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 <volume>24</volume>
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 <title><![CDATA[PMA yields turnaround at mismanaged agencies]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[Hate it or love it, the President&#146;s Management Agenda is changing the way the government works.]]></description>
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 <volume>24</volume>
 <issue>21</issue>
 <title><![CDATA[Interior officials accused of covering up IT security flaws]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[Senior Interior Department officials have been accused of threatening to demote the Bureau of Land Management&#146;s CIO in a bid to deter her and other federal employees from testifying forthrightly about the department&#146;s IT security flaws.]]></description>
 <link>http://www.gcn.com/print/24_21/36522-1.html?topic=&amp;CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
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 <volume>24</volume>
 <issue>21</issue>
 <title><![CDATA[Switch to the Future]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[Ethernet has surpassed all other networking technologies in speed, scalability and ease of implementation.]]></description>
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 <volume>24</volume>
 <issue>21</issue>
 <title><![CDATA[Homegrown dashboard tracks Senate IT projects]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[The first year Greg Hanson was CIO of the Senate, his weekend reading was not the latest thriller or a paper on a hot new technology.]]></description>
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 <volume>24</volume>
 <issue>21</issue>
 <title><![CDATA[Major programs within the Senate]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[Enterprise tape backup: This $3 million project will consolidate and centralize the tape backup for all office systems across the Senate.]]></description>
 <link>http://www.gcn.com/print/24_21/36494-1.html?topic=&amp;CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
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 <volume>24</volume>
 <issue>21</issue>
 <title><![CDATA[Net-centricity takes wing]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[As the sun sets over Baghdad, automatic-weapon fire erupts from a concrete building&#146;s third-story window.]]></description>
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 <volume>24</volume>
 <issue>21</issue>
 <title><![CDATA[Incoming]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[Adm. Vern Clark, the chief of Naval Operations who has long been an advocate for transformational weapons systems and integrating Navy information systems with those of the other services, retired late last month.]]></description>
 <link>http://www.gcn.com/print/24_21/36491-1.html?topic=&amp;CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
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 <volume>24</volume>
 <issue>21</issue>
 <title><![CDATA[E-debit card reduces food stamp errors]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[The Agriculture Department has cut $1.4 billion in improper payments over five years from its Food Stamp program by adopting an electronic benefits card, and aligning state and federal benefit criteria.]]></description>
 <link>http://www.gcn.com/print/24_21/36525-1.html?topic=&amp;CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
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 <volume>24</volume>
 <issue>21</issue>
 <title><![CDATA[DHS IG sees Buy American Act difficulties]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[The Homeland Security Department lacks the ability to fully track how well it is complying with the Buy American Act, according to a new report from acting inspector general Richard Skinner.]]></description>
 <link>http://www.gcn.com/print/24_21/36527-1.html?topic=&amp;CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
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 <volume>24</volume>
 <issue>21</issue>
 <title><![CDATA[Spy agencies working on data standard]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[The intelligence community is building a data exchange standard to help its various agencies share information about terrorists.]]></description>
 <link>http://www.gcn.com/print/24_21/36528-1.html?topic=&amp;CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
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 <volume>24</volume>
 <issue>21</issue>
 <title><![CDATA[DHS deploys secret state and local net]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[The Homeland Security Department is deploying a new &#147;secret&#148; data network to pass classified information to hundreds of state and local officials, DHS officials said at a congressional hearing late last month.]]></description>
 <link>http://www.gcn.com/print/24_21/36529-1.html?topic=&amp;CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
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 <volume>24</volume>
 <issue>21</issue>
 <title><![CDATA[NOAA plans to consolidate its IT support]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration plans to release a request for proposals for a six-year consolidated IT support services contract by the end of September.]]></description>
 <link>http://www.gcn.com/print/24_21/36530-1.html?topic=&amp;CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
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 <volume>24</volume>
 <issue>21</issue>
 <title><![CDATA[Bush may veto DOD bill]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[White House senior advisers are threatening to recommend that President Bush veto the National Defense Authorization Act for fiscal 2006 if it includes any provisions requiring the establishment of a national commission on detainee operations or regulating the detention, treatment or trial of suspected terrorists.]]></description>
 <link>http://www.gcn.com/print/24_21/36531-1.html?topic=&amp;CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
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 <volume>24</volume>
 <issue>21</issue>
 <title><![CDATA[Feds want disks that are able to last 40 years]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[A federal data preservation working group has found that government agencies would like their recordable optical disks to last at least 40 years, if not longer.]]></description>
 <link>http://www.gcn.com/print/24_21/36532-1.html?topic=&amp;CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
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 <volume>24</volume>
 <issue>21</issue>
 <title><![CDATA[Senate drops restrictions on e-gov funding]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[The Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Transportation, Treasury, the Judiciary, and Housing and Urban Development did not follow the House&#146;s lead in restricting how agencies contribute money to e-government projects.]]></description>
 <link>http://www.gcn.com/print/24_21/36533-1.html?topic=&amp;CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
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 <volume>24</volume>
 <issue>21</issue>
 <title><![CDATA[DHS personnel system buy draws Hill ire]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[Rep. Bennie G. Thompson (D-Miss.) has launched a critical inquiry into the Homeland Security Department&#146;s decision to award a blanket purchase agreement to Northrop Grumman Information Technology for the $175 million MaxHR project to build a new personnel system.]]></description>
 <link>http://www.gcn.com/print/24_21/36534-1.html?topic=&amp;CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
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 <volume>24</volume>
 <issue>21</issue>
 <title><![CDATA[VA is almost ready to buy Peaches 3]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[The Veterans Affairs Department has issued a draft request for proposals for its $1.4 billion Procurement of Computer Hardware and Software contract, Peaches 3.]]></description>
 <link>http://www.gcn.com/print/24_21/36536-1.html?topic=&amp;CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
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 <volume>24</volume>
 <issue>21</issue>
 <title><![CDATA[NARA&#146;s e-records project is set for award]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[Everything is falling into place as the time nears for the National Archives and Records Administration to decide whether Harris Corp. or Lockheed Martin Corp. will run the next-generation Electronic Records Archive system, according to the Government Accountability Office.]]></description>
 <link>http://www.gcn.com/print/24_21/36537-1.html?topic=&amp;CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
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 <volume>24</volume>
 <issue>21</issue>
 <title><![CDATA[People on the Move]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[Rhonda Joseph took the reins last week as Transportation Department chief enterprise architect, assuming the responsibilities Darren Ash had held as deputy associate CIO.]]></description>
 <link>http://www.gcn.com/print/24_21/36538-1.html?topic=&amp;CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
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 <volume>24</volume>
 <issue>21</issue>
 <title><![CDATA[Johannes Ullrich | The good guys have to cooperate]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[The Internet Storm Center, created by the SANS Institute, works with Internet service providers to defend against the most malicious attacks.]]></description>
 <link>http://www.gcn.com/print/24_21/36492-1.html?topic=&amp;CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
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 <volume>24</volume>
 <issue>21</issue>
 <title><![CDATA[&#147;Did you hear...&#148; ]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[Blog was here. In response to our recent request for an alternative to the term &#147;blog,&#148; which has the aural appeal of a wet mackerel upside the head, a reader in Louisiana suggests &#147;graf,&#148; as in graffiti.]]></description>
 <link>http://www.gcn.com/print/24_21/36553-1.html?topic=&amp;CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
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 <volume>24</volume>
 <issue>21</issue>
 <title><![CDATA[Personal space: Ongoing tour]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[On Sunday, July 24, the day Lance Armstrong won his seventh Tour de France, John Macias, at right, was on the road in central New Jersey, taking part in a Lance Armstrong Foundation Peloton Project ride to raise awareness for cancer research.]]></description>
 <link>http://www.gcn.com/print/24_21/36554-1.html?topic=&amp;CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
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 <volume>24</volume>
 <issue>21</issue>
 <title><![CDATA[PACKET RAT: Pay for performance vs. the devil you know]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[Having narrowly avoided perishing in the private sector during the economic backwash of the Internet bubble burst, more than a few hands on the Rat&#146;s org chart are happy to be collecting a civil-service wage&#151;if nothing else, it&#146;s a reliable pay check. But they could be in for a rude shock.]]></description>
 <link>http://www.gcn.com/print/24_21/36555-1.html?topic=&amp;CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
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 <volume>24</volume>
 <issue>21</issue>
 <title><![CDATA[Officials to use employee plan to push health IT standards]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[Managers of the 8-million-member Federal Employee Health Benefit Plan say they can use its market power to move the nation&#146;s health care providers to adopt standardized electronic records and interoperable IT platforms.]]></description>
 <link>http://www.gcn.com/print/24_21/36523-1.html?topic=&amp;CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
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 <volume>24</volume>
 <issue>21</issue>
 <title><![CDATA[DHS reshapes border technology plan]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[The Homeland Security Department is overhauling the $2.5 billion America&#146;s Shield Initiative to field technology at border crossings, in the wake of congressional criticism and an internal rejection of the project&#146;s plan.]]></description>
 <link>http://www.gcn.com/print/24_21/36539-1.html?topic=&amp;CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
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 <volume>24</volume>
 <issue>21</issue>
 <title><![CDATA[GAO urges better audit oversight of GSA contracts]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[Teddy Roosevelt once said: &#147;Walk softly, and carry a big stick.&#148;]]></description>
 <link>http://www.gcn.com/print/24_21/36540-1.html?topic=&amp;CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
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 <volume>24</volume>
 <issue>21</issue>
 <title><![CDATA[Two states, two directions on IT]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[An axiom of state and local politics is that the larger the state, the more difficult it is to coordinate IT policy and strategy across the so-called enterprise of state government.]]></description>
 <link>http://www.gcn.com/print/24_21/36541-1.html?topic=&amp;CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
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 <volume>24</volume>
 <issue>21</issue>
 <title><![CDATA[Florida gives up on consolidation, at least for now]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[Florida has abolished an independent state technology office in a move that reverses steps it took four years ago to centralize IT management.]]></description>
 <link>http://www.gcn.com/print/24_21/36543-1.html?topic=&amp;CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
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 <volume>24</volume>
 <issue>21</issue>
 <title><![CDATA[Texas bets on a unified infrastructure]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[Dustin Lanier knows it won&#146;t be easy getting more than 200 agencies to turn over responsibility for their IT infrastructure to the Texas Department of Information Resources when a new state law takes effect Sept. 1.]]></description>
 <link>http://www.gcn.com/print/24_21/36544-1.html?topic=&amp;CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
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 <volume>24</volume>
 <issue>21</issue>
 <title><![CDATA[The wait for smart-card guidance leaves some projects in limbo]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[At least three agencies have put identification smart-card projects on hold until the Office of Management and Budget finalizes the timeframe for agencies to migrate to the Federal Information Processing Standard 201.]]></description>
 <link>http://www.gcn.com/print/24_21/36548-1.html?topic=&amp;CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
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 <volume>24</volume>
 <issue>21</issue>
 <title><![CDATA[GAO says Defense comes up short on its EA efforts]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[The Defense Department has invested nearly four years and $318 million into developing a business enterprise architecture, yet according to a recent Government Accountability Office report, the department has very little to show for its efforts.]]></description>
 <link>http://www.gcn.com/print/24_21/36549-1.html?topic=&amp;CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
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 <volume>24</volume>
 <issue>21</issue>
 <title><![CDATA[Agencies making little progress against cybervandalism]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[Three years after a pair of hackers broke into several federal agency computers and defaced Web sites, industry experts said not enough has been done to prevent further attacks.]]></description>
 <link>http://www.gcn.com/print/24_21/36550-1.html?topic=&amp;CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
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 <volume>24</volume>
 <issue>21</issue>
 <title><![CDATA[Talk radio]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[Just as the USB standard lets you connect a PC to different hardware devices, Project Safecom officials expect the P-25 standard to let different narrowband radios work with one another.]]></description>
 <link>http://www.gcn.com/print/24_21/36551-1.html?topic=&amp;CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
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 <volume>24</volume>
 <issue>21</issue>
 <title><![CDATA[Army halts AKO work until GAO rules on protests]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[Lockheed Martin Corp. will not perform any work associated with the Army Knowledge Online portal until two protests challenging the contract award are heard by the Government Accountability Office.]]></description>
 <link>http://www.gcn.com/print/24_21/36552-1.html?topic=&amp;CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
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 <volume>24</volume>
 <issue>21</issue>
 <title><![CDATA[EDITOR&#146;S DESK: The best way to share intelligence]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[The debates over renewal of the U.S. Patriot Act, the reorganization of the Homeland Security Department and the brick-by-brick makeover of the FBI have at least one common element.]]></description>
 <link>http://www.gcn.com/print/24_21/36498-1.html?topic=&amp;CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
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 <volume>24</volume>
 <issue>21</issue>
 <title><![CDATA[Another View: Appelate court dishes up new flavor of tort]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[This country hasn&#146;t had a king since George III. However, the federal government continues to benefit from the legal maxim, &#147;The king can do no wrong.&#148;]]></description>
 <link>http://www.gcn.com/print/24_21/36499-1.html?topic=&amp;CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
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 <volume>24</volume>
 <issue>21</issue>
 <title><![CDATA[Editorial Cartoon]]></title>
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 <link>http://www.gcn.com/print/24_21/36500-1.html?topic=&amp;CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
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 <volume>24</volume>
 <issue>21</issue>
 <title><![CDATA[Is it Live or WebEx?]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[Being a lab reviewer entails a lot of meetings, sometimes three or four a week, with companies that have new products they want to demonstrate.]]></description>
 <link>http://www.gcn.com/print/24_21/36508-1.html?topic=&amp;CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
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 <volume>24</volume>
 <issue>21</issue>
 <title><![CDATA[Videoconferencing gets rugged]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[Lost in a desert sandstorm?]]></description>
 <link>http://www.gcn.com/print/24_21/36509-1.html?topic=&amp;CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
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 <volume>24</volume>
 <issue>21</issue>
 <title><![CDATA[Airtight WiFi 101]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[As with many other technologies, wireless networking was developed with an eye toward functionality rather than security.]]></description>
 <link>http://www.gcn.com/print/24_21/36501-1.html?topic=&amp;CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
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 <volume>24</volume>
 <issue>21</issue>
 <title><![CDATA[Clip and save: Tips for a secure WLAN]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[Deploying a secure wireless LAN involves more than securing the wireless link between the client and the access point.]]></description>
 <link>http://www.gcn.com/print/24_21/36502-1.html?topic=&amp;CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
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 <volume>24</volume>
 <issue>21</issue>
 <title><![CDATA[Want wireless security? Hack yourself]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[Wireless networks can be a nearly magical budget-saving wonder.]]></description>
 <link>http://www.gcn.com/print/24_21/36503-1.html?topic=&amp;CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
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 <volume>24</volume>
 <issue>21</issue>
 <title><![CDATA[Wireless 2006: Gaining momentum]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[With the arrival last year of acceptable industry standards for security, government agencies are getting serious about implementing wireless networks.]]></description>
 <link>http://www.gcn.com/print/24_21/36504-1.html?topic=&amp;CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
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 <volume>24</volume>
 <issue>21</issue>
 <title><![CDATA[IP in the sky]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[When Lt. Col. Forrest Burke returned from a six-week tour of logistics bases in the Iraq theater earlier this year, he came away with one, unmistakable conclusion.]]></description>
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