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 <volume>23</volume>
 <issue>32</issue>
 <title><![CDATA[GSA wants to revamp IT Fund]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[Technology is so often an ingredient in government procurements that the General Services Administration wants to set up a multi-agency account that won&#146;t limit purchases exclusively to IT&#151;as the popular 40-year-old IT Fund demands.]]></description>
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 <volume>23</volume>
 <issue>32</issue>
 <title><![CDATA[Can-do initiatives bring wireless links to Afghanistan]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[Computing resources in remote areas of Afghanistan can be scarce, but with a little ingenuity and innovation, U.S. troops and other organizations are finding ways to stay in touch with the rest of the world.]]></description>
 <link>http://www.gcn.com/print/23_32/27819-1.html?topic=&amp;CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
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 <volume>23</volume>
 <issue>32</issue>
 <title><![CDATA[The OS game: Old hands, new deal]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[Desktop and server operating systems have always been the black holes of the software world: they tend to absorb the useful utilities, technologies and practical little applications of day-to-day computing.]]></description>
 <link>http://www.gcn.com/print/23_32/27808-1.html?topic=&amp;CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
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 <volume>23</volume>
 <issue>32</issue>
 <title><![CDATA[The lowdown on OS]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[Operating systems are more enterprise-minded. ]]></description>
 <link>http://www.gcn.com/print/23_32/27809-1.html?topic=&amp;CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
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 <volume>23</volume>
 <issue>32</issue>
 <title><![CDATA[Honorees show their mettle]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[It was a night for winners at GCN 2004 Awards Gala last month&#151;from agency and individual honorees, to an Olympic champion and a certain baseball team whose last title was hailed by President Woodrow Wilson.]]></description>
 <link>http://www.gcn.com/print/23_32/27849-1.html?topic=&amp;CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
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 <volume>23</volume>
 <issue>32</issue>
 <title><![CDATA[Feds are divided on administration&#146;s goals]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[Regardless of the outcome of last week&#146;s election&#151;tallied after this page went to press&#151;President Bush&#146;s Management Agenda will have a lasting impact on the way agencies conduct their business.]]></description>
 <link>http://www.gcn.com/print/23_32/27790-1.html?topic=&amp;CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
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 <volume>23</volume>
 <issue>32</issue>
 <title><![CDATA[Nomad system is a commander hit in Iraq]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[As troops battled during Operation Iraqi Freedom, Army brigade commanders overseeing Stryker armored vehicles faced a problem.]]></description>
 <link>http://www.gcn.com/print/23_32/27805-1.html?topic=&amp;CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
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 <volume>23</volume>
 <issue>32</issue>
 <title><![CDATA[GIG-BE is at 10 sites and counting ...]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[The Global Information Grid-Bandwidth Expansion program is running at 10 locations in the eastern United States.]]></description>
 <link>http://www.gcn.com/print/23_32/27806-1.html?topic=&amp;CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
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 <volume>23</volume>
 <issue>32</issue>
 <title><![CDATA[Industry group honors DOD smart card]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[The Defense Department&#146;s Common Access Card was recognized last month as the most outstanding application of smart-card technology.]]></description>
 <link>http://www.gcn.com/print/23_32/27820-1.html?topic=&amp;CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
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 <volume>23</volume>
 <issue>32</issue>
 <title><![CDATA[GSA releases draft RFP for Networx plan]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[The General Services Administration late last month released two draft requests for proposals for its $10 billion governmentwide telecommunications procurement.]]></description>
 <link>http://www.gcn.com/print/23_32/27821-1.html?topic=&amp;CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
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 <volume>23</volume>
 <issue>32</issue>
 <title><![CDATA[FTC offers a free business case template]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[The Federal Trade Commission has developed a Microsoft Excel spreadsheet template that it will let other agencies use to submit business case data to the Office of Management and Budget.]]></description>
 <link>http://www.gcn.com/print/23_32/27822-1.html?topic=&amp;CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
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 <volume>23</volume>
 <issue>32</issue>
 <title><![CDATA[CIO Council sets up site on best practices]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[The CIO Council has taken the idea of component reuse a step further by setting up a registry of applications for program and project managers to search and possibly deploy.]]></description>
 <link>http://www.gcn.com/print/23_32/27823-1.html?topic=&amp;CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
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 <volume>23</volume>
 <issue>32</issue>
 <title><![CDATA[DHS creates fund to pay for IT consolidation]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[HERSHEY, Pa.&#151;The Homeland Security Department will set up a working capital fund to pay for its IT infrastructure consolidation work.]]></description>
 <link>http://www.gcn.com/print/23_32/27825-1.html?topic=&amp;CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
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 <volume>23</volume>
 <issue>32</issue>
 <title><![CDATA[Army advances on $1 billion IT services deal]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[The Army is developing requirements for the IT Enterprise Solutions-2 Services contract and expects to release a request for information this month for the billion-dollar program.]]></description>
 <link>http://www.gcn.com/print/23_32/27826-1.html?topic=&amp;CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
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 <volume>23</volume>
 <issue>32</issue>
 <title><![CDATA[IBM: Worm attacks are surging]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[IBM Corp. has reported a recent surge in network attacks against critical infrastructures of government agencies, telecommunications carriers and utilities.]]></description>
 <link>http://www.gcn.com/print/23_32/27827-1.html?topic=&amp;CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
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 <volume>23</volume>
 <issue>32</issue>
 <title><![CDATA[GPO moving beyond print and Web]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[Named 1996 inventor of the year by the Intellectual Property Owners Association, Michael L. Wash came to the Government Printing Office in June as the holder of 18 U.S. patents.]]></description>
 <link>http://www.gcn.com/print/23_32/27787-1.html?topic=&amp;CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
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 <volume>23</volume>
 <issue>32</issue>
 <title><![CDATA[&#147;Did you hear...&#148; ]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[On Nov. 1, between 12:49 and 12:54 p.m., the U.S. population grew by 26 people, according to the Census Bureau&#146;s online Population Clock at www.census.gov.]]></description>
 <link>http://www.gcn.com/print/23_32/27850-1.html?topic=&amp;CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
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 <volume>23</volume>
 <issue>32</issue>
 <title><![CDATA[Personal space: Boot sector]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[Tony Allen says he has &#147;always liked to dance&#151;the two-step, the waltz, anything.&#148; ]]></description>
 <link>http://www.gcn.com/print/23_32/27852-1.html?topic=&amp;CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
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 <volume>23</volume>
 <issue>32</issue>
 <title><![CDATA[Packet Rat: E-voting has the Rat on pins and needles]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[It seemed appropriate that this Election Day fell so close to Halloween. ]]></description>
 <link>http://www.gcn.com/print/23_32/27853-1.html?topic=&amp;CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
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 <volume>23</volume>
 <issue>32</issue>
 <title><![CDATA[E-voting passes Election Day test]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[Nearly a third of the people who voted in the presidential election cast their votes electronically, and it turns out that the systems performed better than expected.]]></description>
 <link>http://www.gcn.com/print/23_32/27828-1.html?topic=&amp;CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
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 <volume>23</volume>
 <issue>32</issue>
 <title><![CDATA[Calif. counties use cell phones to stay in touch with polls]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[Orange and Los Angeles counties in California bought 6,500 wireless phones to keep election officials in touch with polling sites last week.]]></description>
 <link>http://www.gcn.com/print/23_32/27829-1.html?topic=&amp;CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
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 <volume>23</volume>
 <issue>32</issue>
 <title><![CDATA[Budget cut forces DHS to revisit  plan for HR apps]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[Congressional action to slash funding for the Homeland Security Department&#146;s human resources system could slow the project.]]></description>
 <link>http://www.gcn.com/print/23_32/27830-1.html?topic=&amp;CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
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 <volume>23</volume>
 <issue>32</issue>
 <title><![CDATA[From MilCom 2004: DISA plans shift to net-centric C2 system]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[MONTEREY, Calif.&#151;The Defense Information Systems Agency is winding down its use of the Global Command and Control System as it moves to an architecture that will give the Defense Department broader hosting capability.]]></description>
 <link>http://www.gcn.com/print/23_32/27831-1.html?topic=&amp;CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
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 <volume>23</volume>
 <issue>32</issue>
 <title><![CDATA[OMB releases much-anticipated data model]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[The Interior Department&#146;s Recreation One-Stop e-government project hit a wall: Federal and state government partners working on the project could not agree on what data to include and share for making reservations at state and national parks.]]></description>
 <link>http://www.gcn.com/print/23_32/27832-1.html?topic=&amp;CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
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 <volume>23</volume>
 <issue>32</issue>
 <title><![CDATA[DHS data chief says DRM needs more refinement]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[The Office of Management and Budget&#146;s just-released Data Reference Model needs some adjustments if it is to help agencies share information, the metadata guru for the Homeland Security Department says.]]></description>
 <link>http://www.gcn.com/print/23_32/27833-1.html?topic=&amp;CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
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 <volume>23</volume>
 <issue>32</issue>
 <title><![CDATA[Military struggles for secure collaboration]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[The military&#146;s Common Access smart card, in the works for almost a decade, now secures physical and logical resource access for more than 3.5 million Defense Department personnel.]]></description>
 <link>http://www.gcn.com/print/23_32/27834-1.html?topic=&amp;CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
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 <volume>23</volume>
 <issue>32</issue>
 <title><![CDATA[Defense will promote wide use of NSA&#146;s secure data model]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[The National Security Agency&#146;s new technical reference model for securing data on the Global Information Grid is going to become entrenched at the Defense Department and should spread to other agencies and industry.]]></description>
 <link>http://www.gcn.com/print/23_32/27835-1.html?topic=&amp;CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
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 <volume>23</volume>
 <issue>32</issue>
 <title><![CDATA[DOD raises bar on security in space]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[Designing the Transformational Communications Architecture for the Defense Department&#146;s Global Information Grid will take &#147;stable funding and a stable vision of a common architecture,&#148; the National Reconnaissance Office&#146;s Michael P. Regan says.]]></description>
 <link>http://www.gcn.com/print/23_32/27848-1.html?topic=&amp;CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
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 <volume>23</volume>
 <issue>32</issue>
 <title><![CDATA[DHS strikes gold]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[You know the Washington version of the Golden Rule: He who has the gold, rules.]]></description>
 <link>http://www.gcn.com/print/23_32/27794-1.html?topic=&amp;CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
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 <volume>23</volume>
 <issue>32</issue>
 <title><![CDATA[Executive Suite: Preparing for post-election]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[New political ap-pointees will find themselves inundated with advice after any election.]]></description>
 <link>http://www.gcn.com/print/23_32/27795-1.html?topic=&amp;CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
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 <volume>23</volume>
 <issue>32</issue>
 <title><![CDATA[By the numbers]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[The early history of federal computing is largely the story of the Electronic Numerical Integrator and Calculator.]]></description>
 <link>http://www.gcn.com/print/23_32/27796-1.html?topic=&amp;CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
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 <volume>23</volume>
 <issue>32</issue>
 <title><![CDATA[Manage your project portfolio your way]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[Say you&#146;re an agency competing for millions of dollars in project funding. ]]></description>
 <link>http://www.gcn.com/print/23_32/27810-1.html?topic=&amp;CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
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 <volume>23</volume>
 <issue>32</issue>
 <title><![CDATA[Army notebook is built for civilians]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[Notebook computers are often designed for specific needs.]]></description>
 <link>http://www.gcn.com/print/23_32/27811-1.html?topic=&amp;CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
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 <volume>23</volume>
 <issue>32</issue>
 <title><![CDATA[Simplify your matrix]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[What do you do when you need to monitor and control 4,096 computers, updating large groups of them at the same time?]]></description>
 <link>http://www.gcn.com/print/23_32/27812-1.html?topic=&amp;CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
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 <volume>23</volume>
 <issue>32</issue>
 <title><![CDATA[Feds: We must set sharing policies]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[State and local homeland security IT programs would be more effective if the federal government provided firmer standards and practices, senior federal officials said recently.]]></description>
 <link>http://www.gcn.com/print/23_32/27783-1.html?topic=&amp;CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
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 <volume>23</volume>
 <issue>32</issue>
 <title><![CDATA[Oregon city tries out network security appliance]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[Albany, Ore., is testing the ReadyARM network security appliance from Avanton Inc. of Manhattan Beach, Calif., to detect intrusion and scan for vulnerabilities.]]></description>
 <link>http://www.gcn.com/print/23_32/27784-1.html?topic=&amp;CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
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 <volume>23</volume>
 <issue>32</issue>
 <title><![CDATA[State lines]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[The Environmental Protection Agency is offering state and tribal governments between $75,000 and $300,000 to join the 13 others already on the Central Data Exchange.]]></description>
 <link>http://www.gcn.com/print/23_32/27785-1.html?topic=&amp;CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
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 <volume>23</volume>
 <issue>32</issue>
 <title><![CDATA[The life &amp; times of data]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[The Army Surface Deployment and Distribution Command faced an age-old problem: The amount of data it needed to keep was growing faster than the storage system designed to hold it.]]></description>
 <link>http://www.gcn.com/print/23_32/27797-1.html?topic=&amp;CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
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 <volume>23</volume>
 <issue>32</issue>
 <title><![CDATA[Energy lab readies for Solaris 10]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[A global collaboration grid at an Energy Department laboratory will lean on hardware from Sun Microsystems Inc. and the company&#146;s new Solaris 10 operating system to allow data sharing across multiple levels of security and confidentiality.]]></description>
 <link>http://www.gcn.com/print/23_32/27798-1.html?topic=&amp;CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
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 <volume>23</volume>
 <issue>32</issue>
 <title><![CDATA[Internaut: Take over WiFi spectrum to improve communications]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[Have you ever thought of WiFi signal interference as a contract issue rather than a technical problem?]]></description>
 <link>http://www.gcn.com/print/23_32/27800-1.html?topic=&amp;CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
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 <volume>23</volume>
 <issue>32</issue>
 <title><![CDATA[What&#146;s in a name? Analysis tool finds out]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[Names, the most common method of identification, can be amazingly imprecise.]]></description>
 <link>http://www.gcn.com/print/23_32/27801-1.html?topic=&amp;CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
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 <volume>23</volume>
 <issue>32</issue>
 <title><![CDATA[Power User: XP Service Pack 2, Chapter 2]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[GCN readers who saw my recent column about a mysterious resource-eating problem on an aging Microsoft Windows XP Pro system might like to know the outcome.]]></description>
 <link>http://www.gcn.com/print/23_32/27803-1.html?topic=&amp;CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
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