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 <title><![CDATA[The GCN Awards]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[The stories behind GCN&#146;s 10 award-winning technology programs in the following pages convey a palpable sense of urgency, going a long way toward dispelling the common perception of government as a slow-moving behemoth.]]></description>
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 <volume>24</volume>
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 <title><![CDATA[Wizards of wireless]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[At the Joint Forces Command in Suffolk, Va., the Joint Experimentation Directorate has built what is arguably the government&#146;s most secure and efficient wireless LAN.]]></description>
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 <volume>24</volume>
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 <title><![CDATA[Beat the clock]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[The mounting pressure the IRS faces to modernize how corporations, nonprofits and, eventually, individuals file tax returns isn&#146;t coming from Congress or from impatient taxpayers.]]></description>
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 <volume>24</volume>
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 <title><![CDATA[Pass the word]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[If there is one point on which most  people in the United States can agree after the attacks of 9/11, it&#146;s that information needs to be shared directly among organizations that collect it and those that need it.]]></description>
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 <volume>24</volume>
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 <title><![CDATA[One patient, one record]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[When the Defense Department decided to upgrade its computerized Military Health System, it opted for more than just replacing an awkward legacy system that had fallen behind the times.]]></description>
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 <volume>24</volume>
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 <title><![CDATA[Local channels]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[Every emergency or disaster, whether natural or man-made, is different in how much, if any, warning it gives, how hard it hits and the destruction it leaves in its path. ]]></description>
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 <title><![CDATA[Medic alerts]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[When a soldier&#146;s life is at stake, every second counts. Tommy Morris, a former Army medic, knows that in the line of battle, there are no substitutes for speed and accuracy.]]></description>
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 <volume>24</volume>
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 <title><![CDATA[Star system]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[Home to $20 million mansions, Beverly Hills, Calif., five years ago had an IT infrastructure that more closely resembled the shack Jed Clampett had before he loaded up his truck and moved to the posh municipality.]]></description>
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 <volume>24</volume>
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 <title><![CDATA[Matchmakers]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[One of the real challenges for government health organizations is matching services with the people who need them.]]></description>
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 <volume>24</volume>
 <issue>30</issue>
 <title><![CDATA[Good reception]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[If an army travels on its stomach, to paraphrase Napoleon, everything else travels in boxes and shipping containers, on planes, trains and trucks, and, perhaps most importantly, on records of what is sent where, and when.]]></description>
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 <volume>24</volume>
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 <title><![CDATA[High-speed process]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[The job? Assemble the world&#146;s most powerful computer. Deadline: 120 days.&#147;A miracle a day&#148; was the slogan for the team of NASA employees and supporting contractors who completed a task deemed essential to NASA&#146;s continued well-being.]]></description>
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 <volume>24</volume>
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 <title><![CDATA[Please, no Swiss Army Knife clich&#x00E9;s]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[Consolidation. It&#146;s a popular architecture strategy touted by government IT shops]]></description>
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 <volume>24</volume>
 <issue>30</issue>
 <title><![CDATA[The lowdown on networked multifunction printers]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[What are they? Networked multifunction printers offer workgroup print, copy, scan and fax features.]]></description>
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 <volume>24</volume>
 <issue>30</issue>
 <title><![CDATA[How much is that technology in the window?]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[Evidently, federal IT managers spend a lot of time window-shopping.]]></description>
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 <volume>24</volume>
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 <title><![CDATA[Army pushes ahead with Future Combat Systems]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[It&#146;s been a trying year for the Army&#146;s Future Combat Systems program.]]></description>
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 <volume>24</volume>
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 <title><![CDATA[Incoming]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[The lead contracting team on the $10 billion Warfighter Information Network-Tactical program has demonstrated key technologies to the Army in the system design phase, according to the service.]]></description>
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 <volume>24</volume>
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 <title><![CDATA[GSA keeps CACI for its public building system]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[The General Services Administration has awarded a five-year, $18 million contract to CACI International Inc. to continue supporting the agency&#146;s electronic acquisition service for public buildings, the company announced.]]></description>
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 <volume>24</volume>
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 <title><![CDATA[OMB expects more details on paperwork cuts]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[Agencies not meeting paperwork reduction goals will have to electronically file information with the Office of Management and Budget about how they are complying with burden reduction laws.]]></description>
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 <volume>24</volume>
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 <title><![CDATA[IG says hackers could sink Coast Guard database]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[The Coast Guard does not have adequate database security controls for its Marine Information for Safety and Law Enforcement (MISLE) system, which contains sensitive but unclassified information for Coast Guard missions, according to a new report from Homeland Security Department inspector general Richard Skinner.]]></description>
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 <volume>24</volume>
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 <title><![CDATA[GAO: Air traffic cybersecurity won't fly at FAA]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[Air traffic control systems operated by the Federal Aviation Administration contain significant cybersecurity weaknesses and are vulnerable to attack, according to a recent report from the Government Accountability Office.]]></description>
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 <volume>24</volume>
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 <title><![CDATA[Education makes its pick for e-travel]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[The Education Department has selected CW Government Travel Inc. of San Antonio to provide electronic travel services and an expense management system.]]></description>
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 <volume>24</volume>
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 <title><![CDATA[NASA wants recertification of small firms]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[NASA has proposed in the Federal Register that small-business contractors participating in the Small Business Innovation Research and Small Business Technology Transfer programs be required to recertify their compliance with program regulations before they can receive their final payments.]]></description>
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 <volume>24</volume>
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 <title><![CDATA[USPS: In-house IT work should deliver savings]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[Career employees, not government contractors, will perform the bulk of the Postal Service&#146;s IT management, according to the agency&#146;s new strategic blueprint.]]></description>
 <link>http://www.gcn.com/print/24_30/37236-1.html?topic=&amp;CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
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 <volume>24</volume>
 <issue>30</issue>
 <title><![CDATA[Defense signs up CSC to host DOD Web sites]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[The Defense Department has awarded a $42.3 million contract to Computer Sciences Corp. to provide Web hosting and applications support services to the Defense Technical Information Center, the company announced.]]></description>
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 <volume>24</volume>
 <issue>30</issue>
 <title><![CDATA[IT security requirement baked into FAR]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[One of the final pieces to improved agency IT security across government finally is in place: As of Sept. 30, contracting officers must include cybersecurity requirements in acquisition planning.]]></description>
 <link>http://www.gcn.com/print/24_30/37238-1.html?topic=&amp;CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
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 <volume>24</volume>
 <issue>30</issue>
 <title><![CDATA[New York state launches $2 billion wireless net]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[The state of New York has announced that it is ready to begin work on a 20-year, $2 billion project to build a new statewide public safety radio network, the Statewide Wireless Network.]]></description>
 <link>http://www.gcn.com/print/24_30/37239-1.html?topic=&amp;CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
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 <volume>24</volume>
 <issue>30</issue>
 <title><![CDATA[EPA IG says IT programs require more oversight]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[Environmental Protection Agency IT project managers did not provide sufficient oversight of several programs, resulting in increased costs and scheduling delays, the agency&#146;s inspector general has concluded.]]></description>
 <link>http://www.gcn.com/print/24_30/37240-1.html?topic=&amp;CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
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 <volume>24</volume>
 <issue>30</issue>
 <title><![CDATA[People on the Move]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[Nuala O&#146;Connor Kelly stepped down last month as chief privacy officer for the Homeland Security Department to accept a position as head of privacy issues for General Electric Co. of Fairfield, Conn.]]></description>
 <link>http://www.gcn.com/print/24_30/37241-1.html?topic=&amp;CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
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 <volume>24</volume>
 <issue>30</issue>
 <title><![CDATA[Dave Rensin | Handhelds on fire, WiFi on guard]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[In 1997, Dave Rensin headed a mobile computing practice at Noblestar Systems, an IT integration firm. ]]></description>
 <link>http://www.gcn.com/print/24_30/37200-1.html?topic=&amp;CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
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 <volume>24</volume>
 <issue>30</issue>
 <title><![CDATA[PACKET RAT: Not quite up to speed with RFID]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[Like many agencies, the Rat&#146;s domain is developing strategies to take advantage of radio frequency identification.]]></description>
 <link>http://www.gcn.com/print/24_30/37265-1.html?topic=&amp;CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
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 <volume>24</volume>
 <issue>30</issue>
 <title><![CDATA[The Community: Inside security]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[Cyberthreats to government systems and what agencies can do about them was the topic covered by speakers and panel members at a recent Washington Technology Solutions Series event in Falls Church, Va. Above, Air Force CIO Maj. Gen. Michael Peterson addresses the crowd.]]></description>
 <link>http://www.gcn.com/print/24_30/37268-1.html?topic=&amp;CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
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 <volume>24</volume>
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 <title><![CDATA[&#147;Did you hear...&#148; ]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[Agent 86, where are you? Before cellular networks and phones that clipped onto your ear, there was the shoe phone&#151;wireless and rotary, with that great wingtip look and feel.]]></description>
 <link>http://www.gcn.com/print/24_30/37270-1.html?topic=&amp;CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
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 <volume>24</volume>
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 <title><![CDATA[2005 GCN Industry Leaders]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[Each year, GCN recognizes the top industry suppliers at the annual GCN Gala Awards ceremony, based on government contract volume.]]></description>
 <link>http://www.gcn.com/print/24_30/37177-1.html?topic=&amp;CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
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 <volume>24</volume>
 <issue>30</issue>
 <title><![CDATA[Mile-High City&#146;s four-by-four mobile unit scales interoperability mountains ]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[For the Denver Police Department, the Justice Department&#146;s 25-city project was a sterling opportunity to plug a communications gap that ran through the streets of the Mile-High City, past the city limits, past the edges of Denver County and into some of the roughest terrain in the country.]]></description>
 <link>http://www.gcn.com/print/24_30/37179-1.html?topic=&amp;CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
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 <volume>24</volume>
 <issue>30</issue>
 <title><![CDATA[GCN&#146;s top executives of the past 22 years]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[Ralph Bledsoe, special assistant to the president, White House Office of Policy Development]]></description>
 <link>http://www.gcn.com/print/24_30/37188-1.html?topic=&amp;CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
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 <volume>24</volume>
 <issue>30</issue>
 <title><![CDATA[States see hurdles to implementing Real ID]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[The Real ID Act passed by Congress and signed into law by President Bush May 11 will require states by 2008 to overhaul and upgrade their driver&#146;s licenses and issuance processes, and build a linked network to house information proving the identity of hundreds of millions of driver&#146;s license holders.]]></description>
 <link>http://www.gcn.com/print/24_30/37196-1.html?topic=&amp;CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
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 <volume>24</volume>
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 <title><![CDATA[D.C.-area first responders adopt new text alert system]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[First responders in the Washington metropolitan region are using a common text alerting system for emergency communications aimed at improving communications between municipalities and with citizens.]]></description>
 <link>http://www.gcn.com/print/24_30/37197-1.html?topic=&amp;CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
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 <volume>24</volume>
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 <title><![CDATA[Next version of Data Reference Model gets down to business]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[The working group applying the finishing touches to the latest version of the Data Reference Model says this edition will benefit from previous missteps.]]></description>
 <link>http://www.gcn.com/print/24_30/37216-1.html?topic=&amp;CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
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 <volume>24</volume>
 <issue>30</issue>
 <title><![CDATA[DOD signs enterprise software deal with Symantec]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[The Defense Department is offering its agencies access to more than 6,000 information assurance products and services.]]></description>
 <link>http://www.gcn.com/print/24_30/37217-1.html?topic=&amp;CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
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 <volume>24</volume>
 <issue>30</issue>
 <title><![CDATA[Data-mining offensive in the works]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[A draft proposal floating behind closed doors would reconstitute and improve upon a former Army data-mining program called Able Danger.]]></description>
 <link>http://www.gcn.com/print/24_30/37242-1.html?topic=&amp;CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
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 <volume>24</volume>
 <issue>30</issue>
 <title><![CDATA[GSA prepares for a changing of the guard]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[Stephen Perry&#146;s decision to leave as administrator of the General Services Administration comes at a time when the agency is in flux.]]></description>
 <link>http://www.gcn.com/print/24_30/37243-1.html?topic=&amp;CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
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 <volume>24</volume>
 <issue>30</issue>
 <title><![CDATA[Senate to hold GSA reorg bill until new administrator is confirmed]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[Stephen Perry&#146;s departure from the General Services Administration later this month will likely delay the merging of GSA&#146;s Federal Technology and Federal Supply services.]]></description>
 <link>http://www.gcn.com/print/24_30/37244-1.html?topic=&amp;CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
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 <volume>24</volume>
 <issue>30</issue>
 <title><![CDATA[Interior cancels contract for troubled financial-systems consolidation project]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[The Interior Department&#146;s project to consolidate an array of financial applications into one integrated enterprise resource planning system has ground to a halt with the department&#146;s removal of systems integrator BearingPoint Inc.]]></description>
 <link>http://www.gcn.com/print/24_30/37245-1.html?topic=&amp;CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
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 <volume>24</volume>
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 <title><![CDATA[Philadelphia, San Francisco move ahead on plans for WiFi networks]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[The cities of Philadelphia and San Francisco have reached new milestones on their respective paths toward providing citywide wireless Internet access.]]></description>
 <link>http://www.gcn.com/print/24_30/37246-1.html?topic=&amp;CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
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 <volume>24</volume>
 <issue>30</issue>
 <title><![CDATA[Congress pledges no omnibus this year]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[Congressional appropriators are promising to pass every fiscal 2006 agency budget individually for the first time since 2001.]]></description>
 <link>http://www.gcn.com/print/24_30/37247-1.html?topic=&amp;CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
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 <volume>24</volume>
 <issue>30</issue>
 <title><![CDATA[Senate bill for Agriculture and VA would restrict IT spending]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[The Senate, in approving a fiscal 2006 spending bill for the Agriculture and Veterans Affairs departments, continued to put limits on those departments&#146; IT spending.]]></description>
 <link>http://www.gcn.com/print/24_30/37248-1.html?topic=&amp;CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
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 <volume>24</volume>
 <issue>30</issue>
 <title><![CDATA[Congress tightens reins on DHS IT]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[Porous borders and balky Homeland Security Department technology programs came under fire in a spending bill that House and Senate appropriators have sent for floor approval.]]></description>
 <link>http://www.gcn.com/print/24_30/37249-1.html?topic=&amp;CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
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 <volume>24</volume>
 <issue>30</issue>
 <title><![CDATA[First responders assess the lessons from hurricanes]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[Hurricane Katrina has left in its wake a heightened awareness of the many IT-related gaps in emergency response systems in the Gulf Coast region and, most likely, in communities throughout the nation.]]></description>
 <link>http://www.gcn.com/print/24_30/37250-1.html?topic=&amp;CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
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 <volume>24</volume>
 <issue>30</issue>
 <title><![CDATA[IG report gives FEMA low marks on IT integration, management ]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[The Federal Emergency Management Agency&#146;s disaster-related IT systems are not integrated, and its IT strategic plan may not comply with the Homeland Security Department&#146;s strategic goals, according to a recent report from DHS Inspector General Richard L. Skinner.]]></description>
 <link>http://www.gcn.com/print/24_30/37252-1.html?topic=&amp;CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
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 <volume>24</volume>
 <issue>30</issue>
 <title><![CDATA[Lawsuit by vendor could delay e-passport]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[A spurned vendor&#146;s lawsuit against the Government Printing Office over the rejection of the vendor&#146;s electronic passport technology could further slow the introduction of the upgraded documents, according to industry observers.]]></description>
 <link>http://www.gcn.com/print/24_30/37254-1.html?topic=&amp;CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
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 <volume>24</volume>
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 <title><![CDATA[HHS proposes  exemption from anti-kickback laws for health IT ]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[The Health and Human Services Department last week proposed an exception to federal anti-kickback laws that would let physicians receive hardware, software and training from hospitals with which they have a relationship, in order to encourage adoption of electronic health records.]]></description>
 <link>http://www.gcn.com/print/24_30/37255-1.html?topic=&amp;CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
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 <volume>24</volume>
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 <title><![CDATA[Boon or boondoggle?]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[With $474 million pegged for the troubled Defense Travel System and one year left on the contract, is it too late for DOD to cancel the beleaguered program and cut its losses?]]></description>
 <link>http://www.gcn.com/print/24_30/37256-1.html?topic=&amp;CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
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 <volume>24</volume>
 <issue>30</issue>
 <title><![CDATA[CDC tracking possible disease outbreaks in Katrina&#146;s wake]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[Medical professionals responding to the Hurricane Katrina disaster relied on public health IT systems devised to help respond to catastrophes, said John Loonsk, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention&#146;s associate director for informatics.]]></description>
 <link>http://www.gcn.com/print/24_30/37257-1.html?topic=&amp;CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
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 <volume>24</volume>
 <issue>30</issue>
 <title><![CDATA[GSA mulls future of Preferred program]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[Persistent problems with the General Services Administration&#146;s modernized IT tracking system have led the agency to hire a consultant to determine what went wrong, while some in the private sector quietly cheer for the GSA Preferred program&#146;s demise.]]></description>
 <link>http://www.gcn.com/print/24_30/37258-1.html?topic=&amp;CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
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 <volume>24</volume>
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 <title><![CDATA[Procurement is key to security, IT execs say]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[Procurement officers have the power to significantly improve the security of government IT systems by including software reliability and security requirements in the contracts they award to vendors&#151;and strengthen the country&#146;s cyberinfrastructure in the process.]]></description>
 <link>http://www.gcn.com/print/24_30/37259-1.html?topic=&amp;CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
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 <volume>24</volume>
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 <title><![CDATA[FirstGov moves to cluster technology to expand search engine capabilities]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[Users of FirstGov.gov will soon have access to significantly more online government data, thanks in part to an expanded search function, General Services Administration officials said.]]></description>
 <link>http://www.gcn.com/print/24_30/37260-1.html?topic=&amp;CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
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 <volume>24</volume>
 <issue>30</issue>
 <title><![CDATA[Census counts on getting better data from new system for the 2010 tally]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[The Census Bureau is weaving the electronic strands of a net to capture the information that population counters will deliver in 2010.]]></description>
 <link>http://www.gcn.com/print/24_30/37261-1.html?topic=&amp;CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
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 <volume>24</volume>
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 <title><![CDATA[Wyatt Kash | Editor's Desk: Time for innovation in first-responder comms]]></title>
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