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 <title><![CDATA[Congress wants to give VA CIO&#146;s IT budget authority]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[Congress is proposing legislation that could make the Veterans Affairs Department a model for giving department CIOs across government more authority over IT resources.]]></description>
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 <volume>24</volume>
 <issue>28</issue>
 <title><![CDATA[In Katrina&#146;s wake, a chance to prove health IT&#146;s value]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[Floodwaters destroyed the medical records of thousands of evacuees from New Orleans, washing away orders for cancer and diabetes treatment and medication information stored in physician offices and clinics.]]></description>
 <link>http://www.gcn.com/print/24_28/37014-1.html?topic=&amp;CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
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 <volume>24</volume>
 <issue>28</issue>
 <title><![CDATA[Counting on CRM]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[For the 2010 Census, the General Services Administration must find and set up 550 offices, each with a 6,000-square-foot layout.]]></description>
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 <volume>24</volume>
 <issue>28</issue>
 <title><![CDATA[Beyond section 508]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[Ask anybody: Computers can be a pain to use.]]></description>
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 <volume>24</volume>
 <issue>28</issue>
 <title><![CDATA[Don&#146;t forget the Web]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[Government Web sites pose a set of challenges different from those faced by employees.]]></description>
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 <volume>24</volume>
 <issue>28</issue>
 <title><![CDATA[Performance-based gets street cred with feds]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[Federal IT managers are taking in stride some fairly dramatic changes in the IT contracting process, according to the results of a GCN telephone survey.]]></description>
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 <volume>24</volume>
 <issue>28</issue>
 <title><![CDATA[A new deal, with no cards]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[Since World War II, soldiers deployed on contingency operations have carried paper medical cards listing their medical history, immunization records and treatments.]]></description>
 <link>http://www.gcn.com/print/24_28/36974-1.html?topic=&amp;CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
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 <volume>24</volume>
 <issue>28</issue>
 <title><![CDATA[MC4&#146;s main components]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[The MC4 program currently uses HP iPAQ 4700 handhelds that synchronize with ruggedized Panasonic Toughbook CF-48 notebook PCs&#151;soon to be replaced by CF-51 notebooks.]]></description>
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 <volume>24</volume>
 <issue>28</issue>
 <title><![CDATA[White House, Hill spar over Justice funds]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[The White House took a swipe at decisions by the House and Senate Appropriations committees that rejected administration recommendations for funding the Justice Department, the FBI and NASA, in a policy statement that covered some major IT projects.]]></description>
 <link>http://www.gcn.com/print/24_28/37016-1.html?topic=&amp;CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
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 <volume>24</volume>
 <issue>28</issue>
 <title><![CDATA[Trouble ahead for Census and e-gov funding]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[Senate plans to reduce requested Census Bureau 2006 funding would suspend the American Community Survey and increase the cost of the next decennial census, the White House said in a Statement of Administration Policy.]]></description>
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 <volume>24</volume>
 <issue>28</issue>
 <title><![CDATA[State wants U.N.&#146;s hands off the Internet]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[State Department officials plan to lobby the United Nations to continue its hands-off approach to regulating the Internet on a worldwide basis.]]></description>
 <link>http://www.gcn.com/print/24_28/37018-1.html?topic=&amp;CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
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 <volume>24</volume>
 <issue>28</issue>
 <title><![CDATA[New Labor site helps Katrina victims find jobs]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[The Labor Department has unveiled an expanded Web site to assist people displaced by Hurricane Katrina find new jobs.]]></description>
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 <volume>24</volume>
 <issue>28</issue>
 <title><![CDATA[Davis defends Real ID Act from states&#146; criticism]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[House Government Reform Committee Chairman Tom Davis (R-Va.) insisted earlier this month that the Real ID Act, which outlines standards for issuing new driver&#146;s licenses, is not an unfunded mandate, despite what state governments may say.]]></description>
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 <volume>24</volume>
 <issue>28</issue>
 <title><![CDATA[FirstGov slips in Web rankings by standing still]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[The federal government&#146;s official e-government portal&#151;FirstGov.gov&#151;slid from first to ninth place in a ranking of the top federal government Web sites for 2005, in a new study by Brown University of Providence, R.I.]]></description>
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 <volume>24</volume>
 <issue>28</issue>
 <title><![CDATA[FAA will look for more STARS terminals in fall]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[The Federal Aviation Administration will likely issue a solicitation later this year to replace aging display terminals for air traffic controllers in four locations as part of its overall terminal modernization effort.]]></description>
 <link>http://www.gcn.com/print/24_28/37022-1.html?topic=&amp;CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
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 <volume>24</volume>
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 <title><![CDATA[Feds asked for feedback on GSA Preferred]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[The General Services Administration has issued a performance-based request for quotes to assess the GSA Preferred program, formerly known as 3GS.]]></description>
 <link>http://www.gcn.com/print/24_28/37023-1.html?topic=&amp;CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
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 <volume>24</volume>
 <issue>28</issue>
 <title><![CDATA[DHS makes a $25m systems engineering deal ]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[The Homeland Security Department has awarded a five-year, $250 million contract to Booz Allen Hamilton Inc. to provide systems engineering and technical assistance to DHS&#146; Science and Technology Directorate, the company has announced.]]></description>
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 <volume>24</volume>
 <issue>28</issue>
 <title><![CDATA[Rep. King to run Homeland Security panel]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[Rep. Peter King (R-N.Y.) was chosen as the new chairman of the House Homeland Security Committee in a vote by Republican committee members held Sept. 14.]]></description>
 <link>http://www.gcn.com/print/24_28/37025-1.html?topic=&amp;CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
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 <volume>24</volume>
 <issue>28</issue>
 <title><![CDATA[Education has some big plans for fiscal 2006]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[Education Department officials are expecting a busy fiscal 2006. Marguerite Raaen, the department&#146;s deputy CIO and chief technology officer, said late last month that at least four requests for proposals for IT systems are in the works.]]></description>
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 <volume>24</volume>
 <issue>28</issue>
 <title><![CDATA[People on the Move]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[The White House plans to nominate Air Force Maj. Gen. Dale Meyerrose as the first CIO of the newly created Office of the Director of National Intelligence.]]></description>
 <link>http://www.gcn.com/print/24_28/37027-1.html?topic=&amp;CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
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 <volume>24</volume>
 <issue>28</issue>
 <title><![CDATA[Bob Schumm | An insider&#146;s thoughts on SOA]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[Just what the heck is a service-oriented architecture anyway? One of the biggest IT buzzwords today, SOA nonetheless suffers from a lack of formal definition.]]></description>
 <link>http://www.gcn.com/print/24_28/36976-1.html?topic=&amp;CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
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 <volume>24</volume>
 <issue>28</issue>
 <title><![CDATA[Packet Rat: The pods get bigger, even as they shrink]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[After setting up emergency voice over IP networks and other communications gear, the Rat was all too happy to hand off his temporary relief duties in the Gulf Coast region last week and get back home to the network command bunker.]]></description>
 <link>http://www.gcn.com/print/24_28/37040-1.html?topic=&amp;CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
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 <volume>24</volume>
 <issue>28</issue>
 <title><![CDATA[Virtual space: Response portal]]></title>
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 <volume>24</volume>
 <issue>28</issue>
 <title><![CDATA[&#147;Did you hear...&#148; ]]></title>
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 <volume>24</volume>
 <issue>28</issue>
 <title><![CDATA[Dispatches from the Gulf Coast]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[With temperatures hovering in the mid-90s and humid air thick with mosquitoes, flies and other airborne nuisances, I spent nearly a week embedded with the Army&#146;s 93rd Signal Brigade at Camp Shelby, Miss.]]></description>
 <link>http://www.gcn.com/print/24_28/37028-1.html?topic=&amp;CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
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 <volume>24</volume>
 <issue>28</issue>
 <title><![CDATA[On a mission to restore comm links, a soldier locates family members]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[NEW ORLEANS&#151;For Army Spc. Corey Kelly, being sent to New Orleans became a dual mission.]]></description>
 <link>http://www.gcn.com/print/24_28/37031-1.html?topic=&amp;CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
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 <volume>24</volume>
 <issue>28</issue>
 <title><![CDATA[Alabama&#146;s comm center can pick up and go]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[In the woods of Alabama&#146;s Wind Creek State Park, surrounded by a sea of trailers, sits a small white pickup truck with what looks like a camper on the back.]]></description>
 <link>http://www.gcn.com/print/24_28/37032-1.html?topic=&amp;CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
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 <volume>24</volume>
 <issue>28</issue>
 <title><![CDATA[GSA wants more standardization for procurement]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[The General Services Administration is the standard bearer for much of the $140 billion civilian agencies spend on products and services each year.]]></description>
 <link>http://www.gcn.com/print/24_28/37033-1.html?topic=&amp;CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
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 <volume>24</volume>
 <issue>28</issue>
 <title><![CDATA[NARA: New archive system could change records management]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[The National Archives and Records Administration believes its Electronic Records Archive system, aside from maintaining and storing government records in formats not yet even available, will revolutionize how NARA and agencies interact with federal records for decades to come.]]></description>
 <link>http://www.gcn.com/print/24_28/37035-1.html?topic=&amp;CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
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 <volume>24</volume>
 <issue>28</issue>
 <title><![CDATA[Commission sets tone for standards work]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[The new public/private American Health Information Community will not start its standards work from scratch.]]></description>
 <link>http://www.gcn.com/print/24_28/37036-1.html?topic=&amp;CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
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 <volume>24</volume>
 <issue>28</issue>
 <title><![CDATA[HHS names health IT standards group]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[The Health and Human Services Department last week named the members of a public-private group that will decide on standards and uses for health IT to enable physicians to exchange medical information.]]></description>
 <link>http://www.gcn.com/print/24_28/37037-1.html?topic=&amp;CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
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 <volume>24</volume>
 <issue>28</issue>
 <title><![CDATA[Directory services at the core of sharing intelligence info]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[Creating the Information Sharing Environment called for in the Intelligence Reform and Terrorism Protection Act of 2004 starts with the plumbing.]]></description>
 <link>http://www.gcn.com/print/24_28/37038-1.html?topic=&amp;CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
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 <volume>24</volume>
 <issue>28</issue>
 <title><![CDATA[NIST proposes changes to rules for smart ID card]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[Agencies will have to add an extra data field to their smart cards if a proposed revision to the first phase of Homeland Security Presidential Directive 12 is approved.]]></description>
 <link>http://www.gcn.com/print/24_28/37039-1.html?topic=&amp;CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
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 <volume>24</volume>
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 <title><![CDATA[EDITOR&#146;S DESK: Feds score one]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[Amid all the recent coverage of government failings,  it was easy to miss one piece of promising news where federal IT officials out-managed many of their commercial-world counterparts.]]></description>
 <link>http://www.gcn.com/print/24_28/36978-1.html?topic=&amp;CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
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 <volume>24</volume>
 <issue>28</issue>
 <title><![CDATA[Federal Contract Law: New buying regulations: the never-ending story]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[One of the joys of federal contracting is that there&#146;s always something new to learn about and work with.]]></description>
 <link>http://www.gcn.com/print/24_28/36979-1.html?topic=&amp;CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
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 <volume>24</volume>
 <issue>28</issue>
 <title><![CDATA[LETTER TO THE EDITOR: Misconceptions about PDF/A]]></title>
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 <link>http://www.gcn.com/print/24_28/36980-1.html?topic=&amp;CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
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 <volume>24</volume>
 <issue>28</issue>
 <title><![CDATA[Editorial cartoon]]></title>
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 <link>http://www.gcn.com/print/24_28/36981-1.html?topic=&amp;CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
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 <volume>24</volume>
 <issue>28</issue>
 <title><![CDATA[Panasonic Toughbook CF-18: Ultraportable meets ultrarugged]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[Rugged notebooks are designed to weather some pretty harsh environments, from the deserts of Iraq to the trunk of a patrol car in Texas.]]></description>
 <link>http://www.gcn.com/print/24_28/36996-1.html?topic=&amp;CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
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 <volume>24</volume>
 <issue>28</issue>
 <title><![CDATA[Blogging grows up]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[Collaboration tools can benefit almost any organization.]]></description>
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 <volume>24</volume>
 <issue>28</issue>
 <title><![CDATA[Outlook&#146;s new best friend]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[Everyone now seems to be using e-mail as a file transfer medium.]]></description>
 <link>http://www.gcn.com/print/24_28/36998-1.html?topic=&amp;CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
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 <volume>24</volume>
 <issue>28</issue>
 <title><![CDATA[Give it up]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[Consumers pay a premium for organically grown produce, but in the IT world, organic is not always good.]]></description>
 <link>http://www.gcn.com/print/24_28/36983-1.html?topic=&amp;CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
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 <volume>24</volume>
 <issue>28</issue>
 <title><![CDATA[Lessons learned: Web hosting ]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[Redesigning a Web site can be accomplished on a shoestring.]]></description>
 <link>http://www.gcn.com/print/24_28/36984-1.html?topic=&amp;CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
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 <volume>24</volume>
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 <title><![CDATA[Mine safety agency secures the tunnel for remote users]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[The Labor Department&#146;s Mine Safety and Health Administration has 1,200 inspectors traveling around the country who rarely work in a MSHA office.]]></description>
 <link>http://www.gcn.com/print/24_28/36985-1.html?topic=&amp;CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
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 <volume>24</volume>
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 <title><![CDATA[Lessons learned: SSL VPN]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[The Labor Department&#146;s Mine Safety and Health Administration has found that a virtual private network using Secure Sockets Layer encryption and authentication provides an adequate level of network access to remote workers without overburdening its IT support staff.]]></description>
 <link>http://www.gcn.com/print/24_28/36993-1.html?topic=&amp;CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
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 <volume>24</volume>
 <issue>28</issue>
 <title><![CDATA[GCN INSIDER: Big fish, little fish; Beauty and the beast; Peanut butter, meet chocolate]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[Why one IT company buys another is always a mystery, at least at first. ]]></description>
 <link>http://www.gcn.com/print/24_28/36994-1.html?topic=&amp;CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
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 <volume>24</volume>
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 <title><![CDATA[Internaut: A terrible time to learn valuable lessons]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[As I&#146;m writing this, less than a week after one of the nation&#146;s most destructive natural disasters, no one in and around the Gulf Coast was worrying too much about computer technology.]]></description>
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