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 <volume>25</volume>
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 <title><![CDATA[USPS gets a lift]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[When the Postal Service launched an initiative to better maintain safety records for its industrial vehicles, the goal was modest&#151;reduce the agency&#146;s reporting burden. Well over a year later, though, the Powered Industrial Vehicle Management System has produced a significant number of benefits, not only automating the reporting process but improving safety and helping USPS better manage its industrial fleet.]]></description>
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 <volume>25</volume>
 <issue>21</issue>
 <title><![CDATA[E-government at funding crossroads]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[Congressional appropriators have applied spending restrictions that would leave the 25 government-wide projects and Lines of Business initiatives struggling to move forward. Committee staff people on the Hill insist Congress doesn&#146;t have anything against e-government, but that agencies&#146; failure to explain the value of the projects has caused lawmakers to balk at funding the cross-agency systems.]]></description>
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 <volume>25</volume>
 <issue>21</issue>
 <title><![CDATA[Online extra | Delay in e-gov funding puts some projects in a bind]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[Four of five federal agencies received approval from the House and Senate Appropriations committees to transfer funds to the managing partners of E-Government projects on June 30&#151;the last day of the third quarter of the federal fiscal year. This was three months earlier than approval was granted last year, but it still put agencies in a bind.]]></description>
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 <volume>25</volume>
 <issue>21</issue>
 <title><![CDATA[Editor's Desk | Unwanted bounty]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[The government&#146;s table is straining from the weight of security lapses. The State Department got an old-fashioned hacking. A Veterans Affairs computer laden with data was stolen. NIH called in the cops on an identity theft ring. Agriculture, the IRS, Social Security and the Navy have joined the crowd.]]></description>
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 <volume>25</volume>
 <issue>21</issue>
 <title><![CDATA[Chris Wysopal and Jeff Rashka | Government IT security begins at app level]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[The federal government has poured millions of dollars into security-related software purchases and shoring up computer hardware infrastructure. Yet many federal agencies received failing grades in Federal Information Security Management Act compliance.]]></description>
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 <volume>25</volume>
 <issue>21</issue>
 <title><![CDATA[TECHNICAL DIFFICULTIES]]></title>
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 <volume>25</volume>
 <issue>21</issue>
 <title><![CDATA[Net-centricity starts with data]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[Military database administrators who have not already tagged and labeled their data had better get busy. Marian T. Cherry, horizontal fusion portfolio manager in the Office of the Secretary of Defense, has warned military IT personnel that they risk falling behind the net-centricity curve if they do not accomplish these tasks.]]></description>
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 <volume>25</volume>
 <issue>21</issue>
 <title><![CDATA[Incoming]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[The Army is ahead of schedule in implementing the public-key infrastructure mandates of Homeland Security Presidential Directive 12, according to CIO Lt. Gen. Steven W. Boutelle.]]></description>
 <link>http://www.gcn.com/print/25_21/41394-1.html?topic=&amp;CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
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 <volume>25</volume>
 <issue>21</issue>
 <title><![CDATA[NSA and social networking]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[A magazine reported that the National Security Agency was investigating ways to harvest information from social networking Web sites such as Friendster and MySpace.]]></description>
 <link>http://www.gcn.com/print/25_21/41403-1.html?topic=&amp;CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
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 <volume>25</volume>
 <issue>21</issue>
 <title><![CDATA[Don&#146;t say &#145;J2EE&#146;]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[Sure, we all hate technical acronyms, but some get so widely used that it gets hard to move beyond them.]]></description>
 <link>http://www.gcn.com/print/25_21/41404-1.html?topic=&amp;CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
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 <volume>25</volume>
 <issue>21</issue>
 <title><![CDATA[IBM unleashes Viper]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[Rapidly losing its sting in the database market, IBM Corp. hopes to turn things around with the release of the new version of its flagship DB2 database, code-named Viper.]]></description>
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 <volume>25</volume>
 <issue>21</issue>
 <title><![CDATA[SGI servers]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[Silicon Graphics Inc. is looking to expand beyond its traditional market of high-end servers and workstations.]]></description>
 <link>http://www.gcn.com/print/25_21/41406-1.html?topic=&amp;CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
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 <volume>25</volume>
 <issue>21</issue>
 <title><![CDATA[Open-source CAD on Windows]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[BRL-CAD, the open-source computer-aided design program first developed by the Army Research Laboratory, is now available for the Microsoft Windows platform.]]></description>
 <link>http://www.gcn.com/print/25_21/41407-1.html?topic=&amp;CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
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 <volume>25</volume>
 <issue>21</issue>
 <title><![CDATA[New Common Criteria graduates]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[WebLogic Server 8.1 SP5 has earned Evaluation Assurance Level 2 Common Criteria Certification from the National Information Assurance Partnership.]]></description>
 <link>http://www.gcn.com/print/25_21/41408-1.html?topic=&amp;CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
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 <volume>25</volume>
 <issue>21</issue>
 <title><![CDATA[Edwin Wagner Jr. | More than a numbers game]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[Edwin Wagner Jr. leads the project management office that plans to revolutionize how the Census Bureau collects data for its once-a-decade population count.]]></description>
 <link>http://www.gcn.com/print/25_21/41395-1.html?topic=&amp;CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
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 <volume>25</volume>
 <issue>21</issue>
 <title><![CDATA[Just missed the trifecta]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[You know the old workplace adage: You can have something fast, cheap or good&#151;pick two. Trying to find a workgroup printer that delivers on all three counts is next to impossible. Generally, as the color quality gets better, the price goes up and vice versa. Oki Data&#146;s C6100n almost achieves the Triple Crown.]]></description>
 <link>http://www.gcn.com/print/25_21/41411-1.html?topic=&amp;CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
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 <volume>25</volume>
 <issue>21</issue>
 <title><![CDATA[Organization for your organization]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[The new OrgPlus 6 Professional from HumanConcepts is an application that offers a variety of organizational charting and workforce modeling capabilities in an easy-to-use interface. And although workforce modeling could be considered less than glamorous, with a tool as powerful as this one an agency can gain fresh insight into its human resources needs and capabilities.]]></description>
 <link>http://www.gcn.com/print/25_21/41412-1.html?topic=&amp;CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
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 <volume>25</volume>
 <issue>21</issue>
 <title><![CDATA[Go ahead, cut the (phone) cords]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[Depending on how you look at things, the SupraPlus Wireless headset is one of the coolest products the lab has looked at this year. Or it could be one of the silliest and possibly most annoying gadgets around. In showing the device around the office, we received both reactions in equal numbers.]]></description>
 <link>http://www.gcn.com/print/25_21/41413-1.html?topic=&amp;CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
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 <volume>25</volume>
 <issue>21</issue>
 <title><![CDATA[COMMUNITY: Graduation rates]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[It doesn&#146;t have a football team or a fight song, but the CIO University did have a prestigious 2006 class to honor during graduation ceremonies this month.]]></description>
 <link>http://www.gcn.com/print/25_21/41439-1.html?topic=&amp;CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
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 <volume>25</volume>
 <issue>21</issue>
 <title><![CDATA[And another thing...]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[Every technological innovation has at least two sides: the good and the bad.]]></description>
 <link>http://www.gcn.com/print/25_21/41440-1.html?topic=&amp;CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
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 <volume>25</volume>
 <issue>21</issue>
 <title><![CDATA[The Packet Rat | Net neutrality doesn&#146;t get Google&#146;s first-class treatment ]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[&#147;No wonder the Google boys were so far out of the loop on their net neutrality lobbying effort,&#148; the Rat remarked to his minions over the top of his hard-copy Wall Street Journal.]]></description>
 <link>http://www.gcn.com/print/25_21/41441-1.html?topic=&amp;CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
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 <volume>25</volume>
 <issue>21</issue>
 <title><![CDATA[VHA takes its forms online]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[As a Vietnam veteran of the Army Nursing Corps, Mary Stout has seen her share of government forms and paperwork. In her current role as the Veterans Health Administration&#146;s chief of forms, publications and records management, Stout has labored to move the agency from paper to electronic forms.]]></description>
 <link>http://www.gcn.com/print/25_21/41391-1.html?topic=&amp;CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
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 <volume>25</volume>
 <issue>21</issue>
 <title><![CDATA[People on the move]]></title>
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 <volume>25</volume>
 <issue>21</issue>
 <title><![CDATA[IRS lends a hand to FinCEN&#146;s tracking efforts]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[The IRS is rescuing a fellow Treasury Department bureau after a major data-sharing project fell prey to management problems.]]></description>
 <link>http://www.gcn.com/print/25_21/41420-1.html?topic=&amp;CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
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 <volume>25</volume>
 <issue>21</issue>
 <title><![CDATA[Davis amends IT security act in light of data breaches]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[Rep. Tom Davis (R-Va.) promised earlier this year to determine whether the Federal Information Security Management Act needs updating.]]></description>
 <link>http://www.gcn.com/print/25_21/41421-1.html?topic=&amp;CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
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 <volume>25</volume>
 <issue>21</issue>
 <title><![CDATA[DISA puts an end to ad hoc collaboration]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[The Defense Information Systems Agency has hired IBM Corp. to provide enterprisewide &#147;pay for use&#148; collaboration services under its Net-Centric Enterprise Services program. The contract will bring instant messaging, text chat, Web conferencing, whiteboarding and application sharing, including audio and video capabilities.]]></description>
 <link>http://www.gcn.com/print/25_21/41424-1.html?topic=&amp;CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
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 <volume>25</volume>
 <issue>21</issue>
 <title><![CDATA[OMB sets one-hour data breach rule]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[With the deluge of recent data breaches, the Office of Management and Budget is pushing agencies toward stricter IT security accountability. Agencies now have a clear standard for reporting all incidents and a comprehensive definition of personally identifiable information.]]></description>
 <link>http://www.gcn.com/print/25_21/41426-1.html?topic=&amp;CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
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 <volume>25</volume>
 <issue>21</issue>
 <title><![CDATA[Is the financial LOB ready for prime time?]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[Depending on who you talk to, the Labor Department&#146;s decision to tap the private sector for financial-management hosting services is a clear example either of what is right or wrong with the way the White House has pursued the Financial Management Line of Business initiative.]]></description>
 <link>http://www.gcn.com/print/25_21/41427-1.html?topic=&amp;CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
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 <volume>25</volume>
 <issue>21</issue>
 <title><![CDATA[GSA wants information on E-Authentication services]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[The General Services Administration in the next month will release a request for information on the cost implications of using existing credentials in the E-Authentication federation.]]></description>
 <link>http://www.gcn.com/print/25_21/41428-1.html?topic=&amp;CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
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 <volume>25</volume>
 <issue>21</issue>
 <title><![CDATA[EPA must assess data center energy efficiency ]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[The House of Representatives passed legislation earlier this month ordering the Environmental Protection Agency to conduct a study analyzing the growth and energy consumption of federal and private computer data centers.]]></description>
 <link>http://www.gcn.com/print/25_21/41429-1.html?topic=&amp;CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
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 <volume>25</volume>
 <issue>21</issue>
 <title><![CDATA[GAO report highlights high-risk IT projects]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[For David Powner, director of IT management issues at the Government Accountability Office, the problem with the Office of Management and Budget&#146;s data on at-risk IT projects is not so much what the information contains, but rather, what it does not. Karen Evans, OMB&#146;s administrator of E-Government and IT, begs to differ.]]></description>
 <link>http://www.gcn.com/print/25_21/41430-1.html?topic=&amp;CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
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 <volume>25</volume>
 <issue>21</issue>
 <title><![CDATA[ID cards need GSA standards]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[Without a standard set of interfaces, the identification cards issued under Homeland Security Presidential Directive-12 would be nothing more than souped-up flash passes. That&#146;s the risk John Sindelar and the General Services Administration are working to avoid.]]></description>
 <link>http://www.gcn.com/print/25_21/41434-1.html?topic=&amp;CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
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 <volume>25</volume>
 <issue>21</issue>
 <title><![CDATA[GSA&#146;s interoperability lab looks for more work]]></title>
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 <link>http://www.gcn.com/print/25_21/41435-1.html?topic=&amp;CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
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 <volume>25</volume>
 <issue>21</issue>
 <title><![CDATA[HSPD-12 shared-services solicitation expanded]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[The General Services Administration has added a new milestone to the Homeland Security Presidential Directive-12 shared-services request for proposals and is working on an agreement for agencies to obtain services once they are set up.]]></description>
 <link>http://www.gcn.com/print/25_21/41436-1.html?topic=&amp;CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
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 <volume>25</volume>
 <issue>21</issue>
 <title><![CDATA[DHS' technology check is in the mail]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[Congress is building a Homeland Security Department funding pi&#x00F1;ata&#151;with technology-laced spending sweeteners for every state and congressional district&#151;that is on a fast track for enactment before fiscal 2007 begins on Oct. 1.]]></description>
 <link>http://www.gcn.com/print/25_21/41437-1.html?topic=&amp;CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
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 <volume>25</volume>
 <issue>21</issue>
 <title><![CDATA[From point A to Z&#151;and back again]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[Today&#146;s business process management software streamlines both human and system interactions.]]></description>
 <link>http://www.gcn.com/print/25_21/41414-1.html?topic=&amp;CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
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 <volume>25</volume>
 <issue>21</issue>
 <title><![CDATA[What happens when the Net is attacked?]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[When a building collapses, you can see the devastation. When a network is brought to its knees, the effects are less obvious.]]></description>
 <link>http://www.gcn.com/print/25_21/41399-1.html?topic=&amp;CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
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 <volume>25</volume>
 <issue>21</issue>
 <title><![CDATA[Cybereye | Could FISMA stem the flow of personal data?]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[Abe Kleinfield thinks the Federal Information Security Management Act could be a solution to the rash of security breaches that have exposed the personal data of millions of individuals in recent weeks.]]></description>
 <link>http://www.gcn.com/print/25_21/41401-1.html?topic=&amp;CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
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 <volume>25</volume>
 <issue>21</issue>
 <title><![CDATA[Federal PKI bridge gets private peer]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[The Federal Bridge Certification Authority in May recognized an aerospace industry bridge for validating digital certificates, enabling secure communications between government agencies and contractors that issue their own certificates.]]></description>
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