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 <volume>25</volume>
 <issue>26</issue>
 <title><![CDATA[FBI plans major database upgrade]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[Bureau outlines interoperability plans and considers adding biometric data.]]></description>
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 <volume>25</volume>
 <issue>26</issue>
 <title><![CDATA[NIH app helps Louisiana identify Katrina&#146;s victims]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[OSIRIS examines DNA data, improves profile matching.]]></description>
 <link>http://www.gcn.com/print/25_26/41806-1.html?topic=&amp;CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
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 <volume>25</volume>
 <issue>26</issue>
 <title><![CDATA[Editor's Desk |  Technology's limits]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[Watching the war between Israel and Hezbollah ought to have U.S. military leaders reviewing their net-centric warfare doctrine.]]></description>
 <link>http://www.gcn.com/print/25_26/41753-1.html?topic=&amp;CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
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 <volume>25</volume>
 <issue>26</issue>
 <title><![CDATA[Federal Contract Law | Contracting officers need a public profile]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[One of the first things a lawyer learns about federal contracts is that the commercial concept of &#147;apparent authority&#148; doesn&#146;t apply.]]></description>
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 <volume>25</volume>
 <issue>26</issue>
 <title><![CDATA[Technical Difficulties]]></title>
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 <volume>25</volume>
 <issue>26</issue>
 <title><![CDATA[Readers remember 9/11]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[GCN asked readers to share their experiences stemming from the events of Sept. 11, 2001. Here's what they had to say.]]></description>
 <link>http://www.gcn.com/print/25_26/41826-1.html?topic=&amp;CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
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 <volume>25</volume>
 <issue>26</issue>
 <title><![CDATA[A battlefield view that doesn&#146;t blink]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[Mobile Marine command center has zero-downtime goal.]]></description>
 <link>http://www.gcn.com/print/25_26/41749-1.html?topic=&amp;CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
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 <volume>25</volume>
 <issue>26</issue>
 <title><![CDATA[Incoming]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[The Air Force expects to reduce its total head count by more than 40,000 over the next 15 months.]]></description>
 <link>http://www.gcn.com/print/25_26/41750-1.html?topic=&amp;CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
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 <volume>25</volume>
 <issue>26</issue>
 <title><![CDATA[AMD strikes back]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[Advanced Micro Devices announced its new generation of single-, double- and quad-core processors.]]></description>
 <link>http://www.gcn.com/print/25_26/41765-1.html?topic=&amp;CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
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 <volume>25</volume>
 <issue>26</issue>
 <title><![CDATA[Pimp my Dell]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[Dell Inc. products don&#146;t reap lavish praise for their looks.]]></description>
 <link>http://www.gcn.com/print/25_26/41766-1.html?topic=&amp;CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
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 <volume>25</volume>
 <issue>26</issue>
 <title><![CDATA[Disk cleansing 102]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[Deleting a file from Windows doesn't truly erase it.]]></description>
 <link>http://www.gcn.com/print/25_26/41771-1.html?topic=&amp;CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
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 <volume>25</volume>
 <issue>26</issue>
 <title><![CDATA[Acquisitions afoot]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[Your favorite sales reps may be reporting to a different company. ]]></description>
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 <volume>25</volume>
 <issue>26</issue>
 <title><![CDATA[NSA nod for GD secure terminal]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[The National Security Agency has granted Type 1 security certification for a software upgrade to the Sect&#x00E9;ra Black Digital Interface Terminal. ]]></description>
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 <volume>25</volume>
 <issue>26</issue>
 <title><![CDATA[Baby browser]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[Developer Bart Decrem has set out to build a next-generation browser.]]></description>
 <link>http://www.gcn.com/print/25_26/41774-1.html?topic=&amp;CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
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 <volume>25</volume>
 <issue>26</issue>
 <title><![CDATA[Ed Baker | New growth for nuclear power]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[The Nuclear Regulatory Commission has been out of the spotlight, while the industry and the 103 nuclear power plants it oversees have remained static.]]></description>
 <link>http://www.gcn.com/print/25_26/41752-1.html?topic=&amp;CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
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 <volume>25</volume>
 <issue>26</issue>
 <title><![CDATA[Panasonic&#146;s jack-of-all-scanners]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[Fast, secure device wipes images clean after every scan.|GCN Lab Reviewer's Choice|]]></description>
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 <volume>25</volume>
 <issue>26</issue>
 <title><![CDATA[Desktop encryption made simple]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[FIPS-certified products help protect data at rest and in transit.]]></description>
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 <volume>25</volume>
 <issue>26</issue>
 <title><![CDATA[MapInfo Pro branches out]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[Updated GIS platform adds new ways to visualize data on a map.]]></description>
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 <volume>25</volume>
 <issue>26</issue>
 <title><![CDATA[VIRTUAL SPACE: The Air Force&#146;s other network]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[The Air Force last week caught a ride on one of the Web&#146;s hottest trends, launching a user profile on the MySpace social networking site.]]></description>
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 <volume>25</volume>
 <issue>26</issue>
 <title><![CDATA[Snakes on a LAN, Laptops on a Plane, Laptops in Flames]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[If there&#146;s one thing we have plenty of these days, it&#146;s things to be nervous about.]]></description>
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 <volume>25</volume>
 <issue>26</issue>
 <title><![CDATA[And another thing...]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[A lot of people have complained about the potential negative effect certain video and computer games might have on people who play them too often.]]></description>
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 <volume>25</volume>
 <issue>26</issue>
 <title><![CDATA[OPM is sticking with current telework plan]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[No plans to push for new legislation, officials say.]]></description>
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 <volume>25</volume>
 <issue>26</issue>
 <title><![CDATA[HSPD-12: It's not all in the cards]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[While agencies focus on deadline for cards, access control systems are lacking.]]></description>
 <link>http://www.gcn.com/print/25_26/41795-1.html?topic=&amp;CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
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 <volume>25</volume>
 <issue>26</issue>
 <title><![CDATA[Despite GSA&#146;s buying power, some agencies go their own way]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[With the General Services Administration urging agencies to sign up with its Managed Services Office, and as the Homeland Security Presidential Directive-12 deadline nears, a handful of agencies are going it alone.]]></description>
 <link>http://www.gcn.com/print/25_26/41796-1.html?topic=&amp;CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
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 <volume>25</volume>
 <issue>26</issue>
 <title><![CDATA[People on the move]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[Mark Day, the Environmental Protection Agency&#146;s chief technology officer since 1999, is leaving that job to take the same position at systems integrator McDonald Bradley Inc. of Herndon, Va.]]></description>
 <link>http://www.gcn.com/print/25_26/41797-1.html?topic=&amp;CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
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 <volume>25</volume>
 <issue>26</issue>
 <title><![CDATA[Staton joins Energy as deputy CIO]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[Errington replacement ends three decades with weather agency.]]></description>
 <link>http://www.gcn.com/print/25_26/41798-1.html?topic=&amp;CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
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 <volume>25</volume>
 <issue>26</issue>
 <title><![CDATA[Energy, NNSA disagree over security practices]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[Carl Staton, the Energy Department&#146;s incoming deputy CIO, says his experiences with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration&#146;s semi-autonomous agencies would serve him well at DOE, where a similarly loose organizational structure is in place. He may have to start with the relationship between DOE and the National Nuclear Security Administration.]]></description>
 <link>http://www.gcn.com/print/25_26/41799-1.html?topic=&amp;CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
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 <volume>25</volume>
 <issue>26</issue>
 <title><![CDATA[For the military, networks are a critical line of defense]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[Intrusions aimed at stealing data put net-centricity at risk, officials say.]]></description>
 <link>http://www.gcn.com/print/25_26/41800-1.html?topic=&amp;CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
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 <volume>25</volume>
 <issue>26</issue>
 <title><![CDATA[Army plans to encrypt data on notebooks]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[Policy also will call for inventory of mobile devices.]]></description>
 <link>http://www.gcn.com/print/25_26/41801-1.html?topic=&amp;CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
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 <volume>25</volume>
 <issue>26</issue>
 <title><![CDATA[Defense gets better on business]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[DOD&#146;s size, incompatible systems still hinder financial management.]]></description>
 <link>http://www.gcn.com/print/25_26/41802-1.html?topic=&amp;CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
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 <volume>25</volume>
 <issue>26</issue>
 <title><![CDATA[Brown named as Joint Chiefs&#146; C4 director]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[Navy Vice Adm. Nancy Brown is first woman to direct command, control, communications and computers for the Joint Chiefs of Staff.]]></description>
 <link>http://www.gcn.com/print/25_26/41803-1.html?topic=&amp;CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
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 <volume>25</volume>
 <issue>26</issue>
 <title><![CDATA[Louisiana&#146;s four steps to identification]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[The Louisiana State Police subject DNA to a multistep process to achieve the most accurate identification possible of unclaimed human remains.]]></description>
 <link>http://www.gcn.com/print/25_26/41807-1.html?topic=&amp;CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
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 <volume>25</volume>
 <issue>26</issue>
 <title><![CDATA[When X doesn&#146;t mark the spot]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[With more agencies building geographic information systems, standards are key to making them work right.]]></description>
 <link>http://www.gcn.com/print/25_26/41775-1.html?topic=&amp;CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
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 <volume>25</volume>
 <issue>26</issue>
 <title><![CDATA[Software&#146;s total Eclipse]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[NASA, others find the open-source Eclipse development program is a working foundation for apps.]]></description>
 <link>http://www.gcn.com/print/25_26/41756-1.html?topic=&amp;CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
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 <volume>25</volume>
 <issue>26</issue>
 <title><![CDATA[Eclipse: Write once, use a lot]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[One of the most appealing aspects of Eclipse as a run-time platform is that it works on multiple operating systems.]]></description>
 <link>http://www.gcn.com/print/25_26/41757-1.html?topic=&amp;CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
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 <volume>25</volume>
 <issue>26</issue>
 <title><![CDATA[Job-seekers can click on the coach]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[Labor builds an online tool to help people navigate a world of information.]]></description>
 <link>http://www.gcn.com/print/25_26/41758-1.html?topic=&amp;CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
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 <volume>25</volume>
 <issue>26</issue>
 <title><![CDATA[No brand names&#151;unless it&#146;s Google?]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[The Office of Management and Budget doesn&#146;t want agencies specifying technology brands in their RFPs.]]></description>
 <link>http://www.gcn.com/print/25_26/41761-1.html?topic=&amp;CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
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 <volume>25</volume>
 <issue>26</issue>
 <title><![CDATA[Cybereye | High-tech +  high-value = high-risk]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[A recent demonstration of how to read and copy digital data from an electronic passport received a lot of attention.]]></description>
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