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 <title><![CDATA[Rush, but verify]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[With an impending deadline, and despite a lack of working products, agencies race to get infrastructures ready for interoperable smart cards ]]></description>
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 <volume>25</volume>
 <issue>2</issue>
 <title><![CDATA[Security fears push PKI to front burner]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[Defense to accelerate use of encryption, digital signatures to stymie hacker attacks]]></description>
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 <volume>25</volume>
 <issue>2</issue>
 <title><![CDATA[DHS moves quickly to redirect Emerge2]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[Early metrics didn&#146;t look good, so the agency will adopt shared-services model ]]></description>
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 <volume>25</volume>
 <issue>2</issue>
 <title><![CDATA[EDITOR&#146;S DESK: Hard target]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[The new year has barely begun and already agencies are feeling the pressure to meet the October deadline to roll out a new uniform identification system for federal employees and contractors.]]></description>
 <link>http://www.gcn.com/print/25_2/38018-1.html?topic=&amp;CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
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 <volume>25</volume>
 <issue>2</issue>
 <title><![CDATA[Editioral cartoon]]></title>
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 <volume>25</volume>
 <issue>2</issue>
 <title><![CDATA[ANOTHER VIEW: Missing data at the center of the storm]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[The quiet crisis at the center of the chaos following the natural disasters in the United States in 2005 was a total breakdown of already inadequate local data and information systems.]]></description>
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 <volume>25</volume>
 <issue>2</issue>
 <title><![CDATA[Made to order]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[Movement Tracking System taps satellite links to help logistics units resupply troops on the fly]]></description>
 <link>http://www.gcn.com/print/25_2/38003-1.html?topic=&amp;CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
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 <volume>25</volume>
 <issue>2</issue>
 <title><![CDATA[Incoming]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[Top regional military commanders and senior Pentagon officials gathered in Washington this month to begin putting the final touches on the upcoming Quadrennial Defense Review.]]></description>
 <link>http://www.gcn.com/print/25_2/38004-1.html?topic=&amp;CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
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 <volume>25</volume>
 <issue>2</issue>
 <title><![CDATA[Sure beats PowerPoint]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[We&#146;ve been hearing much about the IT Infrastructure Library, a set of British best-practice recommendations and common IT definitions.]]></description>
 <link>http://www.gcn.com/print/25_2/38007-1.html?topic=&amp;CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
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 <volume>25</volume>
 <issue>2</issue>
 <title><![CDATA[The CIO and the developer ]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[Although supposedly committed to Unix, execs at Sun Microsystems Inc. might soon be wedded elsewhere, seeing how quickly they&#146;re giving away all Sun&#146;s jewels.]]></description>
 <link>http://www.gcn.com/print/25_2/38008-1.html?topic=&amp;CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
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 <volume>25</volume>
 <issue>2</issue>
 <title><![CDATA[Battle of the giants]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[Speaking of movies, Peter Jackson&#146;s latest epic, &#147;King Kong,&#148; reminded one GCN writer of the computer industry, with all the fleet-footed dinosaurs, sticky creepy-crawlies and that big love-struck monkey stomping about, battling for supremacy.]]></description>
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 <volume>25</volume>
 <issue>2</issue>
 <title><![CDATA[Open-source app server update]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[The Apache Software Foundation released Version 2.2 of Apache Web server.]]></description>
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 <volume>25</volume>
 <issue>2</issue>
 <title><![CDATA[Automated approvals]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[Compulink Management Center Inc. of Long Beach, Calif., released Version 7.1 of Laserfiche Agenda Manager. ]]></description>
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 <volume>25</volume>
 <issue>2</issue>
 <title><![CDATA[Database happenings]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[Sleepycat Software Inc. of Lincoln, Mass., has released Version 4.4 of its Berkeley DB, widely used for embedded systems and other simple database chores.]]></description>
 <link>http://www.gcn.com/print/25_2/38014-1.html?topic=&amp;CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
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 <volume>25</volume>
 <issue>2</issue>
 <title><![CDATA[In short]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[ESRI has introduced ArcWeb Services 2006, a set of application programming interfaces that will allow developers to add mapping and geospatial information to their Web applications.]]></description>
 <link>http://www.gcn.com/print/25_2/38015-1.html?topic=&amp;CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
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 <volume>25</volume>
 <issue>2</issue>
 <title><![CDATA[Vinton Cerf | The search continues]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[Vinton Cerf is sometimes referred to as the Father of the Internet, although he begs to differ. Today he&#146;s Chief Internet Evangelist for a company making more than its share of headlines&#151;a little online search outfit called Google.]]></description>
 <link>http://www.gcn.com/print/25_2/38005-1.html?topic=&amp;CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
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 <volume>25</volume>
 <issue>2</issue>
 <title><![CDATA[Here&#146;s a SQL that beats the original]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[Improved Microsoft SQL Server is poised for enterprise tasks]]></description>
 <link>http://www.gcn.com/print/25_2/38022-1.html?topic=&amp;CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
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 <volume>25</volume>
 <issue>2</issue>
 <title><![CDATA[Shadowing the mail server]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[NearPoint for Exchange eases the pain of archiving and retrieving e-mail ]]></description>
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 <volume>25</volume>
 <issue>2</issue>
 <title><![CDATA[Fight against viruses, spam and phishing]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[MailFrontier M500 holds up well against emerging e-mail threats]]></description>
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 <volume>25</volume>
 <issue>2</issue>
 <title><![CDATA[PACKET RAT: Hustle and show]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[Virtual perspective doesn&#146;t improve CES view]]></description>
 <link>http://www.gcn.com/print/25_2/38057-1.html?topic=&amp;CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
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 <volume>25</volume>
 <issue>2</issue>
 <title><![CDATA[Free PCs connect military families]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[Northrop Grumman Corp. and Operation Homelink recently donated 100 refurbished PCs to military families in New Jersey, as part of an ongoing effort to help families communicate with service members deployed overseas.]]></description>
 <link>http://www.gcn.com/print/25_2/38058-1.html?topic=&amp;CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
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 <volume>25</volume>
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 <title><![CDATA[And another thing...]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[Making sure: One hundred years after Albert Einstein published his Special Theory of Relativity, the National Institute of Standards and Technology has helped prove, yet again, that Einstein&#146;s most famous equation is correct. NIST, the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and the Institute Laue Langevin of France have completed the most exact test yet to show that E does, in fact, equal mc2.]]></description>
 <link>http://www.gcn.com/print/25_2/38059-1.html?topic=&amp;CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
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 <volume>25</volume>
 <issue>2</issue>
 <title><![CDATA[Agencies' E-Gov efforts are half-full]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[OMB touts accomplishments as others question whether fatigue has set in]]></description>
 <link>http://www.gcn.com/print/25_2/38002-1.html?topic=&amp;CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
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 <volume>25</volume>
 <issue>2</issue>
 <title><![CDATA[After $77m, GSA pulls the plug]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[Auditors say GSA Preferred had failed; legacy systems to be restored]]></description>
 <link>http://www.gcn.com/print/25_2/38044-1.html?topic=&amp;CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
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 <volume>25</volume>
 <issue>2</issue>
 <title><![CDATA[Breaking the bureacracy]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[To meet PIV II, agencies take collaboration to the next level]]></description>
 <link>http://www.gcn.com/print/25_2/38046-1.html?topic=&amp;CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
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 <volume>25</volume>
 <issue>2</issue>
 <title><![CDATA[OMB looks to orchestrate financial management]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[Agencies to get performance measures, guidance on how to pick providers when they&#146;re moving to shared-services providers]]></description>
 <link>http://www.gcn.com/print/25_2/38047-1.html?topic=&amp;CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
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 <volume>25</volume>
 <issue>2</issue>
 <title><![CDATA[NASA gets its IT security off the critical list]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[Reducing number of systems, deploying patch management are among improvements]]></description>
 <link>http://www.gcn.com/print/25_2/38048-1.html?topic=&amp;CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
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 <volume>25</volume>
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 <title><![CDATA[ID management gets physical]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[Integrating physical access control with IT security may be the biggest challenge, but it will have the greatest payoff ]]></description>
 <link>http://www.gcn.com/print/25_2/38049-1.html?topic=&amp;CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
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 <volume>25</volume>
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 <title><![CDATA[REAL DEAL: PIV II requires more than just buying hardware]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[Now that agencies have (we hope) met requirements for Part One of the Personal Identity Verification program, the clock is ticking toward the Oct. 27 deadline for Part Two compliance.]]></description>
 <link>http://www.gcn.com/print/25_2/38051-1.html?topic=&amp;CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
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 <volume>25</volume>
 <issue>2</issue>
 <title><![CDATA[GSA pushes E-Authentication ]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[Contract for free credentials and digital certificates designed to encourage public to use online services]]></description>
 <link>http://www.gcn.com/print/25_2/38055-1.html?topic=&amp;CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
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 <volume>25</volume>
 <issue>2</issue>
 <title><![CDATA[People on the move]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[Veterans Affairs Department CIO Ed Meagher starts a new job this week as VA&#146;s chief technology officer. ]]></description>
 <link>http://www.gcn.com/print/25_2/38056-1.html?topic=&amp;CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
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 <volume>25</volume>
 <issue>2</issue>
 <title><![CDATA[You are who you are]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[Identity management systems can help agencies meet security mandates]]></description>
 <link>http://www.gcn.com/print/25_2/38025-1.html?topic=&amp;CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
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 <volume>25</volume>
 <issue>2</issue>
 <title><![CDATA[Love at first site]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[Agencies compete with Amazon.com, whether they like it or not. Here are five steps to making your users happy.]]></description>
 <link>http://www.gcn.com/print/25_2/38006-1.html?topic=&amp;CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
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 <volume>25</volume>
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 <title><![CDATA[CYBEREYE: IT managers are lost in the forest of security]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[Too many federal IT managers still appear to be grappling with security as a technology issue rather than a management issue, which might help explain the slow progress being made in information security.]]></description>
 <link>http://www.gcn.com/print/25_2/38017-1.html?topic=&amp;CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
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 <volume>25</volume>
 <issue>2</issue>
 <title><![CDATA[Online Extra: ASCI Survey]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[Each quarter, the American Society for Quality, the University of Michigan, CFI Group and ForeSee Results of Ann Arbor, Mich. surveys the users of government agency Web sites. Here are the top scoring government sites:]]></description>
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