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 <title><![CDATA[DHS, Justice launch federal data model]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[The Homeland Security and Justice departments have unveiled plans to work jointly on a common computer language that could become a model for agencies to use to share information.]]></description>
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 <volume>24</volume>
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 <title><![CDATA[Feds&#146; personal data goes missing]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[The Bank of America Corp.&#146;s loss of data tapes containing personal information on 1.2 million federal charge card holders has triggered congressional wrath on both the bank and the General Services Administration.]]></description>
 <link>http://www.gcn.com/print/24_5/35213-1.html?topic=&amp;CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
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 <volume>24</volume>
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 <title><![CDATA[Cold case]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[The collapse of the FBI&#146;s Virtual Case File project leaves the bureau facing complex choices about how to modernize case management for its workers and how to quell skeptics who question whether the bureau can avoid making the same management missteps.]]></description>
 <link>http://www.gcn.com/print/24_5/35216-1.html?topic=&amp;CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
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 <volume>24</volume>
 <issue>5</issue>
 <title><![CDATA[Surf&#146;s up for Linux]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[At the 1999 LinuxWorld Expo in San Jose, Calif., Linus Torvalds joked about his goal for the operating system he started: &#147;Total world domination.&#148;]]></description>
 <link>http://www.gcn.com/print/24_5/35207-1.html?topic=&amp;CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
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 <volume>24</volume>
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 <title><![CDATA[The lowdown on Linux]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[What is it? Linux is an open-source operating system that runs on a wide variety of hardware platforms, available in a variety of commercial and free distributions.]]></description>
 <link>http://www.gcn.com/print/24_5/35208-1.html?topic=&amp;CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
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 <volume>24</volume>
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 <title><![CDATA[Command unites Marines&#146; IT operations]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[The military&#146;s smallest service branch has become the first to house network management, operations, system defense and its own Computer Emergency Response Team all under one roof.]]></description>
 <link>http://www.gcn.com/print/24_5/35188-1.html?topic=&amp;CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
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 <volume>24</volume>
 <issue>5</issue>
 <title><![CDATA[Major programs within the Marines]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[Marine Corps Enterprise Network: MCEN is the Marine component of FORCEnet, the Navy&#146;s operational and architectural framework connection to the Defense Department&#146;s Global Information Grid.]]></description>
 <link>http://www.gcn.com/print/24_5/35190-1.html?topic=&amp;CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
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 <volume>24</volume>
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 <title><![CDATA[Marine Corps joins Army in rolling out personnel tracking application]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[Keeping track of Marines in far-flung theaters of operation is about to get easier, thanks to software that has earned high marks from the Army.]]></description>
 <link>http://www.gcn.com/print/24_5/35178-1.html?topic=&amp;CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
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 <volume>24</volume>
 <issue>5</issue>
 <title><![CDATA[Incoming]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[Training deal. The Defense Department has awarded SI International Inc. a $1.9 million contract to help users learn the new National Security Personnel System.]]></description>
 <link>http://www.gcn.com/print/24_5/35179-1.html?topic=&amp;CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
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 <volume>24</volume>
 <issue>5</issue>
 <title><![CDATA[DOD will check out more questionable contracts in wake of Air Force scandal]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[The Defense Department inspector general will take a closer look at eight contracts, including several IT deals,  that fell under the authority of Darleen Druyun, the recently convicted former Air Force acquisition manager.]]></description>
 <link>http://www.gcn.com/print/24_5/35180-1.html?topic=&amp;CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
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 <volume>24</volume>
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 <title><![CDATA[Collaboration tools are ready for the battlefield]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[When U.S. tanks rolled into Baghdad during the invasion of Iraq, one of the command vehicles was outfitted with high-speed antennas to establish a link with orbiting satellites. ]]></description>
 <link>http://www.gcn.com/print/24_5/35181-1.html?topic=&amp;CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
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 <volume>24</volume>
 <issue>5</issue>
 <title><![CDATA[Army combines pair of advanced tech programs]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[The Army has merged its Land Warrior and Future Force Warrior initiatives to speed development of new technologies.]]></description>
 <link>http://www.gcn.com/print/24_5/35218-1.html?topic=&amp;CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
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 <volume>24</volume>
 <issue>5</issue>
 <title><![CDATA[GAO pans OPM work on retirement system upgrade ]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[The Office of Personnel Management&#146;s 7-year-old Retirement Systems Modernization is at risk of failing, according to a new Government Accountability Office report.]]></description>
 <link>http://www.gcn.com/print/24_5/35219-1.html?topic=&amp;CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
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 <volume>24</volume>
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 <title><![CDATA[OMB touts federal cybersecurity improvements]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[The Office of Management and Budget last week said the security of federal IT is at the highest level ever.]]></description>
 <link>http://www.gcn.com/print/24_5/35220-1.html?topic=&amp;CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
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 <volume>24</volume>
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 <title><![CDATA[GAO list helps navigate rules for financial IT]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[The Government Accountability Office last month published a checklist of core financial system requirements to help agencies meet federal mandates.]]></description>
 <link>http://www.gcn.com/print/24_5/35221-1.html?topic=&amp;CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
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 <volume>24</volume>
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 <title><![CDATA[IG&#146;s message to IRS: Secure all your e-mail]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[The IRS has a program that can protect taxpayers&#146; sensitive financial data when agency employees share it via e-mail; the problem is that not all employees use the encrypted messaging, a new inspector general report says.]]></description>
 <link>http://www.gcn.com/print/24_5/35222-1.html?topic=&amp;CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
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 <volume>24</volume>
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 <title><![CDATA[OFPP adopts DOD rules on buying workforce]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[Uncle Sam&#146;s getting definitive about its buyers.]]></description>
 <link>http://www.gcn.com/print/24_5/35223-1.html?topic=&amp;CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
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 <volume>24</volume>
 <issue>5</issue>
 <title><![CDATA[Davis questions security of Treasury site ]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[Rep. Tom Davis (R-Va.) has asked the Treasury Department to make sure that it can protect personal information collected when people buy savings bonds electronically.]]></description>
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 <volume>24</volume>
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 <title><![CDATA[Qwest ducks debarment from federal work ]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[Qwest Communications International Inc. can keep competing for federal work now that the General Services Administration has decided against debarring the company.]]></description>
 <link>http://www.gcn.com/print/24_5/35227-1.html?topic=&amp;CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
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 <volume>24</volume>
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 <title><![CDATA[Army enlists CSC to help with logistics]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[The Army has hired Computer Sciences Corp. to integrate its logistics information systems.]]></description>
 <link>http://www.gcn.com/print/24_5/35228-1.html?topic=&amp;CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
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 <volume>24</volume>
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 <title><![CDATA[DOD merges various Web training systems ]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[The Defense Department has established a new Internet training and information system dubbed the Joint Knowledge Development and Distribution Capability.]]></description>
 <link>http://www.gcn.com/print/24_5/35229-1.html?topic=&amp;CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
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 <volume>24</volume>
 <issue>5</issue>
 <title><![CDATA[How long do you think CDs, DVDs should last?]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[A federal working group wants to hear from agencies about their recordable CD and DVD needs.]]></description>
 <link>http://www.gcn.com/print/24_5/35230-1.html?topic=&amp;CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
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 <volume>24</volume>
 <issue>5</issue>
 <title><![CDATA[People on the Move]]></title>
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 <link>http://www.gcn.com/print/24_5/35266-1.html?topic=&amp;CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
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 <volume>24</volume>
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 <title><![CDATA[DOD developing &#145;disruptive tech&#146; ]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[As a military theorist, Navy Capt. Terry C. Pierce writes books and teaches classes at the Naval Postgraduate School in Monterey, Calif.]]></description>
 <link>http://www.gcn.com/print/24_5/35183-1.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[Are hackers dim or what? How would you have known that a message making the rounds last month (and infected with the MyDoom virus) wasn&#146;t really from the FBI if you didn&#146;t happen to catch the agency&#146;s Feb. 22 warning?]]></description>
 <link>http://www.gcn.com/print/24_5/35235-1.html?topic=&amp;CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
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 <volume>24</volume>
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 <title><![CDATA[PACKET RAT: Rat wonders if he&#146;s really who he says he is]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[You could never accuse the Rat of being out of touch with his identity. ]]></description>
 <link>http://www.gcn.com/print/24_5/35236-1.html?topic=&amp;CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
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 <volume>24</volume>
 <issue>5</issue>
 <title><![CDATA[Virtual space: Power to the people]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[In January, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration launched a powerful new Web mapping portal. NOAA&#146;s nowCoast, at nowcoast.noaa.gov, is like the Weather Channel on steroids, giving anyone with a Web browser real-time access to thousands of observing stations worldwide.]]></description>
 <link>http://www.gcn.com/print/24_5/35237-1.html?topic=&amp;CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
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 <volume>24</volume>
 <issue>5</issue>
 <title><![CDATA[Top-to-bottom effort lifts DOT&#146;s IT security grade from D+ to A-]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[The Transportation Department&#146;s security success last year would be the envy of many a struggling student.]]></description>
 <link>http://www.gcn.com/print/24_5/35214-1.html?topic=&amp;CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
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 <volume>24</volume>
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 <title><![CDATA[Should the FBI wait for governmentwide case management app?]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[One of the FBI&#146;s options for a case management system is to wait until the Federal Investigative Case Management System comes online.]]></description>
 <link>http://www.gcn.com/print/24_5/35217-1.html?topic=&amp;CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
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 <volume>24</volume>
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 <title><![CDATA[FDIC: What&#146;s good for banks is good for e-gov]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[The agency that insures U.S. bank deposits says electronic banking has outgrown the single-factor password authentication most often used to protect accounts, a finding that could affect e-government initiatives.]]></description>
 <link>http://www.gcn.com/print/24_5/35231-1.html?topic=&amp;CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
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 <volume>24</volume>
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 <title><![CDATA[Maryland lays groundwork to merge first-response systems statewide]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[Federal agencies must help their state and local counterparts establish interoperable systems for emergency communications, Maryland IT officials say.]]></description>
 <link>http://www.gcn.com/print/24_5/35232-1.html?topic=&amp;CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
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 <volume>24</volume>
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 <title><![CDATA[FBI relies on outdated security guides, sources say]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[One of the FBI&#146;s most pressing reasons for seeking a case management system to replace the antiquated Automated Case Support system: Robert Hanssen, the former agent now serving a life sentence for treason.]]></description>
 <link>http://www.gcn.com/print/24_5/35246-1.html?topic=&amp;CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
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 <volume>24</volume>
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 <title><![CDATA[New ID standard is just the first of two-part plan]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[The debate over specifications for federal and contractor employee identification cards did not end with the Commerce Department&#146;s release of the Personal Identity Verification standard late last month. Locked in a small room somewhere are federal and industry experts discussing technical details for biometrics, card interfaces and encryption requirements.]]></description>
 <link>http://www.gcn.com/print/24_5/35262-1.html?topic=&amp;CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
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 <volume>24</volume>
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 <title><![CDATA[Agencies ramp up use of E-Authentication]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[The General Services Administration&#146;s E-Authentication initiative has overcome turbulent beginnings and is setting standards for electronic credential holders in both the public and private sectors.]]></description>
 <link>http://www.gcn.com/print/24_5/35267-1.html?topic=&amp;CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
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 <volume>24</volume>
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 <title><![CDATA[Defense&#146;s PKI slowly takes root]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[The Defense Department blocks access for vendors without digital certificates.]]></description>
 <link>http://www.gcn.com/print/24_5/35268-1.html?topic=&amp;CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
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 <volume>24</volume>
 <issue>5</issue>
 <title><![CDATA[EDITOR&#146;S DESK: Bon voyage to a special colleague]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[In 13 years at the helm of GCN, I&#146;ve rarely used this space to talk about our own people. But this column will be an exception.]]></description>
 <link>http://www.gcn.com/print/24_5/35191-1.html?topic=&amp;CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
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 <volume>24</volume>
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 <title><![CDATA[Federal contract law: Bush should go to market in his second term]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[As President George W. Bush looks forward to a second term with Republican majorities in both houses of Congress, he is in a good position to reshape the procurement system. ]]></description>
 <link>http://www.gcn.com/print/24_5/35192-1.html?topic=&amp;CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
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 <volume>24</volume>
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 <title><![CDATA[Editorial Cartoon]]></title>
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 <link>http://www.gcn.com/print/24_5/35193-1.html?topic=&amp;CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
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 <volume>24</volume>
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 <title><![CDATA[New workgroup printers mean color for all budgets]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[Government offices can now be a bit more colorful.]]></description>
 <link>http://www.gcn.com/print/24_5/35205-1.html?topic=&amp;CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
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 <volume>24</volume>
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 <title><![CDATA[In search of a better backup solution]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[Few things are worse than starting your workday with a blue screen of death.]]></description>
 <link>http://www.gcn.com/print/24_5/35206-1.html?topic=&amp;CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
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 <volume>24</volume>
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 <title><![CDATA[The great PeopleSoft migration]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[If all goes according to schedule, the Defense Department will complete the Defense Integrated Military Human Resources System&#151;estimated to be the world&#146;s largest human resources program&#151;in 2013.]]></description>
 <link>http://www.gcn.com/print/24_5/35195-1.html?topic=&amp;CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
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 <volume>24</volume>
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 <title><![CDATA[Two agencies, two solutions to the PeopleSoft dilemma]]></title>
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 <link>http://www.gcn.com/print/24_5/35196-1.html?topic=&amp;CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
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 <volume>24</volume>
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 <title><![CDATA[Cyber eye: Security is in the process, not the product ]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[Intelligence agencies traditionally operate in high-risk environments, but despite that fact, according to former National Security Agency employee-turned-consultant Ira Winkler, they experience few information losses.]]></description>
 <link>http://www.gcn.com/print/24_5/35197-1.html?topic=&amp;CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
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 <volume>24</volume>
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 <title><![CDATA[Delaware dons a Blue Coat to fight spyware]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[Delaware operates networks for 35,000 state employees and all its 115,000 students, kindergarten through high school.]]></description>
 <link>http://www.gcn.com/print/24_5/35198-1.html?topic=&amp;CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
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 <volume>24</volume>
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 <title><![CDATA[Power user: What&#146;s all the fuss about Firefox?]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[I&#146;ve received several e-mails pointing out the superiority of Mozilla&#146;s Firefox 1.0 over Microsoft&#146;s Internet Explorer 6.0.]]></description>
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