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 <volume>25</volume>
 <issue>29</issue>
 <title><![CDATA[Agencies enter the home stretch for HSPD-12 ]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[T-minus 32 and counting. The General Services Administration and the Interior Department's National Business Center scramble to finalize shared services as Oct. 27 deadline draws near.]]></description>
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 <volume>25</volume>
 <issue>29</issue>
 <title><![CDATA[Tom Temin | Editor's Desk: Software&#146;s moonshot]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[When Lockheed Martin Corp. recently won a major competition to build a new generation of to-the-moon spacecraft, or Crew Exploration Vehicle, all I could think was: Lord, the software.]]></description>
 <link>http://www.gcn.com/print/25_29/42036-1.html?topic=&amp;CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
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 <volume>25</volume>
 <issue>29</issue>
 <title><![CDATA[Scott Schumacher  | Another View: Identifying patients vs. patient identifiers]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[A range of government workers, academics and consultants have touted the benefits of a unique national health care identifier, the equivalent of a Social Security health care number for every United States resident.]]></description>
 <link>http://www.gcn.com/print/25_29/42037-1.html?topic=&amp;CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
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 <volume>25</volume>
 <issue>29</issue>
 <title><![CDATA[TECHNICAL DIFFICULTIES]]></title>
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 <link>http://www.gcn.com/print/25_29/42038-1.html?topic=&amp;CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
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 <volume>25</volume>
 <issue>29</issue>
 <title><![CDATA[IT tools are clogging the airwaves]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[Officials fret over poor spectrum management.]]></description>
 <link>http://www.gcn.com/print/25_29/42028-1.html?topic=&amp;CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
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 <volume>25</volume>
 <issue>29</issue>
 <title><![CDATA[Army plans to audit software assets]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[An Army National Guard study that examined how frequently three software products were used in 21 states found that the majority of Guard users had never used the products.]]></description>
 <link>http://www.gcn.com/print/25_29/42029-1.html?topic=&amp;CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
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 <volume>25</volume>
 <issue>29</issue>
 <title><![CDATA[Incoming]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[The Air Force has selected Lockheed Martin Corp. as the weapon systems integrator for its worldwide Air and Space Operations Centers.]]></description>
 <link>http://www.gcn.com/print/25_29/42030-1.html?topic=&amp;CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
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 <volume>25</volume>
 <issue>29</issue>
 <title><![CDATA[Vista&#146;s smarter security]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[Vista RC1 now includes a new ActiveX installer service so systems can load ActiveX controls without needing admin privileges.]]></description>
 <link>http://www.gcn.com/print/25_29/42048-1.html?topic=&amp;CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
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 <volume>25</volume>
 <issue>29</issue>
 <title><![CDATA[Check Point gets an Intel boost]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[File this under &#147;we&#146;ll believe it when we see it, and we hope to see it soon.&#148;]]></description>
 <link>http://www.gcn.com/print/25_29/42049-1.html?topic=&amp;CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
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 <volume>25</volume>
 <issue>29</issue>
 <title><![CDATA[War games]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[A processor originally designed for game consoles is slowly finding its way intogovernment. ]]></description>
 <link>http://www.gcn.com/print/25_29/42050-1.html?topic=&amp;CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
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 <volume>25</volume>
 <issue>29</issue>
 <title><![CDATA[New Toughbooks galore]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[Panasonic has rolled out three new ruggedized Toughbook notebooks.]]></description>
 <link>http://www.gcn.com/print/25_29/42051-1.html?topic=&amp;CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
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 <volume>25</volume>
 <issue>29</issue>
 <title><![CDATA[Linux endpoint security]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[Pointsec Mobile Technologies has released Version 2.0 of its endpoint security software for Linux-based desktops and notebooks.]]></description>
 <link>http://www.gcn.com/print/25_29/42052-1.html?topic=&amp;CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
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 <volume>25</volume>
 <issue>29</issue>
 <title><![CDATA[Amcom earns JITC certs]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[Amcom Software Inc. has received DOD approval to deploy several of its communications solutions within the Defense Switched Network.]]></description>
 <link>http://www.gcn.com/print/25_29/42053-1.html?topic=&amp;CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
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 <volume>25</volume>
 <issue>29</issue>
 <title><![CDATA[O. Sami Saydjari | Weak spots on cyberdefense ]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[After a 20-year career at government defense agencies, O. Sami Saydjari likes to think strategically about cyberdefense. ]]></description>
 <link>http://www.gcn.com/print/25_29/42035-1.html?topic=&amp;CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
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 <volume>25</volume>
 <issue>29</issue>
 <title><![CDATA[There&#146;s light, then there&#146;s fast and light]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[Can ultraportable notebooks measure up in performance? ]]></description>
 <link>http://www.gcn.com/print/25_29/42056-1.html?topic=&amp;CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
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 <volume>25</volume>
 <issue>29</issue>
 <title><![CDATA[Dell Latitude d420]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[The Latitude D420 represents a convergence of the Dell D410 and the X1 series notebooks, an attempt to bring the best of both to a new generation of portables.|GCN Lab Reviewer's Choice|]]></description>
 <link>http://www.gcn.com/print/25_29/42057-1.html?topic=&amp;CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
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 <volume>25</volume>
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 <title><![CDATA[HP Compaq nc2400]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[The Compaq nc2400 is all about security.]]></description>
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 <title><![CDATA[Lenovo ThinkPad X60s]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[While performance is often at odds with portability, some ultralight notebooks manage to provide both quite handily.|GCN Lab Reviewer's Choice|]]></description>
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 <volume>25</volume>
 <issue>29</issue>
 <title><![CDATA[Sony Vaio VGN-TX750p]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[Of all the ultraportable notebooks in this review, the Vaio is the ultraportable-est.]]></description>
 <link>http://www.gcn.com/print/25_29/42060-1.html?topic=&amp;CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
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 <volume>25</volume>
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 <title><![CDATA[Toshiba Tecra M5-S433]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[The Tecra M5-S433 isn&#146;t exactly what we&#146;d call an ultraportable notebook.]]></description>
 <link>http://www.gcn.com/print/25_29/42061-1.html?topic=&amp;CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
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 <volume>25</volume>
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 <title><![CDATA[COMMUNITY: Good connections]]></title>
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 <link>http://www.gcn.com/print/25_29/42098-1.html?topic=&amp;CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
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 <volume>25</volume>
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 <title><![CDATA[R. Fink | Packet Rat: LonelyRat ready to catch wave of unreality]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[The great thing about having a teenager is that, if you keep a close eye on what they do, you&#146;ll never get caught off-guard by any emerging pop culture phenomenon.]]></description>
 <link>http://www.gcn.com/print/25_29/42100-1.html?topic=&amp;CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
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 <volume>25</volume>
 <issue>29</issue>
 <title><![CDATA[And another thing...]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[he White House is trying to take its anti-drug message to the people via the Web site YouTube.com.]]></description>
 <link>http://www.gcn.com/print/25_29/42102-1.html?topic=&amp;CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
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 <volume>25</volume>
 <issue>29</issue>
 <title><![CDATA[DOD to gauge BEA progress]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[Latest architecture version to include success metrics and five new content areas.]]></description>
 <link>http://www.gcn.com/print/25_29/42084-1.html?topic=&amp;CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
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 <volume>25</volume>
 <issue>29</issue>
 <title><![CDATA[DOD officials wary of weak spots in commercial apps]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[Trend toward off-the-shelf, open-source products raises red flags on security.]]></description>
 <link>http://www.gcn.com/print/25_29/42085-1.html?topic=&amp;CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
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 <volume>25</volume>
 <issue>29</issue>
 <title><![CDATA[Garcia looks to raise cybersecurity&#146;s profile]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[Homeland Security Department&#146;s new assistant secretary for cybersecurity and telecommunications faces a big task: raising awareness of IT security&#146;s importance from a post that had been left vacant for two years.]]></description>
 <link>http://www.gcn.com/print/25_29/42086-1.html?topic=&amp;CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
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 <volume>25</volume>
 <issue>29</issue>
 <title><![CDATA[NMCI&#146;s architecture paying off]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[Officials map out moves to new technologies more easily.]]></description>
 <link>http://www.gcn.com/print/25_29/42087-1.html?topic=&amp;CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
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 <volume>25</volume>
 <issue>29</issue>
 <title><![CDATA[Intel leaders try to think alike on sharing]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[Plans include consolidating network links, filters and building data sharing into EAs.]]></description>
 <link>http://www.gcn.com/print/25_29/42088-1.html?topic=&amp;CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
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 <volume>25</volume>
 <issue>29</issue>
 <title><![CDATA[DHS awards $2b SBI-Net contract to Boeing]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[A big piece of the Homeland Security Department&#146;s major Secure Border Initiative fell into place last week when it tapped Boeing Co. to provide the networking backbone. DHS on Thursday officially named Boeing as the winner of the highly anticipated SBI-Net contract.]]></description>
 <link>http://www.gcn.com/print/25_29/42089-1.html?topic=&amp;CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
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 <volume>25</volume>
 <issue>29</issue>
 <title><![CDATA[Spy agencies adapt social software, federated search tools]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[With its own versions of a certain search engine and a certain online encyclopedia, the intelligence community is evolving its use of tools now widespread in the commercial sector, generating both success and controversy.]]></description>
 <link>http://www.gcn.com/print/25_29/42090-1.html?topic=&amp;CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
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 <volume>25</volume>
 <issue>29</issue>
 <title><![CDATA[Passage of database bill is just the start]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[Political wrangling out of the way, OMB's Clay Johnson and agencies begin the heavy lifting.]]></description>
 <link>http://www.gcn.com/print/25_29/42091-1.html?topic=&amp;CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
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 <volume>25</volume>
 <issue>29</issue>
 <title><![CDATA[OMB, GSA offer financial-management guidance ]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[Partially finalized migration document still must address key issues.]]></description>
 <link>http://www.gcn.com/print/25_29/42092-1.html?topic=&amp;CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
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 <volume>25</volume>
 <issue>29</issue>
 <title><![CDATA[Feds wrestle with IT planning requirements]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[Juggling IT budget mandates creates confusion, conflicts.]]></description>
 <link>http://www.gcn.com/print/25_29/42093-1.html?topic=&amp;CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
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 <volume>25</volume>
 <issue>29</issue>
 <title><![CDATA[Education upgrade enhances, smooths flow of student aid]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[New data center to reduce servers and accommodate spikes in volume.]]></description>
 <link>http://www.gcn.com/print/25_29/42095-1.html?topic=&amp;CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
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 <volume>25</volume>
 <issue>29</issue>
 <title><![CDATA[People on the move]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[Judy Russell, the Government Printing Office&#146;s superintendent of documents, who helped lead the agency into the digital age, will leave GPO early next year.]]></description>
 <link>http://www.gcn.com/print/25_29/42096-1.html?topic=&amp;CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
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 <volume>25</volume>
 <issue>29</issue>
 <title><![CDATA[Officials focus on weak links in privacy]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[HHS, partners make securing patient data a specific plank of their platform.]]></description>
 <link>http://www.gcn.com/print/25_29/42103-1.html?topic=&amp;CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
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 <volume>25</volume>
 <issue>29</issue>
 <title><![CDATA[Lousiana exchange sets pace for regional networks]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[New Orleans, Baton Rouge officials trying to re-create citizen data electronically.]]></description>
 <link>http://www.gcn.com/print/25_29/42104-1.html?topic=&amp;CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
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 <volume>25</volume>
 <issue>29</issue>
 <title><![CDATA[Substance control]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[DEA uses a PKI system to better better track the flow of certain drugs.]]></description>
 <link>http://www.gcn.com/print/25_29/42055-1.html?topic=&amp;CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
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 <volume>25</volume>
 <issue>29</issue>
 <title><![CDATA[COOP: Cover your IT bases]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[Disaster recovery guidance is often vague. The technology needed for continuity is not.]]></description>
 <link>http://www.gcn.com/print/25_29/42040-1.html?topic=&amp;CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
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 <volume>25</volume>
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 <title><![CDATA[Maps: the new application interface]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[Agencies are adding GIS layers to existing programs to improve access to information.]]></description>
 <link>http://www.gcn.com/print/25_29/42041-1.html?topic=&amp;CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
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 <volume>25</volume>
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 <title><![CDATA[Behind the EA curtain: tools in use]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[GAO report includes a glimpse at enterprise architecture software programs agencies use.]]></description>
 <link>http://www.gcn.com/print/25_29/42045-1.html?topic=&amp;CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
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 <volume>25</volume>
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 <title><![CDATA[Shawn P. McCarthy | Internaut: Geospatial LOB may need more help ]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[Earlier this year, the Office of Management and Budget informed federal agencies about three new lines of business. ]]></description>
 <link>http://www.gcn.com/print/25_29/42046-1.html?topic=&amp;CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
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 <volume>25</volume>
 <issue>29</issue>
 <title><![CDATA[PIV specs come down from NIST]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[Card readers finalized, biometrics up for comment.]]></description>
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