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 <title><![CDATA[Hill takes a scalpel to VA&#146;s IT budget]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[Congress is taking a hard line on the Veterans Affairs De-partment&#146;s IT budget.]]></description>
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 <volume>24</volume>
 <issue>12</issue>
 <title><![CDATA[Geodetic team looks to the skies for new map survey]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[Those party animals at the National Geodetic Survey plan to celebrate the agency&#146;s 200th birthday with a general realignment of the National Spatial Reference System.]]></description>
 <link>http://www.gcn.com/print/24_12/35868-1.html?topic=&amp;CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
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 <volume>24</volume>
 <issue>12</issue>
 <title><![CDATA[E-cycling gets into gear]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[If the federal government did curbside recycling of computers, its little blue bins would be overflowing.]]></description>
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 <volume>24</volume>
 <issue>12</issue>
 <title><![CDATA[Spy vs. anti-spyware]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[The question is simple.]]></description>
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 <volume>24</volume>
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 <title><![CDATA[The lowdown on anti-spyware tools]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[What is spyware? Run-of-the-mill spyware records and/or transmits information without notifying the user.]]></description>
 <link>http://www.gcn.com/print/24_12/35848-1.html?topic=&amp;CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
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 <volume>24</volume>
 <issue>12</issue>
 <title><![CDATA[Desktop PCs cycle onward in government offices]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[Waiting for a new desktop PC? ]]></description>
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 <volume>24</volume>
 <issue>12</issue>
 <title><![CDATA[War lessons beamed home]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[When a homemade bomb explodes in downtown Baghdad, its reverberations are felt as far away as Fort Polk, La., where U.S. soldiers train for duty in Iraq.]]></description>
 <link>http://www.gcn.com/print/24_12/35828-1.html?topic=&amp;CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
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 <volume>24</volume>
 <issue>12</issue>
 <title><![CDATA[Incoming]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[The Air Force&#146;s 45th Space Wing has awarded a contract for unmanned space vehicle launches to Space Coast Launch Services LLC, a Computer Sciences Corp.-led joint venture with Shaw Group Inc. of Baton Rouge, La.]]></description>
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 <volume>24</volume>
 <issue>12</issue>
 <title><![CDATA[Army robotics program keeps rollin&#146; along]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[The Army is continuing to invest in next-generation robotic ground vehicles as part of its Future Combat Systems project.]]></description>
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 <volume>24</volume>
 <issue>12</issue>
 <title><![CDATA[Scientists say U.S. Visit can be hoodwinked]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[The U.S. Visitor and Immigrant Status Indicator System program&#146;s method for matching travelers&#146; fingerprints with federal databases has been questioned by biometrics experts.]]></description>
 <link>http://www.gcn.com/print/24_12/35874-1.html?topic=&amp;CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
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 <volume>24</volume>
 <issue>12</issue>
 <title><![CDATA[E-government could be a new academic field ]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[ATLANTA&#151;The scientific study of how government uses technology to interact with citizens is not a full-fledged discipline yet, though the building blocks are in place for it to become one, according to a panel at the National Science Foundation&#146;s annual meeting for researchers in its Digital Government program.]]></description>
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 <volume>24</volume>
 <issue>12</issue>
 <title><![CDATA[Navy beats Army, Marines, Coast Guard...]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[The United States Naval Academy beat out the four other service academies in the annual Cyber Defense Exercise.]]></description>
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 <volume>24</volume>
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 <title><![CDATA[Census will test handhelds for use in 2010]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[The Census Bureau will conduct field tests next year of language assistance programs and handheld computers in Travis County, Texas, including parts of Austin, in preparation for the 2010 Decennial Census.]]></description>
 <link>http://www.gcn.com/print/24_12/35877-1.html?topic=&amp;CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
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 <volume>24</volume>
 <issue>12</issue>
 <title><![CDATA[DHS regulatory plan could have big IT impact]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[The Homeland Security Department took another step toward administrative and systems maturity last week by publishing its semiannual regulatory agenda.]]></description>
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 <volume>24</volume>
 <issue>12</issue>
 <title><![CDATA[Indian Health Service makes e-health deal]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[The Indian Health Service will share its electronic health record and patient management system with NASA.]]></description>
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 <volume>24</volume>
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 <title><![CDATA[DOD plans to boost DISN bandwidth]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[The Defense Department plans to release a request for proposals this month for technologies to add bandwidth to the Defense Information Systems Network.]]></description>
 <link>http://www.gcn.com/print/24_12/35881-1.html?topic=&amp;CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
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 <volume>24</volume>
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 <title><![CDATA[NGA, NavAir will develop systems jointly]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[The National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency and the Naval Air Systems Command are teaming up to develop and field transformational warfare systems.]]></description>
 <link>http://www.gcn.com/print/24_12/35882-1.html?topic=&amp;CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
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 <volume>24</volume>
 <issue>12</issue>
 <title><![CDATA[Networx takes another step toward reality]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[The General Services Administration earlier this month released requests for proposals for Networx, its 10-year, $20 billion telecommunications program.]]></description>
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 <volume>24</volume>
 <issue>12</issue>
 <title><![CDATA[Panel seeks better security, new standards for e-voting ]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[The Election Assistance Commission is considering recommended changes to voting system guidelines that could beef up security for the systems.]]></description>
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 <volume>24</volume>
 <issue>12</issue>
 <title><![CDATA[People on the Move]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[The IRS has appointed Janice Lambert as chief financial officer, making her responsible for the accounting of $2 trillion in taxpayer receipts and the tax agency&#146;s $10 billion annual operating budget.]]></description>
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 <volume>24</volume>
 <issue>12</issue>
 <title><![CDATA[Build software security at the start]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[It&#146;s becoming a common refrain: If software were just written with security in mind, agencies wouldn&#146;t have to spend time and money bolting on security features later. These days, industry is trying more to help.]]></description>
 <link>http://www.gcn.com/print/24_12/35832-1.html?topic=&amp;CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
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 <volume>24</volume>
 <issue>12</issue>
 <title><![CDATA[&#147;Did you hear...&#148; ]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[Don&#146;t Bogart that Blackberry. Researchers at the University of London Institute of Psychiatry say a recent study found that constant interruptions from e-mail, text messaging and phone calls lead to a temporary 10-point drop in IQ. That&#146;s twice the IQ fall-off found in people smoking cannabis, they said. ]]></description>
 <link>http://www.gcn.com/print/24_12/35890-1.html?topic=&amp;CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
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 <volume>24</volume>
 <issue>12</issue>
 <title><![CDATA[COMMUNITY: In the know at IRMCO]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[Government officials and vendors held forth earlier this month at the 44th IRMCO in Cambridge, Md.]]></description>
 <link>http://www.gcn.com/print/24_12/35891-1.html?topic=&amp;CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
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 <volume>24</volume>
 <issue>12</issue>
 <title><![CDATA[PACKET RAT: Sith, that and other mischievous things while on line]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[&#147;So, Sith Lord, are you sure you didn&#146;t have anything to do with this Cisco thing?&#148;]]></description>
 <link>http://www.gcn.com/print/24_12/35893-1.html?topic=&amp;CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
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 <volume>24</volume>
 <issue>12</issue>
 <title><![CDATA[Lawmakers plan to shave Defense IT authorization]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[The Defense Department should prepare for a cut in IT funding for fiscal 2006.]]></description>
 <link>http://www.gcn.com/print/24_12/35869-1.html?topic=&amp;CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
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 <volume>24</volume>
 <issue>12</issue>
 <title><![CDATA[Agencies can&#146;t give away their responsibility for proper disposal]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[As the only winner of the Gold Partnership award from the Environmental Protection Agency and the Federal Electronics Challenge for its e-cycling and peer-mentoring programs, the Bonneville Power Administration is considered a model and mentor for other agencies trying to improve their technology recycling programs.]]></description>
 <link>http://www.gcn.com/print/24_12/35871-1.html?topic=&amp;CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
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 <volume>24</volume>
 <issue>12</issue>
 <title><![CDATA[DOD recommends merging some IT operations as part of BRAC]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[The Defense Department is trying to use its latest round of recommended base closures and realignments to consolidate operations and support Defense secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld&#146;s transformation goals]]></description>
 <link>http://www.gcn.com/print/24_12/35873-1.html?topic=&amp;CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
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 <volume>24</volume>
 <issue>12</issue>
 <title><![CDATA[FBI takes another swing at case  management with Sentinel system]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[With the FBI&#146;s Virtual Case File project called out on strikes, the bureau has moved its designated replacement on deck.]]></description>
 <link>http://www.gcn.com/print/24_12/35886-1.html?topic=&amp;CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
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 <volume>24</volume>
 <issue>12</issue>
 <title><![CDATA[HHS readies framework for health IT system]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[The Health and Human Services Department is laying the foundation for a national health information network that would support the exchange of electronic health records.]]></description>
 <link>http://www.gcn.com/print/24_12/35887-1.html?topic=&amp;CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
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 <volume>24</volume>
 <issue>12</issue>
 <title><![CDATA[Shrinking from 170 to one]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[The Homeland Security Department will consolidate more than 20 existing portals and 150 Web sites into one enterprise portal serving the entire agency&#151;just as soon as commercial software catches up with its needs.]]></description>
 <link>http://www.gcn.com/print/24_12/35888-1.html?topic=&amp;CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
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 <volume>24</volume>
 <issue>12</issue>
 <title><![CDATA[OPM boards aim to put policy and IT requirements on the same page]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[Office of Personnel Management officials are trying to direct traffic at the intersection of policy decisions and functional requirements.]]></description>
 <link>http://www.gcn.com/print/24_12/35889-1.html?topic=&amp;CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
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 <volume>24</volume>
 <issue>12</issue>
 <title><![CDATA[EDITOR&#146;S DESK: Gates on labor]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[For a man whose company was once chided for ignoring the value of maintaining a presence in Washington, Microsoft&#146;s chairman Bill Gates made more than a little splash in town late last month.]]></description>
 <link>http://www.gcn.com/print/24_12/35834-1.html?topic=&amp;CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
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 <volume>24</volume>
 <issue>12</issue>
 <title><![CDATA[Another View: You can&#146;t be too careful with e-mail addresses]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[Sometimes, little things make a big difference.]]></description>
 <link>http://www.gcn.com/print/24_12/35835-1.html?topic=&amp;CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
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 <volume>24</volume>
 <issue>12</issue>
 <title><![CDATA[Editorial Cartoon]]></title>
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 <volume>24</volume>
 <issue>12</issue>
 <title><![CDATA[Xerox WorkCentre C2424: Print, scan, copy&#151;effectively]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[The Xerox WorkCentre C2424 is aptly named, because its many features and ease of use will likely make it the center of your work environment.]]></description>
 <link>http://www.gcn.com/print/24_12/35844-1.html?topic=&amp;CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
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 <volume>24</volume>
 <issue>12</issue>
 <title><![CDATA[Finally, anti-spyware comes to Norton]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[It&#146;s about time Symantec Corp. releases a version of Norton Internet Security with anti-spyware features built in.]]></description>
 <link>http://www.gcn.com/print/24_12/35845-1.html?topic=&amp;CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
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 <volume>24</volume>
 <issue>12</issue>
 <title><![CDATA[Back in a flash]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[People these days are carrying around a lot of data, thanks to those tiny USB key drives.]]></description>
 <link>http://www.gcn.com/print/24_12/35846-1.html?topic=&amp;CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
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 <volume>24</volume>
 <issue>12</issue>
 <title><![CDATA[NASA, we have cheap storage]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[&#147;We&#146;re taking a little bit of a gamble,&#148; admitted Jeff Seaton, the chief technology officer for NASA&#146;s Langley Research Center.]]></description>
 <link>http://www.gcn.com/print/24_12/35837-1.html?topic=&amp;CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
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 <volume>24</volume>
 <issue>12</issue>
 <title><![CDATA[GCN INSIDER: Trends and technologies that affect the way government does IT ]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[Agency users wanting to test out applications before buying can do so online at the new Microsoft TestDrive Center.]]></description>
 <link>http://www.gcn.com/print/24_12/35838-1.html?topic=&amp;CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
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 <volume>24</volume>
 <issue>12</issue>
 <title><![CDATA[Who&#146;s who in iSCSI]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[Options for building low-cost IP SANs are gaining acceptance.]]></description>
 <link>http://www.gcn.com/print/24_12/35839-1.html?topic=&amp;CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
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 <volume>24</volume>
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 <title><![CDATA[Wireless access controller gets FIPS validation]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[A wireless access control system from Aruba Wireless Networks Inc. of Sunnyvale, Calif., has been validated under the Federal Information Processing Standards.]]></description>
 <link>http://www.gcn.com/print/24_12/35841-1.html?topic=&amp;CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
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 <volume>24</volume>
 <issue>12</issue>
 <title><![CDATA[Internaut: What&#146;s next for open-source software in government?]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[Open-source initiatives continue to have a significant impact on long-term government IT planning. ]]></description>
 <link>http://www.gcn.com/print/24_12/35842-1.html?topic=&amp;CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
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