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 <title><![CDATA[Special Report | Computer forensics: The new DNA]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[Within a week of discovering computer equipment in the bombed-out safehouse of slain terrorist Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, U.S. and Iraqi forces carried out more than 450 raids targeting followers of al-Qaida&#146;s leader in Iraq. The vital information that led to the military action came from the Defense Department&#146;s growing ability to uncover and comprehend information stored on everything from disk drives and cell phones to personal digital assistants and Global Positioning System equipment.]]></description>
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 <volume>25</volume>
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 <title><![CDATA[PASS card debate enters next round]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[The bell rang last week for a new round in the tag-team wrestling match over the best technology for border crossing credentials. The border credential smackdown will reach its climax after Congress&#146; August recess, when a conference committee on the Homeland Security Department appropriations bill is set to decide the matter.]]></description>
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 <volume>25</volume>
 <issue>22</issue>
 <title><![CDATA[Defense maps out an open-source approach]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[The Defense Department has a practical reason for using more open-source software and incorporating open source into its procurement cycle. DOD can save money by promoting reuse of software across its agencies, according to a recently released report on technology development methodologies. ]]></description>
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 <volume>25</volume>
 <issue>22</issue>
 <title><![CDATA[Editor's Desk | Live forensics]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[As more of the world&#146;s work&#151;and opportunities for criminal activity&#151;take place on networked computing systems, the need for computer forensics experts is growing exponentially.]]></description>
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 <volume>25</volume>
 <issue>22</issue>
 <title><![CDATA[Federal Contract Law | Do government officials need extra legal help?]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[Three legal doctrines work together to shield the federal government from claims it has acted in bad faith. But, to put it bluntly, these presumptions define how much federal officials can get away with.]]></description>
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 <volume>25</volume>
 <issue>22</issue>
 <title><![CDATA[TECHNICAL DIFFICULTIES]]></title>
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 <volume>25</volume>
 <issue>22</issue>
 <title><![CDATA[Navy Exchange buys into inventory control]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[Global retailing is becoming a regular feature of business, but neither Starbucks nor Wal-Mart faces quite the same challenges the Navy Exchange Service Command does.]]></description>
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 <volume>25</volume>
 <issue>22</issue>
 <title><![CDATA[Incoming]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[The Navy has awarded a $150 million task order to a team led by Lockheed Martin Corp. to deliver training support to surface ship combat systems sailors.]]></description>
 <link>http://www.gcn.com/print/25_22/41463-1.html?topic=&amp;CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
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 <volume>25</volume>
 <issue>22</issue>
 <title><![CDATA[Sun&#146;s database appliance?]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[What to make of Sun Microsystems&#146; new Sun Fire X4500, which the company debuted this month and calls a &#147;data server&#148;?]]></description>
 <link>http://www.gcn.com/print/25_22/41474-1.html?topic=&amp;CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
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 <volume>25</volume>
 <issue>22</issue>
 <title><![CDATA[App solves puzzles in NYC]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[We recently got word that the New York City Police Department had adopted a visualization program called Prochart from ABM America.]]></description>
 <link>http://www.gcn.com/print/25_22/41475-1.html?topic=&amp;CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
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 <volume>25</volume>
 <issue>22</issue>
 <title><![CDATA[Detecting insider threats]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[Austin Wells, vice president of marketing at Reston, Va.-based Digital Harbor Inc., was walking GCN through a hypothetical insider threat scenario.]]></description>
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 <volume>25</volume>
 <issue>22</issue>
 <title><![CDATA[Sun loves AMD]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[Sun Microsystems has introduced the Sun Blade 8000 Modular System, which can handle up to 10 four-socket blades with dual-core AMD Opteron processors. ]]></description>
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 <volume>25</volume>
 <issue>22</issue>
 <title><![CDATA[Reliable routing at the edge]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[Juniper Networks Inc. took the wraps off its newest 10-gigabit, multiservice edge router.]]></description>
 <link>http://www.gcn.com/print/25_22/41478-1.html?topic=&amp;CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
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 <volume>25</volume>
 <issue>22</issue>
 <title><![CDATA[Metastorm BPM upgrade]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[Metastorm Inc. released Metastorm BPM 7, the latest version of its business process management suite.]]></description>
 <link>http://www.gcn.com/print/25_22/41479-1.html?topic=&amp;CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
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 <volume>25</volume>
 <issue>22</issue>
 <title><![CDATA[Webroot anti-spyware comes to the gateway]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[Webroot Software Inc. began shipping a new software developer&#146;s kit for adding perimeter spyware protection to enterprise networks.]]></description>
 <link>http://www.gcn.com/print/25_22/41480-1.html?topic=&amp;CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
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 <volume>25</volume>
 <issue>22</issue>
 <title><![CDATA[Malcolm Fry | Enterprise architecture, European style]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[While U.S. federal agencies scurry to get their enterprise architectures in line, their British counterparts have been deploying another framework altogether for managing IT&#151;the IT Infrastructure Library.]]></description>
 <link>http://www.gcn.com/print/25_22/41464-1.html?topic=&amp;CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
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 <volume>25</volume>
 <issue>22</issue>
 <title><![CDATA[A holistic view of network risk]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[The Lab finds vulnerability management software that helps you secure networks and meet government requirements.]]></description>
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 <volume>25</volume>
 <issue>22</issue>
 <title><![CDATA[Altiris SecurityExpressions 3.4]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[One problem with many vulnerability management programs is that they overcomplicate their software interface and the steps required to find or fix problems.]]></description>
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 <volume>25</volume>
 <issue>22</issue>
 <title><![CDATA[ProRapid7 NeXpose 4.1]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[One problem with older versions of Rapid7 NeXpose was that it took a long time to scan networks, particularly when it came to its antivirus services.]]></description>
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 <volume>25</volume>
 <issue>22</issue>
 <title><![CDATA[BigFix Security Configuration Management]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[Like Altiris SecurityExpressions, Security Configuration Management by BigFix is simple to install and use.]]></description>
 <link>http://www.gcn.com/print/25_22/41491-1.html?topic=&amp;CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
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 <volume>25</volume>
 <issue>22</issue>
 <title><![CDATA[AdventNet SecureCentral ScanFi 4.1]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[AdventNet&#146;s SecureCentral ScanFi 4.1 was our least favorite vulnerability management suite for several reasons.]]></description>
 <link>http://www.gcn.com/print/25_22/41492-1.html?topic=&amp;CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
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 <volume>25</volume>
 <issue>22</issue>
 <title><![CDATA[The Community | How the West was VOIPed]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[As part of its overall preparations for the fire season out West, the Agriculture Department&#146;s Forest Service set out to ensure communications between its offices by installing voice over IP communications equipment.]]></description>
 <link>http://www.gcn.com/print/25_22/41512-1.html?topic=&amp;CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
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 <volume>25</volume>
 <issue>22</issue>
 <title><![CDATA[Some of these summertime ideas just aren&#146;t so hot ]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[It all started as a typical summer week for the Rat: cooling systems failing, racks overheating, systems tripping offline, wailing and gnashing of teeth. And that was just at home.]]></description>
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 <volume>25</volume>
 <issue>22</issue>
 <title><![CDATA[And another thing...]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[n the grand scheme of government spending, it&#146;s not a lot of money, but the Homeland Security Department took a hit recently from the Government Accountability Office for blowing hundreds of thousands of dollars on some curious items after Hurricane Katrina last year.]]></description>
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 <volume>25</volume>
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 <title><![CDATA[Special Report | NIST&#146;s goal: Keep digital evidence fresh]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[Scientists at the National Institute of Standards and Technology are known for sweating the nitty-gritty details of dull but vital standards for everything from bulletproof vests to medical measurement devices and IT encryption. And now, agency experts are bringing the same precision to computer forensics, fully aware that the final say lies in the notoriously low-tech realm of the judicial system.]]></description>
 <link>http://www.gcn.com/print/25_22/41482-1.html?topic=&amp;CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
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 <volume>25</volume>
 <issue>22</issue>
 <title><![CDATA[Defense BTA battles governance and culture]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[Thomas Modly, deputy undersecretary of Defense for financial management, surprised his audience at a recent conference when he claimed that intolerance is a desirable attribute for achieving business transformation.]]></description>
 <link>http://www.gcn.com/print/25_22/41483-1.html?topic=&amp;CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
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 <volume>25</volume>
 <issue>22</issue>
 <title><![CDATA[GAO rejects protest of DHS Eagle contract award]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[The Government Accountability Office earlier this month closed Indus Corp.&#146;s bid protest over the Homeland Security Department&#146;s multibillion-dollar Eagle contract for IT services.]]></description>
 <link>http://www.gcn.com/print/25_22/41484-1.html?topic=&amp;CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
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 <volume>25</volume>
 <issue>22</issue>
 <title><![CDATA[GSA to seek smart card for Social Security]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[The General Services Administration will issue solicitations seeking smart-card services and devices next month on behalf of the Social Security Administration.]]></description>
 <link>http://www.gcn.com/print/25_22/41485-1.html?topic=&amp;CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
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 <volume>25</volume>
 <issue>22</issue>
 <title><![CDATA[New database lets IT purchasers buy &#145;green&#146;]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[An environmental consortium was scheduled to unveil a federally funded database last week listing computer hardware products that meet relatively new environmentally friendly standards.]]></description>
 <link>http://www.gcn.com/print/25_22/41486-1.html?topic=&amp;CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
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 <volume>25</volume>
 <issue>22</issue>
 <title><![CDATA[How big companies get on SBA&#146;s list]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[The federal government has a congressionally mandated goal of awarding 23 percent of federal prime contracts to small companies, and former SBA administrator Hector Barreto said that 2005 marked the third straight year the agency had met that goal. But Barreto&#146;s assertions have come under sharp attack from congressional leaders, as well as SBA&#146;s inspector general and the Government Accountability Office.]]></description>
 <link>http://www.gcn.com/print/25_22/41487-1.html?topic=&amp;CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
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 <volume>25</volume>
 <issue>22</issue>
 <title><![CDATA[Administration presses its case for the PASS card]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[The administration and other proponents of new border credential requirements circulated talking points to quash changes the Senate has adopted for its Western Hemisphere Travel Initiative, set for debate in a conference committee on the Homeland Security Department appropriations bill.]]></description>
 <link>http://www.gcn.com/print/25_22/41496-1.html?topic=&amp;CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
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 <volume>25</volume>
 <issue>22</issue>
 <title><![CDATA[Senate bill backs OPM modernization]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[Senate lawmakers restored funding for a major retirement systems upgrade that the House zeroed out.]]></description>
 <link>http://www.gcn.com/print/25_22/41498-1.html?topic=&amp;CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
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 <volume>25</volume>
 <issue>22</issue>
 <title><![CDATA[Hill studies spending database]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[Few technical experts doubt the feasibility of establishing a central, searchable database that can track all types of federal spending. But whether such an idea is politically feasible is something else entirely.]]></description>
 <link>http://www.gcn.com/print/25_22/41499-1.html?topic=&amp;CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
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 <volume>25</volume>
 <issue>22</issue>
 <title><![CDATA[Special Report | Who is accredited to analyze forensic evidence?]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[Accrediting computer forensic laboratories is a new concept, according to John Neuner, international program manager for the American Society of Crime Lab Directors, Laboratory Accreditation Board of Garner, N.C. The 32-year-old organization conducts accreditation in several areas, such as ballistics and DNA.]]></description>
 <link>http://www.gcn.com/print/25_22/41501-1.html?topic=&amp;CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
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 <volume>25</volume>
 <issue>22</issue>
 <title><![CDATA[Special Report | &#145;Live&#146; forensics is the future for law enforcement ]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[Until recently, users of computer forensics were concerned primarily with post-mortem analysis of digital media, looking for evidence of past actions. But forensics is going &#147;live.&#148; In the post-Sept. 11 world, with intelligence and counterintelligence agencies trying to spot trouble before it happens, collecting forensic evidence in real time can boost efforts to protect citizens.]]></description>
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 <volume>25</volume>
 <issue>22</issue>
 <title><![CDATA[Special Report | Darlene Druyun&#146;s downfall: e-mail]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[One of the biggest procurement scandals in the last decade was the Defense Department&#146;s discovery that a high-ranking civilian Air Force employee had steered acquisition contracts to Boeing Co. And the way the government landed a conviction of the former Air Force principal deputy assistant secretary for acquisition was by using cyberforensics to unearth evidence from mountains of computer data.]]></description>
 <link>http://www.gcn.com/print/25_22/41507-1.html?topic=&amp;CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
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 <volume>25</volume>
 <issue>22</issue>
 <title><![CDATA[GCN debuts audio service using new tool]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[Government Computer News has introduced a new service to readers, using a technology tool that automatically converts text stories into audible .MP3 files. The new tool lets GCN make virtually all of its daily news and other stories available as audio files that can be listened to online at GCN.com.]]></description>
 <link>http://www.gcn.com/print/25_22/41508-1.html?topic=&amp;CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
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 <volume>25</volume>
 <issue>22</issue>
 <title><![CDATA[Contactless CACs slated for 10 DOD locations]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[Members of the Defense Department&#146;s Access Card Office like to say they eat their own dogfood in testing the contactless smart-identification card. In a pilot program, employees traded their Common Access Cards for a newer version that has both contact and contactless capabilities.]]></description>
 <link>http://www.gcn.com/print/25_22/41509-1.html?topic=&amp;CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
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 <volume>25</volume>
 <issue>22</issue>
 <title><![CDATA[GCN recognized for editorial excellence]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[Government Computer News was named one of the top 10 business magazines of the year in its circulation class and won eight other awards for editorial excellence at the 28th Annual Azbee Awards of Excellence presented July 20 by the American Society of Business Publication Editors (ASBPE).]]></description>
 <link>http://www.gcn.com/print/25_22/41510-1.html?topic=&amp;CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
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 <volume>25</volume>
 <issue>22</issue>
 <title><![CDATA[An upgrade to the plumbing]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[HHS inspector general&#146;s  office uses optimization tool to get its WAN up to speed.]]></description>
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 <volume>25</volume>
 <issue>22</issue>
 <title><![CDATA[Security in numbers]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[Government is a major driver in the use of multifactor authentication, both in its regulations for the health care and banking industries and in its own applications. When it comes to controlling network access, agencies find two factors are better than one.]]></description>
 <link>http://www.gcn.com/print/25_22/41468-1.html?topic=&amp;CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
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 <volume>25</volume>
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 <title><![CDATA[Interoperability is an access problem]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[Any access-control system probably will have to work with a wide variety of applications, some of them off-the-shelf, some homegrown, some up-to-date and some legacies.]]></description>
 <link>http://www.gcn.com/print/25_22/41470-1.html?topic=&amp;CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
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 <volume>25</volume>
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 <title><![CDATA[Building the PIV team]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[HSPD-12 touches more than just IT.]]></description>
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 <volume>25</volume>
 <issue>22</issue>
 <title><![CDATA[The future of authentication]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[If you want to know where authentication technology is going, take a look at what vendors are offering to the health care and financial-services industries.]]></description>
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 <volume>25</volume>
 <issue>22</issue>
 <title><![CDATA[Internaut | Problems won&#146;t wait for a cybersecurity czar]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[The absence of an assistant secretary for cybersecurity and telecommunications is becoming increasingly troublesome.]]></description>
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