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 <volume>24</volume>
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 <title><![CDATA[The Invisible War on Terrorism]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[Battles are fought every day in the war against terrorist groups, but most people aren&#146;t aware of them because they happen in cyberspace.]]></description>
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 <volume>24</volume>
 <issue>11</issue>
 <title><![CDATA[Two DHS IT projects enter troubled waters]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[The Homeland Security Department&#146;s Emerge2 and Transportation Worker Identification Credential programs, two of its most critical management and security projects, are delayed and facing scrutiny from high level officials as well as congressional auditors.]]></description>
 <link>http://www.gcn.com/print/24_11/35789-1.html?topic=&amp;CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
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 <volume>24</volume>
 <issue>11</issue>
 <title><![CDATA[E-gov projects to get boost from sharing PKI credentials]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[The sharing of authentication credentials between government and the private sector is closer to reality than ever before.]]></description>
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 <volume>24</volume>
 <issue>11</issue>
 <title><![CDATA[In living color]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[Whether you&#146;re the only one in your department cranking out volumes of documents, or you share a printer with a small group, it&#146;s time to take a serious look at color laser printers.]]></description>
 <link>http://www.gcn.com/print/24_11/35783-1.html?topic=&amp;CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
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 <volume>24</volume>
 <issue>11</issue>
 <title><![CDATA[The lowdown on color laser printers]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[What are they? A color laser printer uses laser beams and static electricity to apply color toner to photoconductive drums.]]></description>
 <link>http://www.gcn.com/print/24_11/35784-1.html?topic=&amp;CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
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 <volume>24</volume>
 <issue>11</issue>
 <title><![CDATA[Energy touts IT progress, while IG focuses on flaws]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[The Energy Department&#146;s IT glass is half full or half empty, depending on who&#146;s talking.]]></description>
 <link>http://www.gcn.com/print/24_11/35768-1.html?topic=&amp;CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
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 <volume>24</volume>
 <issue>11</issue>
 <title><![CDATA[Major programs within DOE]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[Extended Common Integrated Technology Program. The department&#146;s seat management program, known as Excite, is contracted via task orders to RSIS Inc., the department&#146;s second-largest IT vendor.]]></description>
 <link>http://www.gcn.com/print/24_11/35769-1.html?topic=&amp;CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
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 <volume>24</volume>
 <issue>11</issue>
 <title><![CDATA[Prepared for liftoff]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[Nothing about sending a rocket into space is easy.]]></description>
 <link>http://www.gcn.com/print/24_11/35764-1.html?topic=&amp;CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
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 <volume>24</volume>
 <issue>11</issue>
 <title><![CDATA[ Incoming]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[The Defense Department has reached about 80 percent compliance with the new federal standards for worker identification cards.]]></description>
 <link>http://www.gcn.com/print/24_11/35766-1.html?topic=&amp;CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
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 <volume>24</volume>
 <issue>11</issue>
 <title><![CDATA[Privacy-officer effort for DHS fails on the Hill]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[Rep. Bennie Thompson (D-Miss.) said he offered an amendment to a Homeland Security Department bill earlier this month that would increase DHS&#146; privacy officer&#146;s authority, but it was voted down.]]></description>
 <link>http://www.gcn.com/print/24_11/35792-1.html?topic=&amp;CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
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 <volume>24</volume>
 <issue>11</issue>
 <title><![CDATA[OMB eyes duplicate e-gov projects sharply]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[The Office of Management and Budget has analyzed agency IT investments&#151;Exhibit 53s&#151;to determine if they use systems that duplicate any of the 25 e-government projects, the Lines of Business Consolidation or the enterprisewide software buying effort known as SmartBuy.]]></description>
 <link>http://www.gcn.com/print/24_11/35793-1.html?topic=&amp;CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
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 <volume>24</volume>
 <issue>11</issue>
 <title><![CDATA[Treasury IG gets on IRS&#146; business cases]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[IRS officials should not rely on the data in some of their recent business cases to manage and fund IT projects, inspector general auditors have found.]]></description>
 <link>http://www.gcn.com/print/24_11/35794-1.html?topic=&amp;CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
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 <volume>24</volume>
 <issue>11</issue>
 <title><![CDATA[IG says DHS&#146; secure network was too rushed]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[The Homeland Security Department&#146;s $337 million network for sharing top-secret data was developed in a rush and, as a result, is inadequate to meet the needs of its users, according to a new report by the department&#146;s acting inspector general, Richard L. Skinner.]]></description>
 <link>http://www.gcn.com/print/24_11/35795-1.html?topic=&amp;CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
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 <volume>24</volume>
 <issue>11</issue>
 <title><![CDATA[USDA issues draft plan for animal IDs]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[The Agriculture Department has released a draft plan for tracking animal movements to speed its response to potential outbreaks such as mad-cow disease.]]></description>
 <link>http://www.gcn.com/print/24_11/35796-1.html?topic=&amp;CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
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 <volume>24</volume>
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 <title><![CDATA[People on the Move]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[The Air Force has tapped Lt. Gen. William T. &#147;Tom&#148; Hobbins to be the new head of the service&#146;s merged CIO, warfighting integration and communications operations directorate.]]></description>
 <link>http://www.gcn.com/print/24_11/35797-1.html?topic=&amp;CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
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 <volume>24</volume>
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 <title><![CDATA[DHS&#146; track record invites continued scrutiny]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[Clark Kent Ervin, former inspector general of the Homeland Security Department, joined the Aspen Institute in January as director of the think tank&#146;s newly established Homeland Security Initiative, based in Washington, D.C.]]></description>
 <link>http://www.gcn.com/print/24_11/35767-1.html?topic=&amp;CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
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 <volume>24</volume>
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 <title><![CDATA[&#147;Did you hear...&#148; ]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[We&#146;ve met the enemy, and it is dust. The Navy has gone to the front lines in the Middle East with its &#147;Internet cafes&#148; to help troops keep in touch with their loved ones back home.]]></description>
 <link>http://www.gcn.com/print/24_11/35810-1.html?topic=&amp;CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
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 <volume>24</volume>
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 <title><![CDATA[The community: Merger talks]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[The respective bosses of the Federal Technology Service and the Federal Supply Service talked about the organizations&#146; pending merger during a session at the FSI 20th Annual Federal Outlook Conference held on April 12 in McLean, Va. FTS acting commissioner Barbara Shelton, left, and FSS commissioner Donna Bennett joined a lineup of other speakers in looking at what lies ahead for IT and procurement in the government. ]]></description>
 <link>http://www.gcn.com/print/24_11/35812-1.html?topic=&amp;CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
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 <volume>24</volume>
 <issue>11</issue>
 <title><![CDATA[PACKET RAT: Sun&#146;s swing toward open-source knocks the Rat for a loop]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[The house was full at the Reagan Federal Building auditorium for Sun Microsystems&#146; quarterly &#147;Network Computing&#148; road show&#151;which is what happens every time someone mentions a free lunch in Washington.]]></description>
 <link>http://www.gcn.com/print/24_11/35813-1.html?topic=&amp;CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
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 <volume>24</volume>
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 <title><![CDATA[Hidden in plain sight ]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[Steganography literally means &#147;covered writing.&#148;]]></description>
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 <volume>24</volume>
 <issue>11</issue>
 <title><![CDATA[Appropriators look to hit DHS where it hurts]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[Congress is moving to clip the wings of the Homeland Security Department&#146;s CIO and punish the department for ignoring demands from lawmakers for information.]]></description>
 <link>http://www.gcn.com/print/24_11/35790-1.html?topic=&amp;CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
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 <volume>24</volume>
 <issue>11</issue>
 <title><![CDATA[Case management projects and shared-data standard gather steam]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[The Justice Department and the FBI are looking to set a standard by which law enforcement officials can more easily share information and let other agencies develop similar systems based on the requirements.]]></description>
 <link>http://www.gcn.com/print/24_11/35798-1.html?topic=&amp;CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
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 <volume>24</volume>
 <issue>11</issue>
 <title><![CDATA[Real-time alert services are added to US-CERT portal]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[The U.S. Computer Emergency Response Team is painting a bigger picture of Internet security by adding real-time threat and vulnerability information to the Web portal used by the government&#146;s cybersecurity first responders.]]></description>
 <link>http://www.gcn.com/print/24_11/35799-1.html?topic=&amp;CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
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 <volume>24</volume>
 <issue>11</issue>
 <title><![CDATA[New office will try to keep IRS project specs in line]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[Before the IRS&#146; new taxpayer database finally saw the light of day last year, it had to be cured of an extreme case of scope creep.]]></description>
 <link>http://www.gcn.com/print/24_11/35800-1.html?topic=&amp;CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
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 <volume>24</volume>
 <issue>11</issue>
 <title><![CDATA[Davis&#146; bill would pare down GSA&#146;s regional offices]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[In merging the Federal Technology and Federal Supply services, the General Services Administration will likely make significant cuts to the management ranks of the services&#146; 22 regional offices.]]></description>
 <link>http://www.gcn.com/print/24_11/35802-1.html?topic=&amp;CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
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 <volume>24</volume>
 <issue>11</issue>
 <title><![CDATA[Bill seeks a DOD manager to tackle business system woes]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[For more than a decade, Congress has warned Defense Department leaders to get a better handle on their business systems.]]></description>
 <link>http://www.gcn.com/print/24_11/35804-1.html?topic=&amp;CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
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 <volume>24</volume>
 <issue>11</issue>
 <title><![CDATA[Navy gives Godwin additional NMCI oversight responsibilities]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[The Navy&#146;s assistant secretary for research, development and acquisition has named Rear Adm. James Godwin the direct-reporting program manager for Navy-Marine Corps Intranet.]]></description>
 <link>http://www.gcn.com/print/24_11/35806-1.html?topic=&amp;CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
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 <volume>24</volume>
 <issue>11</issue>
 <title><![CDATA[HHS, Congress begin push for health care IT]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[The Health and Human Services Department and House and Senate lawmakers last week kicked off campaigns to press for adoption of health care IT.]]></description>
 <link>http://www.gcn.com/print/24_11/35807-1.html?topic=&amp;CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
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 <volume>24</volume>
 <issue>11</issue>
 <title><![CDATA[PDF user slip-up gives DOD lesson in protecting classified information]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[The mishandling of an Adobe Portable Document Format memo exposed not only classified information on the Web, but the risks involved when users fail to use software tools correctly.]]></description>
 <link>http://www.gcn.com/print/24_11/35808-1.html?topic=&amp;CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
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 <volume>24</volume>
 <issue>11</issue>
 <title><![CDATA[EDITOR&#146;S DESK: Procurement shift could go too far ]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[In the Offenbach opera &#147;Tales of Hoffmann,&#148; the protagonist falls in love with a life-size mechanical doll that sings arias.]]></description>
 <link>http://www.gcn.com/print/24_11/35770-1.html?topic=&amp;CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
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 <volume>24</volume>
 <issue>11</issue>
 <title><![CDATA[Letters to the editor]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[In a recent GCN phone survey of federal IT managers [GCN, May 2, Page 24] only one-third of federal IT managers responded that spyware and phishing were a major concern, and less that half responded that viruses and hackers were a major concern.]]></description>
 <link>http://www.gcn.com/print/24_11/35771-1.html?topic=&amp;CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
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 <volume>24</volume>
 <issue>11</issue>
 <title><![CDATA[Editorial cartoon]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[]]></description>
 <link>http://www.gcn.com/print/24_11/35772-1.html?topic=&amp;CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
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 <volume>24</volume>
 <issue>11</issue>
 <title><![CDATA[Patchwork made easy]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[The importance of patch management to any network is often understated.]]></description>
 <link>http://www.gcn.com/print/24_11/35781-1.html?topic=&amp;CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
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 <volume>24</volume>
 <issue>11</issue>
 <title><![CDATA[MPC packs features into its new TransPort X3100]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[MPC Computers has made a practice of listening to government customers and developing notebook computers that address their unique&#151;if often quirky&#151;requirements.]]></description>
 <link>http://www.gcn.com/print/24_11/35782-1.html?topic=&amp;CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
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 <volume>24</volume>
 <issue>11</issue>
 <title><![CDATA[Why not WiMax]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[As rural communities go, the Rocky Boy Reservation in north central Montana is about as isolated as you can get.]]></description>
 <link>http://www.gcn.com/print/24_11/35773-1.html?topic=&amp;CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
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 <volume>24</volume>
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 <title><![CDATA[Cyber eye: Cybersecurity report cards don&#146;t make the grade]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[Congressional report cards on the government&#146;s computer security have succeeded in focusing attention on the challenge of securing the nation&#146;s information infrastructure.]]></description>
 <link>http://www.gcn.com/print/24_11/35774-1.html?topic=&amp;CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
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 <volume>24</volume>
 <issue>11</issue>
 <title><![CDATA[Agencies see better ways to manage IT]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[The greatest security challenges facing IT administrators today are not intercepting viruses or blocking attacks but rather controlling the security infrastructure and managing processes.]]></description>
 <link>http://www.gcn.com/print/24_11/35779-1.html?topic=&amp;CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
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 <volume>24</volume>
 <issue>11</issue>
 <title><![CDATA[Power user: For agencies, it&#146;s Firefox no, OpenOffice yes]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[Several weeks ago, I wrote a somewhat lukewarm review of Firefox that got a big response from defenders of the open-source Web browser.]]></description>
 <link>http://www.gcn.com/print/24_11/35780-1.html?topic=&amp;CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
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