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 <title><![CDATA[DOD shifts contracting in-house]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[Defense moves toward using servicewide vehicles, instead of GSA, for IT.]]></description>
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 <volume>24</volume>
 <issue>24</issue>
 <title><![CDATA[What&#146;s the future of your IT project?]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[OMB says that only your EVM results can tell you for sure.]]></description>
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 <volume>24</volume>
 <issue>24</issue>
 <title><![CDATA[Test drive: Windows Vista shows promise for security]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[Late last month, Microsoft Corp. released the first official beta version of Vista, aka Longhorn, aka the next version of the Windows operating system.]]></description>
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 <volume>24</volume>
 <issue>24</issue>
 <title><![CDATA[Just like being there]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[The latest collaboration tools can help agency workers better share information.]]></description>
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 <volume>24</volume>
 <issue>24</issue>
 <title><![CDATA[Web-based tools help CDC put medical know-how where it&#146;s needed]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention used to have a single, if challenging, job: acting as the public health department for the federal government.]]></description>
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 <volume>24</volume>
 <issue>24</issue>
 <title><![CDATA[Quadrennial review to focus on new threats]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[The Defense Department will soon be asked to anticipate events two decades into the future.]]></description>
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 <volume>24</volume>
 <issue>24</issue>
 <title><![CDATA[New app will help Navy keep tabs on its records]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[NEW ORLEANS&#151;After more than five years of planning, the Navy is getting an enterprise records management system via the Navy-Marine Corps Intranet portal.]]></description>
 <link>http://www.gcn.com/print/24_24/36716-1.html?topic=&amp;CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
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 <volume>24</volume>
 <issue>24</issue>
 <title><![CDATA[Incoming]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[The Army has signed a seven-month task order worth up to $31 million with CACI International Inc. of Arlington, Va., to continue supporting the Army&#146;s Trojan satellite communications systems.]]></description>
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 <volume>24</volume>
 <issue>24</issue>
 <title><![CDATA[People on the Move]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[Air Force Gen. John Jumper, the service&#146;s chief of staff since September 2001, is retiring after 39 years.]]></description>
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 <volume>24</volume>
 <issue>24</issue>
 <title><![CDATA[Open-source OS popular in theory, if not practice]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[A growing number of federal IT managers at civilian and defense agencies are receptive to open-source Linux operating systems over Unix, according to a new survey from Larstan Business Reports of Potomac, Md.]]></description>
 <link>http://www.gcn.com/print/24_24/36702-1.html?topic=&amp;CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
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 <volume>24</volume>
 <issue>24</issue>
 <title><![CDATA[DOD, Energy take delivery of  supercomputers]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[The Energy and Defense departments are installing new high-performance computer systems.]]></description>
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 <volume>24</volume>
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 <title><![CDATA[USDA buys rugged tablets, wireless services ]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[The Agriculture Department has awarded two blanket purchase agreements worth $50 million to GTSI Corp. of Chantilly, Va., for mobile and wireless hardware and software.]]></description>
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 <volume>24</volume>
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 <title><![CDATA[Justice launches distributed site of sex offender data]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[The Justice Department has launched a Web site that lets the public search for sex offenders in their communities.]]></description>
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 <volume>24</volume>
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 <title><![CDATA[Report urges more spending on transit security]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[Mass transit systems can better guard against terrorism by deploying more closed-circuit video and television surveillance systems at stations and within tunnels and fixed facilities, according to a new report from the Washington-based Center for American Progress.]]></description>
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 <volume>24</volume>
 <issue>24</issue>
 <title><![CDATA[Frank Dravis | Keep your data fit enough to survive]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[As an agency amasses data, its IT architects are likely to find problems with consistency.]]></description>
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 <volume>24</volume>
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 <title><![CDATA[Will Apple-Intel alliance put PCs in play for Mac OS X?]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[The Rat came home from work one day recently and found his ratlings gathered gleefully around a computer. In the Rat household, that&#146;s generally a bad omen.]]></description>
 <link>http://www.gcn.com/print/24_24/36736-1.html?topic=&amp;CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
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 <title><![CDATA[Summer project]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[The Defense Information Systems Agency and the National Science Center this summer co-hosted Robo-Tech Summer Camp 2005 at DISA&#146;s Joint Interoperability Test Command at Fort Huachuca, Ariz.]]></description>
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 <volume>24</volume>
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 <title><![CDATA[&#147;Did you hear...&#148; ]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[Intel Corp., having lost ground recently in chip performance to Advanced Micro Devices Inc., is taking a new tack on developing its processors. ]]></description>
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 <title><![CDATA[New acquisitions aim to improve DHS infrastructure]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[The Homeland Security Department is shaking up its IT infrastructure with a sweeping new program that wields the acquisition muscle of DHS&#146; two new omnibus procurements.]]></description>
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 <volume>24</volume>
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 <title><![CDATA[Navy sets up central office to manage use of IT funds]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[The Navy is finally creating a central office&#151;five years in the making&#151;to control how IT funds are allocated across the department.]]></description>
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 <title><![CDATA[Navy turns to venture capitalists to speed acquisition]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[The Navy is exploring whether the CIA&#146;s model for moving technology quickly to the field would work for them.]]></description>
 <link>http://www.gcn.com/print/24_24/36709-1.html?topic=&amp;CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
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 <volume>24</volume>
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 <title><![CDATA[Hill turns up the heat on DOD to improve procurement controls]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[Lawmakers and auditors are questioning the Defense Department&#146;s ability to manage its own procurement and in some cases requiring more rigor than the federal government has seen in a decade.]]></description>
 <link>http://www.gcn.com/print/24_24/36710-1.html?topic=&amp;CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
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 <volume>24</volume>
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 <title><![CDATA[GSA sets deadlines for new FTS, FSS orders for 2005]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[The fiscal year may end Sept. 30, but agencies only have until Sept. 1 to send new task orders through the General Services Administration&#146;s Federal Technology Service.]]></description>
 <link>http://www.gcn.com/print/24_24/36711-1.html?topic=&amp;CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
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 <volume>24</volume>
 <issue>24</issue>
 <title><![CDATA[NIST relaunches database of IT vulnerabilities]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[The National Institute of Standards and Technology has completely rewritten its old ICAT vulnerability Web site and relaunched it as the National Vulnerability Database, a more timely and comprehensive source of information about IT security threats.]]></description>
 <link>http://www.gcn.com/print/24_24/36712-1.html?topic=&amp;CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
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 <title><![CDATA[IG sees flaws, and bright spots, in IRS modernization]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[Management weaknesses continue to dog the IRS&#146; Business Systems Modernization program, auditors said. But they also said management initiatives, a disciplined framework and recently hired senior staff should give the tax agency the means to deliver on modernization.]]></description>
 <link>http://www.gcn.com/print/24_24/36713-1.html?topic=&amp;CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
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 <volume>24</volume>
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 <title><![CDATA[To get more out of their IT, IRS tries A-B-C]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[The IRS is applying the ABCs of government to get more out of its shrinking budget.The tax agency is using A-76 (competitive sourcing), best practices (of industry) and consolidation (of its data centers) to improve its internal processes and meet the public&#146;s increased demand for online services.]]></description>
 <link>http://www.gcn.com/print/24_24/36714-1.html?topic=&amp;CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
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 <volume>24</volume>
 <issue>24</issue>
 <title><![CDATA[Success is pending]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[PTO scores with trademark e-filing, goes back to the drawing board on patents.]]></description>
 <link>http://www.gcn.com/print/24_24/36719-1.html?topic=&amp;CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
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 <title><![CDATA[Northcom recommends funding three new technologies]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[Northern Command favors three interoperable technologies tested during this year&#146;s Coalition Warrior Interoperability Demonstration and has recommended that they be evaluated by the Joint Forces Command for funding and deployment.]]></description>
 <link>http://www.gcn.com/print/24_24/36735-1.html?topic=&amp;CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
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 <title><![CDATA[Redesign needed under the hood, too]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[A press release last week from a PC manufacturer extolled the company&#146;s new desktop machine. It has a cooler-running chassis, uses new Intel technology for better networking and management, and sports numerous hardware innovations.]]></description>
 <link>http://www.gcn.com/print/24_24/36720-1.html?topic=&amp;CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
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 <title><![CDATA[Another View: Time for FOIA Amendments?]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[About every 10 years, Congress amends the Freedom of Information Act. There is no fixed schedule or reauthorization involved, but that&#146;s the historical pattern.]]></description>
 <link>http://www.gcn.com/print/24_24/36721-1.html?topic=&amp;CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
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 <volume>24</volume>
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 <title><![CDATA[Say What?]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[&#147;The combination of very low probability of intercept plus a robust encryption method make ultrawideband systems incredibly challenging to find and extract information from.&#148; &#151; Jon Adams, UWB Forum [Page 28]]]></description>
 <link>http://www.gcn.com/print/24_24/36722-1.html?topic=&amp;CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
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 <volume>24</volume>
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 <title><![CDATA[Cartoon]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[I'm the CHCO.]]></description>
 <link>http://www.gcn.com/print/24_24/36723-1.html?topic=&amp;CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
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 <volume>24</volume>
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 <title><![CDATA[Lighting up the darkness]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[Portable projectors must be more than just light; the GCN Lab looks for models that display bright images.]]></description>
 <link>http://www.gcn.com/print/24_24/36731-1.html?topic=&amp;CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
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 <title><![CDATA[It Pays to be Persistent]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[The Energy and Defense departments are minimizing &#147;document not found&#148; messages by using persistent identifiers.]]></description>
 <link>http://www.gcn.com/print/24_24/36726-1.html?topic=&amp;CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
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 <volume>24</volume>
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 <title><![CDATA[GCN Insider: Packet identification; More reason to telework; Exchange quickie]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[Trends and technologies that affect the way government does IT.]]></description>
 <link>http://www.gcn.com/print/24_24/36727-1.html?topic=&amp;CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
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 <volume>24</volume>
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 <title><![CDATA[Sandia labs demo ultrasecure wireless]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[Encrypting low-power, ultrawideband transmissions could have many uses for government agencies.]]></description>
 <link>http://www.gcn.com/print/24_24/36728-1.html?topic=&amp;CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
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 <title><![CDATA[Cisco and ISS&#146; secrecy ploy is all too revealing]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[Internet Security Systems Inc. researcher Michael Lynn disappointed his Black Hat Briefings audience in Las Vegas last month by announcing that instead of his expected talk on a vulnerability in Cisco routers, he would be discussing a flaw in voice over IP.]]></description>
 <link>http://www.gcn.com/print/24_24/36729-1.html?topic=&amp;CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
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