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 <volume>24</volume>
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 <title><![CDATA[The automated fix is in for DOD patches]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[For the first time, 500 million Defense Department computers on the Global Information Grid will automatically have software vulnerabilities patched as soon as the fix becomes available.]]></description>
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 <volume>24</volume>
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 <title><![CDATA[Methods of Execution]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[Now that government agencies are getting a handle on aligning IT portfolios with business goals, here comes the hard part: execution.]]></description>
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 <volume>24</volume>
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 <title><![CDATA[Early warning]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[A useful little feature of eBay online auctions has turned out to be exactly what the Pentagon ordered, at least when it comes to giving a heads-up to Air Force personnel in times of emergency.]]></description>
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 <volume>24</volume>
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 <title><![CDATA[Incoming]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[The Navy last month quickly caught and blocked a breach of the Navy-Marine Corps Intranet, and has changed the passwords of all unclassified users as a precautionary measure.]]></description>
 <link>http://www.gcn.com/print/24_33/37564-1.html?topic=&amp;CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
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 <volume>24</volume>
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 <title><![CDATA[GCN Insider: Falcon flies the COOP]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[Windows Restore brought to our collective consciousness the idea that we could screw up our systems, mangle our registries, then go back in time to when everything worked (not that it was a new idea).]]></description>
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 <volume>24</volume>
 <issue>33</issue>
 <title><![CDATA[GCN Insider: Getting Wyse to thin clients]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[In an interview with GCN a week before he rolled out several new initiatives, John Kish, CEO of thin-client pioneer Wyse Technology Inc., said there had been &#147;an upsurge of thin-client interest&#148; in government.]]></description>
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 <volume>24</volume>
 <issue>33</issue>
 <title><![CDATA[GCN Insider: McAfee tackles FISMA]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[Halloween 2005, McAfee Inc. launched a couple of new products to help take the fear out of agencies&#146; FISMA compliance efforts.]]></description>
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 <volume>24</volume>
 <issue>33</issue>
 <title><![CDATA[GCN Insider: EarthLink WiFi, in short]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[GCN editors appreciate insightful conversation unsullied by marketing speak. So thank you, Cole Reinwand, director of next-generation broadband at EarthLink Inc., for a good talk about the company&#146;s recent success in winning bids to build municipal wireless networks in Philadelphia and Anaheim, Calif.]]></description>
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 <volume>24</volume>
 <issue>33</issue>
 <title><![CDATA[GAO says the USAjobs job goes to Monster ]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[The Government Accountability Office may finally have ended the two-year saga surrounding the refurbishing of the USAJobs.gov Web site.]]></description>
 <link>http://www.gcn.com/print/24_33/37597-1.html?topic=&amp;CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
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 <volume>24</volume>
 <issue>33</issue>
 <title><![CDATA[HHS signs up Unisys to help standardize IT]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[The Health and Human Services Department has hired Unisys Corp. to guide the department toward IT standardization.]]></description>
 <link>http://www.gcn.com/print/24_33/37598-1.html?topic=&amp;CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
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 <volume>24</volume>
 <issue>33</issue>
 <title><![CDATA[GPO getting closer to digital storage system]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[The Government Printing Office is finalizing a solicitation for a chief contractor that will do the heavy lifting for the agency&#146;s massive content management and data storage modernization project.]]></description>
 <link>http://www.gcn.com/print/24_33/37599-1.html?topic=&amp;CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
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 <volume>24</volume>
 <issue>33</issue>
 <title><![CDATA[IG sees disaster lurking in FEMA data security]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[The Federal Emergency Management Agency is not adequately protecting its core databases containing sensitive disaster relief information, according to a new report from Homeland Security Department inspector general Richard L. Skinner.]]></description>
 <link>http://www.gcn.com/print/24_33/37600-1.html?topic=&amp;CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
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 <volume>24</volume>
 <issue>33</issue>
 <title><![CDATA[DOD transformation advocate Cebrowski dies]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[Retired Navy Vice Adm. Arthur K. Cebrowski, widely credited across the Defense Department for coining the term &#147;network-centric warfare,&#148; died earlier this month after an extended illness]]></description>
 <link>http://www.gcn.com/print/24_33/37601-1.html?topic=&amp;CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
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 <volume>24</volume>
 <issue>33</issue>
 <title><![CDATA[People on the Move]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[Tony Montemarano, who  guided the Defense Department&#146;s Global Information Grid-Bandwidth Expansion program to a successful conclusion, is moving on to a new job.]]></description>
 <link>http://www.gcn.com/print/24_33/37602-1.html?topic=&amp;CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
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 <volume>24</volume>
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 <title><![CDATA[Michael Peterson | Air Force streamlines IT processes]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[Maj. Gen. Michael Peterson&#146;s formal title is director, Information, Services and Integration, Secretary of the Air Force Office of Warfighting Integration and Chief Information Officer, the Pentagon. But that will soon change.]]></description>
 <link>http://www.gcn.com/print/24_33/37565-1.html?topic=&amp;CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
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 <volume>24</volume>
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 <title><![CDATA[PACKET RAT: Hidden software on Sony CDs could have you singing a sorrowful tune]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[As if it weren&#146;t enough that hackers and other malcontents try every day to install sneaky software on systems, the Rat and other network managers have recently discovered a new Axis of Evil to concern themselves with.]]></description>
 <link>http://www.gcn.com/print/24_33/37615-1.html?topic=&amp;CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
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 <volume>24</volume>
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 <title><![CDATA[The Community: Parkes brings 32-year career in government to a close]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[Rosita Parkes, CIO of the Energy Department, will wrap up more than three decades of government service when she retires Jan. 3, 2006.]]></description>
 <link>http://www.gcn.com/print/24_33/37616-1.html?topic=&amp;CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
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 <volume>24</volume>
 <issue>33</issue>
 <title><![CDATA[&#147;Did you hear...&#148; ]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[Just because you&#146;re paranoid... Overly suspicious people worried about surveillance cameras and privacy invasions via the Internet may have thought they at least had protected themselves from invasive radio signals with trusty aluminum foil helmets.]]></description>
 <link>http://www.gcn.com/print/24_33/37617-1.html?topic=&amp;CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
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 <volume>24</volume>
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 <title><![CDATA[System security is job one for new DOD CIO Grimes]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[Just two hours after he was sworn in as the new Defense CIO, John Grimes sat at a table in his Pentagon office, getting used to the constant rings of his BlackBerry.]]></description>
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 <volume>24</volume>
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 <title><![CDATA[GSA readies the gauntlet for agencies&#146; smart cards ]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[With a deadline for having interoperable smart cards a year away, most agency officials expected the General Services Administration to set up a lab to test cards and card readers.]]></description>
 <link>http://www.gcn.com/print/24_33/37604-1.html?topic=&amp;CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
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 <volume>24</volume>
 <issue>33</issue>
 <title><![CDATA[OMB looks at shared-service plan for IT security functions]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[The Office of Management and Budget has lifted the veil on the next set of standardized functions that shared-service providers will supply across government.]]></description>
 <link>http://www.gcn.com/print/24_33/37605-1.html?topic=&amp;CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
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 <volume>24</volume>
 <issue>33</issue>
 <title><![CDATA[Health IT network prototypes to try real-world data uses]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[The Health and Human Services Department this month awarded $18.6 million in contracts to four groups of health care and health IT groups to develop four prototypes for a nationwide health information architecture&#151;the final piece of the health IT foundation.]]></description>
 <link>http://www.gcn.com/print/24_33/37606-1.html?topic=&amp;CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
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 <volume>24</volume>
 <issue>33</issue>
 <title><![CDATA[Shelter from the storm]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[The attacks of Sept. 11, 2001, and this year&#146;s hurricane season are clear examples of the ripple effects a crisis can have on government operations.]]></description>
 <link>http://www.gcn.com/print/24_33/37607-1.html?topic=&amp;CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
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 <volume>24</volume>
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 <title><![CDATA[Disaster procurement rules are clear, but agencies are not always prepared]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[The government&#146;s ability to quickly recover from a disaster is, in part, reflected in how fast and how aptly agencies procure goods and services.]]></description>
 <link>http://www.gcn.com/print/24_33/37608-1.html?topic=&amp;CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
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 <volume>24</volume>
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 <title><![CDATA[DISA sustains DOD&#146;s communications when disaster strikes]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[The Defense Information Systems Agency is the IT backbone of the Defense Department&#146;s continuity-of-operations plan.]]></description>
 <link>http://www.gcn.com/print/24_33/37609-1.html?topic=&amp;CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
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 <volume>24</volume>
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 <title><![CDATA[NFC&#146;s preparation paid off when Katrina hit New Orleans]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[Hurricane Katrina was bearing down on New Orleans just as the National Finance Center prepared to add 60,000 Transportation Security Administration and Coast Guard employees to the payroll system.]]></description>
 <link>http://www.gcn.com/print/24_33/37611-1.html?topic=&amp;CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
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 <volume>24</volume>
 <issue>33</issue>
 <title><![CDATA[Data transfer problems hinder electronic subcontracting system]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[The administration wants all agencies and their contractors to use a new online system to track their compliance with federal subcontracting goals.]]></description>
 <link>http://www.gcn.com/print/24_33/37613-1.html?topic=&amp;CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
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 <volume>24</volume>
 <issue>33</issue>
 <title><![CDATA[Agencies see the gain&#151;and pain&#151;of EVM ]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[Earned-value management is becoming more than just a measurement of compliance with the President&#146;s Management Agenda.]]></description>
 <link>http://www.gcn.com/print/24_33/37614-1.html?topic=&amp;CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
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 <volume>24</volume>
 <issue>33</issue>
 <title><![CDATA[EDITOR&#146;S DESK: Better searches still need good data]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[Do burgeoning search technologies less-en the need for discipline in structuring databases?]]></description>
 <link>http://www.gcn.com/print/24_33/37566-1.html?topic=&amp;CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
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 <volume>24</volume>
 <issue>33</issue>
 <title><![CDATA[Another View: Telework and continuity plans go hand in hand]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[Nothing focuses attention like a disaster.]]></description>
 <link>http://www.gcn.com/print/24_33/37567-1.html?topic=&amp;CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
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 <volume>24</volume>
 <issue>33</issue>
 <title><![CDATA[Editorial cartoon]]></title>
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 <link>http://www.gcn.com/print/24_33/37568-1.html?topic=&amp;CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
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 <volume>24</volume>
 <issue>33</issue>
 <title><![CDATA[Two cores better than one?]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[Dual-core processing has been the Next Big Thing in computing since Advanced Micro Devices Inc. of Sunnyvale, Calif., and Intel Corp. began rolling out new chips earlier this year. It&#146;s been hailed as an industry-altering marvel&#151;and PC makers&#146; best chance to improve system performance without ratcheting up clock speeds to the point where a computer could heat a small room.]]></description>
 <link>http://www.gcn.com/print/24_33/37590-1.html?topic=&amp;CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
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 <title><![CDATA[A freshly picked BlackBerry ripe for use]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[Ask a government worker to describe his personal continuity-of-operations plan, and he might pull out his BlackBerry.]]></description>
 <link>http://www.gcn.com/print/24_33/37591-1.html?topic=&amp;CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
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 <volume>24</volume>
 <issue>33</issue>
 <title><![CDATA[got COOP?]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[For the Coast Guard, continuity of operations means getting all parties in communication as quickly as possible&#151;which is why it can literally take its communication centers on the road.]]></description>
 <link>http://www.gcn.com/print/24_33/37569-1.html?topic=&amp;CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
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 <volume>24</volume>
 <issue>33</issue>
 <title><![CDATA[COOP self help]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[For federal agencies, continuity-of-operations planning is nothing new. Signed in 1988, Executive Order 12656 called for each agency to ensure it could continue to provide services during an emergency. But the order didn&#146;t specify how to execute a COOP plan.]]></description>
 <link>http://www.gcn.com/print/24_33/37570-1.html?topic=&amp;CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
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 <volume>24</volume>
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 <title><![CDATA[Data disaster: When COOP is not enough]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[Disasters, both natural and man-made, drive home the need for agencies to ensure that data held on IT systems and devices remains accessible in order to support mission-critical operations.]]></description>
 <link>http://www.gcn.com/print/24_33/37577-1.html?topic=&amp;CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
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 <volume>24</volume>
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 <title><![CDATA[Power User: Still seeking common sense, the Power User logs off]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[I&#146;ve spent years in Washington and elsewhere and have concluded that lack of common sense is by far the greatest threat facing this country.]]></description>
 <link>http://www.gcn.com/print/24_33/37579-1.html?topic=&amp;CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
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 <volume>24</volume>
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 <title><![CDATA[Will COOP mean more managed services?]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[Recent natural disasters have taught a harsh lesson about the possible risks of losing not only a primary data site, but also the people who run it.]]></description>
 <link>http://www.gcn.com/print/24_33/37610-1.html?topic=&amp;CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
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