1.html?topic=&amp;CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
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 <volume>22</volume>
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 <title><![CDATA[Power User: A guide to XP Pro]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[Government users just migrating to Microsoft Windows XP Professional will find a particularly handy feature: Word for XP can load multiple documents into an open document.]]></description>
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 <volume>22</volume>
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 <title><![CDATA[Telecom upgrade launches base&#146;s stealth comm]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[The 1st Fighter Wing Command Post at Langley Air Force Base, Va., has finished a $2.1 million telecommunications upgrade to talk to its new stealth aircraft.]]></description>
 <link>http://www.gcn.com/print/22_6/21429-1.html?topic=&amp;CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
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 <volume>22</volume>
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 <title><![CDATA[FTS signs up for broadband wireless link]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[The General Services Administration&#146;s Federal Technology Service has added broadband wireless technology to a satellite communications contract held by Marshall Communications Inc. of Sterling, Va.]]></description>
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 <volume>22</volume>
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 <title><![CDATA[Vendors find security is a tough nut to crack]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[Doing business with the government, always difficult and expensive, is getting even more difficult in the security area, some industry executives say.]]></description>
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