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 <volume>23</volume>
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 <title><![CDATA[IT and Architecture ]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[Bayard Whitmore knows that the jumble of wires and cables where the wall meets the ceiling might be unsightly, but it serves its purpose. Whitmore, an architect in the GSA Public Buildings Service&#146;s Center for Historical Buildings, wants the best of both worlds: IT functionality that doesn&#146;t interfere with the aesthetic appeal of the architecture.]]></description>
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 <volume>23</volume>
 <issue>24</issue>
 <title><![CDATA[USDA, HUD race to document IT security]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[In a recent report card on agencies&#146; compliance with federal IT security requirements, the scores of the Agriculture and Housing and Urban Development departments stuck out like sore thumbs.]]></description>
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 <volume>23</volume>
 <issue>24</issue>
 <title><![CDATA[Laser printers on the spot]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[With prices dropping and image quality rising, the low-end color laser printer is coming into its own, competing with the ubiquitous ink-jet printer that has long been the mainstay of the spot-color market.]]></description>
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 <volume>23</volume>
 <issue>24</issue>
 <title><![CDATA[The lowdown on laser printers]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[Why a laser? Laser printers generally are faster and can handle higher volume than ink-jets, and have lower per-page costs.]]></description>
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 <volume>23</volume>
 <issue>24</issue>
 <title><![CDATA[People on the Move]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[The Navy has named Rear Adm. James B. Godwin III as the new director of the Navy-Marine Corps Intranet program office.Godwin, program executive officer for the Navy&#146;s Tactical Aircraft Programs, officially will replace Rear Adm. Charles L. Munns as director in September.]]></description>
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 <volume>23</volume>
 <issue>24</issue>
 <title><![CDATA[Meet the Networx]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[The General Services Administration held a conference this month to inform vendors about the Federal Technology Service Networx contract.The $10 billion governmentwide telecommunications and network services program will replace the government&#146;s current FTS 2001 contract for telecom services that expires in 2006.]]></description>
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 <volume>23</volume>
 <issue>24</issue>
 <title><![CDATA[Tipton offers Interior look]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[W. Hord Tipton, CIO of the Interior Department, spoke last week at a breakfast sponsored by Input of Reston, Va., to discuss his department&#146;s IT work. ]]></description>
 <link>http://www.gcn.com/print/23_24/27027-1.html?topic=&amp;CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
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 <volume>23</volume>
 <issue>24</issue>
 <title><![CDATA[CBP works to secure a virtual fence ]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[The Customs and Border Protection agency has plenty of work to do as it constructs the virtual fence needed to help protect the country from terrorists.]]></description>
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 <volume>23</volume>
 <issue>24</issue>
 <title><![CDATA[Major programs within CBP]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[Integrated Surveillance Intelligence System:> formerly known as the Surveillance and Sensor Technology program, this Border Patrol project is intended to increase the effectiveness of the 12,000 Border Patrol agents deployed along the northern and southern U.S. borders.]]></description>
 <link>http://www.gcn.com/print/23_24/26987-1.html?topic=&amp;CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
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 <volume>23</volume>
 <issue>24</issue>
 <title><![CDATA[Joint Forces experimental division installs wireless LAN]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[The military has been careful in its adoption of wireless networks, seeking to avoid pitfalls in security and utility.]]></description>
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 <volume>23</volume>
 <issue>24</issue>
 <title><![CDATA[Incoming]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[Support deal. The Air Force has hired Computer Sciences Corp. under a $58.6 million procurement contract to provide IT infrastructure to support the mission of the Strategic Command at Offutt Air Force Base, Neb.]]></description>
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 <volume>23</volume>
 <issue>24</issue>
 <title><![CDATA[VA database will list every FDA-OK&#146;d drug]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[The Veterans Affairs Department will publish a request for proposals at the end of the month for a commercial database for pharmacy information.]]></description>
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 <volume>23</volume>
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 <title><![CDATA[GSA revamps its strategy for Networx deal]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[The General Services Administration has revamped its strategy for the pending Networx telecommunications contract and expects to release a pair of draft requests for proposals on Nov. 1, GSA officials said earlier this month.]]></description>
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 <volume>23</volume>
 <issue>24</issue>
 <title><![CDATA[DARPA starts work on new comm network]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency is developing a prototype system that integrates free-space optical and radio frequency communications in a single network.]]></description>
 <link>http://www.gcn.com/print/23_24/27014-1.html?topic=&amp;CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
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 <volume>23</volume>
 <issue>24</issue>
 <title><![CDATA[Ag now offers PKI services to other agencies]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[The Agriculture Department&#146;s National Finance Center has obtained official designation as a certified provider of public-key infrastructure services for the federal government by the Federal Identity Credentialing Committee and Shared Service Provider Subcommittee.]]></description>
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 <volume>23</volume>
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 <title><![CDATA[DHS&#146; registered travelers project takes test flight ]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[The Homeland Security Department has launched its Registered Traveler Pilot Program at four airports and plans to unveil it today at the last of five sites, Reagan National Airport in Virginia.]]></description>
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 <volume>23</volume>
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 <title><![CDATA[Vulnerable PC will be attacked in 20 minutes]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[The average survival time for an unprotected networked computer dropped from 40 minutes to 20 minutes over the last year, according to the SANS Institute of Bethesda, Md.]]></description>
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 <volume>23</volume>
 <issue>24</issue>
 <title><![CDATA[In-house team wins NASA&#146;s &#145;Software of the Year&#146;]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[NASA has formally recognized a development team at Langley Research Center in Hampton, Va., for an in-house, money-saving aerodynamic analysis application.]]></description>
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 <volume>23</volume>
 <issue>24</issue>
 <title><![CDATA[Web services extend system functions]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[Raymond B. Wells had plenty of experience implementing large-scale government systems before he became chief technology officer for the federal unit of IBM Corp.]]></description>
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 <volume>23</volume>
 <issue>24</issue>
 <title><![CDATA[&#147;Did you hear...&#148; ]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[Sound bite. If your office (or battlespace) is so noisy you can&#146;t hear yourself think, Audiodontics Inc. of Bethesda, Md., has an answer: the Tooth Phone Communication System, which is custom-fitted and clenched against the wearer&#146;s back teeth. Radio and telephone sounds pass through the teeth to the skull bones and on to the auditory nerve even when ambient noise exceeds 110 decibels&#151;the level of a rock concert or whining power drill. ]]></description>
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 <volume>23</volume>
 <issue>24</issue>
 <title><![CDATA[Personal space: High bar]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[Education Department chief financial officer Jack Martin says it&#146;s professionally stimulating to divide his time between CFO duties and a second federal job as acting head of the Selective Service System. &#147;The No Child Left Behind Act of 2001 set a high bar for accountability,&#148; he says.]]></description>
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 <volume>23</volume>
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 <title><![CDATA[Packet Rat: General George and Elvis, move over]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[The Rat has always hoped to achieve some small fame, some well-deserved recognition for his long and illustrious government service.]]></description>
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 <volume>23</volume>
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 <title><![CDATA[GSA fears loss of its biggest customer: Defense ]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[The military would face limitations on how it buys goods and services from General Services Administration contracts under two provisions in the National Defense Authorization Act for 2005. ]]></description>
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 <volume>23</volume>
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 <title><![CDATA[GSA is close to hooking a major SmartBuy deal]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[The General Services Administration, working under its SmartBuy enterprise licensing program, is closer than ever to catching one of the big fish in the software vendor pond.]]></description>
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 <volume>23</volume>
 <issue>24</issue>
 <title><![CDATA[OMB marketing blitz to get the word out on e-gov]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[The Office of Management and Budget is trying to boost citizens&#146; awareness of federal e-government services. ]]></description>
 <link>http://www.gcn.com/print/23_24/27021-1.html?topic=&amp;CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
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 <volume>23</volume>
 <issue>24</issue>
 <title><![CDATA[Hill, Homeland Security trade barbs over border control tech]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[The Homeland Security Department&#146;s enterprise architecture and its plans for a border control system came under fire from legislative overseers last week.]]></description>
 <link>http://www.gcn.com/print/23_24/27022-1.html?topic=&amp;CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
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 <volume>23</volume>
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 <title><![CDATA[Ready or not, here comes secure Windows XP]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[Systems administrators and IT security vendors are bracing for what Microsoft Corp. has called the most significant security upgrade ever to a Windows operating system.]]></description>
 <link>http://www.gcn.com/print/23_24/27023-1.html?topic=&amp;CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
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 <volume>23</volume>
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 <title><![CDATA[Shuttle disaster spurs NASA to buy overdue computing power ]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[The space shuttle Columbia disaster in 2003 pointed up NASA&#146;s fallback in high-performance computing.]]></description>
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 <volume>23</volume>
 <issue>24</issue>
 <title><![CDATA[False alarm]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[I&#146;m still trying to figure out why the Homeland Security Department walked away from the Computer Aided Passenger Prescreening System II. My best guess is the Bush administration didn&#146;t want to risk a political fire at this particular time.]]></description>
 <link>http://www.gcn.com/print/23_24/26989-1.html?topic=&amp;CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
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 <volume>23</volume>
 <issue>24</issue>
 <title><![CDATA[Another View: Using synthesis theory to drive IT policy ]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[Establishing IT policy for a government organization is a more complex process than people sometimes acknowledge.A bureaucratic infrastructure hampers the organization&#146;s ability to evaluate and select emerging technologies quickly. By the time committees are formed, leave schedules are coordinated, planning sessions are held, testing is performed, documentation is completed and approval is granted, leading-edge technologies have matured into legacy systems.]]></description>
 <link>http://www.gcn.com/print/23_24/26990-1.html?topic=&amp;CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
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 <volume>23</volume>
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 <title><![CDATA[Significa]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[The Assyrian emperor Sennacherib was the subject of his own writings. But to read his script from the 7th century B.C.E., you&#146;ll need to brush up on your cuneiform. Federal IT can help. The National Endowment for the Humanities has issued two grants to the Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative, which will catalog more than 500,000 examples of cuneiform, Sumerian and other, still undeciphered, languages. Check it out at cdli.ucla.edu/about.html. The IT project forms part of $559,000 in NEH grants for &#147;Recovering Iraq&#146;s Past.&#148; By the way, the Assyrian emperor never succeeded in achieving his goal of conquering Jerusalem. An epidemic broke out among his troops.]]></description>
 <link>http://www.gcn.com/print/23_24/26991-1.html?topic=&amp;CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
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 <volume>23</volume>
 <issue>24</issue>
 <title><![CDATA[Editoral Cartoon]]></title>
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 <volume>23</volume>
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 <title><![CDATA[Tablet PCs come of age]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[The Tablet PC, launched with a lot of promise in 2003, was supposed to be a panacea for mobile workers, note-takers and business travelers.]]></description>
 <link>http://www.gcn.com/print/23_24/27008-1.html?topic=&amp;CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
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 <volume>23</volume>
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 <title><![CDATA[Austin puts performance data online]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[Austin, Texas, has posted its report card online.The city&#146;s government for years has used the management reporting tool Managing by Results to gather data about the performance of city agencies for evaluation and budgeting. ]]></description>
 <link>http://www.gcn.com/print/23_24/26980-1.html?topic=&amp;CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
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 <volume>23</volume>
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 <title><![CDATA[Illinois county puts property data on the Web]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[For officials in Illinois&#146; DuPage County Recorder&#146;s Office, 28 years of successful work experience is something to be valued, not tossed away like an old shoe. Even in a mainframe.]]></description>
 <link>http://www.gcn.com/print/23_24/26981-1.html?topic=&amp;CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
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 <volume>23</volume>
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 <title><![CDATA[State lines]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[Biometric system. The Arizona Department of Public Safety is using the biometric engine identity management application from ImageWare Systems Inc. of San Diego to manage its biometric databases.]]></description>
 <link>http://www.gcn.com/print/23_24/26983-1.html?topic=&amp;CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
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 <volume>23</volume>
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 <title><![CDATA[Smart search]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[A commercial search engine ties together multiple pharmaceutical databases for the Food and Drug Administration&#146;s Drug Evaluation and Research Center.]]></description>
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 <volume>23</volume>
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 <title><![CDATA[Search engine helper organizes results]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[Clustering software from Vivisimo Inc. can categorize results from 40 government Web site search engines, including  the government&#146;s FirstGov portal.]]></description>
 <link>http://www.gcn.com/print/23_24/27000-1.html?topic=&amp;CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
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 <volume>23</volume>
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 <title><![CDATA[USPS cuts password creep with single sign-on]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[In a Postal Service help desk survey, forgotten passwords emerged as the No. 1 user problem.]]></description>
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 <volume>23</volume>
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 <title><![CDATA[@Info.Policy: Is your sensitive data secure enough?]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[How many different categories of sensitive government information can you name?Let&#146;s begin with information classified by executive order for national defense or foreign policy purposes. Information about atomic weapons is a different kettle of fish, restricted by statute.]]></description>
 <link>http://www.gcn.com/print/23_24/27002-1.html?topic=&amp;CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
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 <volume>23</volume>
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 <title><![CDATA[Coast Guard innovates with rugged TDS Recon handhelds ]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[Station Oregon Inlet Unit near Cape Hatteras, N.C., has won the Coast Guard&#146;s innovation award for pioneering a search-and-rescue application on rugged handheld computers.]]></description>
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 <volume>23</volume>
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 <title><![CDATA[Cyber Eye: Take a tip on unobtrusive security]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[As I checked out of the hotel after a security conference last month in Las Vegas, the clerk noted my address and remarked what a nice city Washington is.]]></description>
 <link>http://www.gcn.com/print/23_24/27004-1.html?topic=&amp;CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
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 <volume>23</volume>
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 <title><![CDATA[New benchmark tool available for testing performance of J2EE apps ]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[The Standard Performance Evaluation Corp. has released Version 1.3 of a benchmark suite to measure the performance of Java2 Enterprise Edition application server-driven programs.]]></description>
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