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 <title><![CDATA[Operation health IT]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[A consumer in the not-too-distant future will go to a drug store and pick up a prescribed medicine, knowing that the pharmacist has received an electronic order from a physician.]]></description>
 <link>http://www.gcn.com/print/24_27/36929-1.html?topic=&amp;CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
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 <volume>24</volume>
 <issue>27</issue>
 <title><![CDATA[Patchy comm, data links hinder DHS&#146; response to Katrina ]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[The Homeland Security Department&#146;s IT response to Hurricane Katrina came under withering fire from lawmakers and independent observers, even as department officials scrambled to mobilize technology that appeared unequal to the disaster.]]></description>
 <link>http://www.gcn.com/print/24_27/36923-1.html?topic=&amp;CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
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 <volume>24</volume>
 <issue>27</issue>
 <title><![CDATA[Financially Sound]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[More driven by federal policy than technology, recent developments in financial software for government are closely tracking high-level directives that emphasize lines of business, strategic plans and project portfolios instead of next week&#146;s payroll or overdue payables.]]></description>
 <link>http://www.gcn.com/print/24_27/36922-1.html?topic=&amp;CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
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 <volume>24</volume>
 <issue>27</issue>
 <title><![CDATA[City works on building a see-through architecture]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[Famed for its soaring architectural style, Chicago is now looking at developing a type of architecture that is more about enterprise than aesthetics.]]></description>
 <link>http://www.gcn.com/print/24_27/36910-1.html?topic=&amp;CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
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 <volume>24</volume>
 <issue>27</issue>
 <title><![CDATA[Major programs within Chicago]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[The city adopted ArcGIS from ESRI of Redlands, Calif., as the standard for its 10-year-old GIS.]]></description>
 <link>http://www.gcn.com/print/24_27/36911-1.html?topic=&amp;CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
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 <volume>24</volume>
 <issue>27</issue>
 <title><![CDATA[Air Force installs secure WLANs to streamline aircraft maintenance]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[There are few chores flight technicians like less than having to sit down and enter reams of maintenance reports into a computer system.]]></description>
 <link>http://www.gcn.com/print/24_27/36900-1.html?topic=&amp;CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
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 <volume>24</volume>
 <issue>27</issue>
 <title><![CDATA[Incoming]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[The Space and Naval Warfare Systems Center in Charleston, S.C., has awarded a $5.1 million support contract for its control systems to Scientific Research Corp. of Atlanta.]]></description>
 <link>http://www.gcn.com/print/24_27/36908-1.html?topic=&amp;CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
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 <volume>24</volume>
 <issue>27</issue>
 <title><![CDATA[Army explores ground-penetrating imaging technology]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[When U.S. troops were combing Tora Bora, where Osama bin Laden was reported to be hiding late in 2001, one challenge was not knowing what the rugged terrain concealed.]]></description>
 <link>http://www.gcn.com/print/24_27/36971-1.html?topic=&amp;CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
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 <volume>24</volume>
 <issue>27</issue>
 <title><![CDATA[Linda Combs | OMB banking on financial upgrades]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[When President Bush nominated Linda Combs to be the next Office of Management and Budget controller, the confirmation process was almost second nature to her.]]></description>
 <link>http://www.gcn.com/print/24_27/36909-1.html?topic=&amp;CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
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 <volume>24</volume>
 <issue>27</issue>
 <title><![CDATA[THE COMMUNITY: Pitching in]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[The Armed Forces Communications and Electronics Association and the USO of Metropolitan Washington recently hosted the 13th annual AFCEA/USO Golf Classic in Leesburg, Va., raising $122,000 for USO-Metro.]]></description>
 <link>http://www.gcn.com/print/24_27/36944-1.html?topic=&amp;CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
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 <volume>24</volume>
 <issue>27</issue>
 <title><![CDATA[&#147;Did you hear...&#148; ]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[Text to arrest. Police have been known to smoke out suspects through well-chosen words passed through the streets or to the press, or even by coaxing suspects to come in to claim fictitious lottery prizes.]]></description>
 <link>http://www.gcn.com/print/24_27/36945-1.html?topic=&amp;CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
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 <volume>24</volume>
 <issue>27</issue>
 <title><![CDATA[Agency IT provides relief after Katrina]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[As Hurricane Katrina pounded the buildings and flooded the streets of New Orleans, the medical staff from the New Orleans VA Medical Center&#151;located near the Superdome&#151;didn't have to worry about lugging thousands of patient folders to higher ground.]]></description>
 <link>http://www.gcn.com/print/24_27/36930-1.html?topic=&amp;CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
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 <volume>24</volume>
 <issue>27</issue>
 <title><![CDATA[Comm industry mobilizes to rebuild the Gulf Coast&#146;s communications]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[The communications industry has scrambled in the wake of Hurricane Katrina to provide emergency responders on the Gulf Coast with cellular, satellite and radio communications.]]></description>
 <link>http://www.gcn.com/print/24_27/36931-1.html?topic=&amp;CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
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 <volume>24</volume>
 <issue>27</issue>
 <title><![CDATA[CMS builds a model for health e-records]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[Most doctors have no idea how to implement an electronic health records system and have little trust that the federal government does either.]]></description>
 <link>http://www.gcn.com/print/24_27/36932-1.html?topic=&amp;CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
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 <volume>24</volume>
 <issue>27</issue>
 <title><![CDATA[Thinking nationally, starting locally]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[Several states already have taken steps toward establishing local health information infrastructures.]]></description>
 <link>http://www.gcn.com/print/24_27/36933-1.html?topic=&amp;CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
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 <volume>24</volume>
 <issue>27</issue>
 <title><![CDATA[OPM, VA push standards from the purse]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[The administration&#146;s biggest ally in getting doctors&#146; offices and hospitals to use electronic health records just might be under its own control.]]></description>
 <link>http://www.gcn.com/print/24_27/36934-1.html?topic=&amp;CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
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 <volume>24</volume>
 <issue>27</issue>
 <title><![CDATA[Local terminologies pose barriers to change]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[They&#146;ve all agreed to drive on the right side of the road, but to implement the change gradually.]]></description>
 <link>http://www.gcn.com/print/24_27/36935-1.html?topic=&amp;CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
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 <volume>24</volume>
 <issue>27</issue>
 <title><![CDATA[Commentary: Demonstrating the potential, closing barriers for health IT]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[Modern health care is fundamentally an information-based activity. So, in the 21st century, it is surprising how little IT has penetrated the health care sector.]]></description>
 <link>http://www.gcn.com/print/24_27/36936-1.html?topic=&amp;CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
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 <volume>24</volume>
 <issue>27</issue>
 <title><![CDATA[Justice submits its security tool as the standard for every agency to follow]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[Using a homegrown accountability client, the Justice Department is attempting to become a Center of Excellence for the Cybersecurity Line of Business Consolidation initiative.]]></description>
 <link>http://www.gcn.com/print/24_27/36937-1.html?topic=&amp;CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
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 <volume>24</volume>
 <issue>27</issue>
 <title><![CDATA[NARA chooses Lockheed for ERA system]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[The National Archives and Records Administration is blazing a path for how the government will store, maintain and make available electronic records.]]></description>
 <link>http://www.gcn.com/print/24_27/36938-1.html?topic=&amp;CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
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 <volume>24</volume>
 <issue>27</issue>
 <title><![CDATA[IRS to e-filers: Use approved encryption]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[The IRS has directed e-file program participants who transmit directly to the agency&#146;s Electronic Management System to use only IRS-approved encryption methods for the 2006 and subsequent filing seasons.]]></description>
 <link>http://www.gcn.com/print/24_27/36939-1.html?topic=&amp;CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
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 <volume>24</volume>
 <issue>27</issue>
 <title><![CDATA[Cybereye: Here&#146;s how to get breathing room in the worm fight]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[Patch Tuesday has become something of a ritual. On the second Tuesday of each month, Microsoft Corp. announces a new set of vulnerabilities and releases the patches to fix them.]]></description>
 <link>http://www.gcn.com/print/24_27/36940-1.html?topic=&amp;CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
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 <volume>24</volume>
 <issue>27</issue>
 <title><![CDATA[Agencies' preparation pays off, blocks Zotob worm]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[This time, federal systems were ready.]]></description>
 <link>http://www.gcn.com/print/24_27/36941-1.html?topic=&amp;CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
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 <volume>24</volume>
 <issue>27</issue>
 <title><![CDATA[Agencies, OMB get security provisions in writing]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[One of the first steps Lisa Schlosser, the new CIO of the Housing and Urban Development Department, is taking to improve cybersecurity is to get it in writing&#151;by including baseline security requirements in all contracts.]]></description>
 <link>http://www.gcn.com/print/24_27/36942-1.html?topic=&amp;CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
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 <volume>24</volume>
 <issue>27</issue>
 <title><![CDATA[Packet Rat: In the eye of the storm, anything but calm]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[The Rat came home waterlogged after an emergency trip to the Gulf Coast two weeks ago.]]></description>
 <link>http://www.gcn.com/print/24_27/36943-1.html?topic=&amp;CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
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 <volume>24</volume>
 <issue>27</issue>
 <title><![CDATA[EDITOR&#146;S DESK: Provider of last resort]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[What is government about, anyhow?]]></description>
 <link>http://www.gcn.com/print/24_27/36912-1.html?topic=&amp;CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
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 <volume>24</volume>
 <issue>27</issue>
 <title><![CDATA[LETTERS TO THE EDITOR: DHS not alone in vulnerability]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[In your good piece on &#147;DHS Limps on Cybersecurity&#148;, you leave this reader with the impression that the Homeland Security Department&#146;s cybersecurity outlook is bleak.]]></description>
 <link>http://www.gcn.com/print/24_27/36913-1.html?topic=&amp;CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
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 <volume>24</volume>
 <issue>27</issue>
 <title><![CDATA[Editorial cartoon]]></title>
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 <link>http://www.gcn.com/print/24_27/36914-1.html?topic=&amp;CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
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 <volume>24</volume>
 <issue>27</issue>
 <title><![CDATA[A side order of storage]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[Just about everyone needs or will need more data storage.]]></description>
 <link>http://www.gcn.com/print/24_27/36921-1.html?topic=&amp;CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
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 <volume>24</volume>
 <issue>27</issue>
 <title><![CDATA[Is this thing on? (tap, tap)]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[It started as a hobbyist technology and recently found a foothold at forward-thinking federal agencies.]]></description>
 <link>http://www.gcn.com/print/24_27/36916-1.html?topic=&amp;CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
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 <volume>24</volume>
 <issue>27</issue>
 <title><![CDATA[The Podcast Toolbox]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[If you&#146;re prepared to start adding podcasts to your agency&#146;s communications programs, there&#146;s plenty of software available.]]></description>
 <link>http://www.gcn.com/print/24_27/36917-1.html?topic=&amp;CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
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 <volume>24</volume>
 <issue>27</issue>
 <title><![CDATA[Power User: Feed yourself a helping of RSS]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[Blogs are still hot, and now video bloggers running their own news shows online are the latest thing on the Web.]]></description>
 <link>http://www.gcn.com/print/24_27/36918-1.html?topic=&amp;CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
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 <volume>24</volume>
 <issue>27</issue>
 <title><![CDATA[Patch management makes life easier at NASA]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[Managing and automating the process of patching its diverse IT infrastructure has helped NASA get a green rating for IT security on the President&#146;s Management Agenda.]]></description>
 <link>http://www.gcn.com/print/24_27/36919-1.html?topic=&amp;CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
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 <volume>24</volume>
 <issue>27</issue>
 <title><![CDATA[Lessons learned: NASA patch management]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[In little more than a year, NASA managed to deploy an automated patch management system that now covers more than 80,000 devices, about 94 percent of the space agency&#146;s computers.]]></description>
 <link>http://www.gcn.com/print/24_27/36920-1.html?topic=&amp;CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
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