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 <volume>25</volume>
 <issue>32</issue>
 <title><![CDATA[Rush week]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[Desperate hours in the race to meet HSPD-12&#146;s card deadline.]]></description>
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 <volume>25</volume>
 <issue>32</issue>
 <title><![CDATA[Interior's ERP project in a bind]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[Inadequate systems, pending lawsuit could hinder modernization project.]]></description>
 <link>http://www.gcn.com/print/25_32/42496-1.html?topic=&amp;CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
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 <volume>25</volume>
 <issue>32</issue>
 <title><![CDATA[Mark Forman | Another View: The lessons of reform (full version)]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[Ever since I came to Washington, I&#146;ve wondered how a government staffed with bright and committed employees could keep GAO so active. I&#146;d like to mark my induction into the GCN Hall of Fame by highlighting some of the key lessons that I&#146;ve learned.]]></description>
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 <volume>25</volume>
 <issue>32</issue>
 <title><![CDATA[Wyatt Kash | Editor's Desk: PIV&#146;s new deal]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[It has been a rocky road reaching the Oct. 27 deadline for federal agencies to begin issuing personal identification verification cards to federal workers.]]></description>
 <link>http://www.gcn.com/print/25_32/42461-1.html?topic=&amp;CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
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 <volume>25</volume>
 <issue>32</issue>
 <title><![CDATA[Jan Popkin | Another View: Blueprints for collaboration]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[Creating a collaborative environment is a huge challenge for agencies. Many are looking at the commercial world for answers and, toward this end, are evaluating service-oriented architecture as one solution.]]></description>
 <link>http://www.gcn.com/print/25_32/42462-1.html?topic=&amp;CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
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 <volume>25</volume>
 <issue>32</issue>
 <title><![CDATA[Michael Bechetti | Technical Difficulties]]></title>
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 <volume>25</volume>
 <issue>32</issue>
 <title><![CDATA[Mark Forman | Another View: The lessons of reform (print version)]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[Ever since I came to Washington, I&#146;ve wondered how a government staffed with bright and committed employees could keep the Government Accountability Office so active.]]></description>
 <link>http://www.gcn.com/print/25_32/42464-1.html?topic=&amp;CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
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 <volume>25</volume>
 <issue>32</issue>
 <title><![CDATA[Project to mesh with supply chain]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[Ad-hoc networking improves battlefield asset management]]></description>
 <link>http://www.gcn.com/print/25_32/42456-1.html?topic=&amp;CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
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 <volume>25</volume>
 <issue>32</issue>
 <title><![CDATA[Incoming]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[Oracle Corp. has granted the Army permission to transfer Oracle product technology licenses across the service at no additional cost.]]></description>
 <link>http://www.gcn.com/print/25_32/42457-1.html?topic=&amp;CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
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 <volume>25</volume>
 <issue>32</issue>
 <title><![CDATA[Notes updated]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[IBM has goosed up its Lotus Notes messaging client with support for key chain flash drives, blogs and support for RSS.]]></description>
 <link>http://www.gcn.com/print/25_32/42527-1.html?topic=&amp;CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
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 <volume>25</volume>
 <issue>32</issue>
 <title><![CDATA[Beyond Foley's folly]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[The Mark Foley scandal aside, instant messaging can be a productive tool, if properly managed.]]></description>
 <link>http://www.gcn.com/print/25_32/42528-1.html?topic=&amp;CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
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 <volume>25</volume>
 <issue>32</issue>
 <title><![CDATA[Backup Exec updated]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[With the new version of Backup Exec, Symantec attempts to address data backup and retrieval problems.]]></description>
 <link>http://www.gcn.com/print/25_32/42529-1.html?topic=&amp;CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
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 <volume>25</volume>
 <issue>32</issue>
 <title><![CDATA[SOA acquisition]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[WebMethods Inc. has acquired Infravio Inc. ]]></description>
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 <volume>25</volume>
 <issue>32</issue>
 <title><![CDATA[Slackware update]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[Patrick Volkerding has released version 11 of Slackware Linux distribution.]]></description>
 <link>http://www.gcn.com/print/25_32/42531-1.html?topic=&amp;CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
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 <volume>25</volume>
 <issue>32</issue>
 <title><![CDATA[Content management]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[EMC Corp.'s Infoscape software manages storage, retrieval and disposal of unstructured documents.]]></description>
 <link>http://www.gcn.com/print/25_32/42532-1.html?topic=&amp;CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
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 <volume>25</volume>
 <issue>32</issue>
 <title><![CDATA[David Warner | Next-generation command and control]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[Air Force Brig. Gen. David Warner has an answer for the 90-plus legacy interfaces that currently tie into the joint battlefield C2 system under his control: service-oriented architecture.]]></description>
 <link>http://www.gcn.com/print/25_32/42460-1.html?topic=&amp;CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
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 <volume>25</volume>
 <issue>32</issue>
 <title><![CDATA[Defend against a billion spammers (and win)]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[How a filtering appliance successfully stood up to more than a billion pieces of spam- and virus-laden e-mail.]]></description>
 <link>http://www.gcn.com/print/25_32/42533-1.html?topic=&amp;CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
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 <volume>25</volume>
 <issue>32</issue>
 <title><![CDATA[Compliance made easier]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[AccRepair scans each of the files on your Web site for compliance with the rules you indicate.]]></description>
 <link>http://www.gcn.com/print/25_32/42535-1.html?topic=&amp;CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
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 <volume>25</volume>
 <issue>32</issue>
 <title><![CDATA[The Community | DiPentima wins Mendenhall Award]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[Renny DiPentima was honored with the 2006 Janice K. Mendenhall Spirit of Leadership award last week at the Executive Leadership Conference in Williamsburg, Va.]]></description>
 <link>http://www.gcn.com/print/25_32/42515-1.html?topic=&amp;CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
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 <volume>25</volume>
 <issue>32</issue>
 <title><![CDATA[And another thing ...]]></title>
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 <link>http://www.gcn.com/print/25_32/42516-1.html?topic=&amp;CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
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 <volume>25</volume>
 <issue>32</issue>
 <title><![CDATA[R. Fink | The Packet Rat: Reality creeps into a virtual world ]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[While the real world prepares for&#151;or, in some places, panics about&#151;Election Day, the Rat has taken refuge in a somewhat less cacophonous place, free (so far) of political attack ads and voting machines that don&#146;t work. He&#146;s logged onto Second Life.]]></description>
 <link>http://www.gcn.com/print/25_32/42517-1.html?topic=&amp;CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
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 <volume>25</volume>
 <issue>32</issue>
 <title><![CDATA[Navy halts Web site and portal investments]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[Before the Navy brings its IT infrastructure into the Defense Knowledge Online portal, service officials have to get a better handle on Navy Web site and portal investments.]]></description>
 <link>http://www.gcn.com/print/25_32/42458-1.html?topic=&amp;CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
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 <volume>25</volume>
 <issue>32</issue>
 <title><![CDATA[GAO sustains protests of Army ITES-2S contract]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[The Army may have to go back to the drawing board on its $20 billion IT Enterprise Solutions-2 Services contract.]]></description>
 <link>http://www.gcn.com/print/25_32/42459-1.html?topic=&amp;CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
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 <volume>25</volume>
 <issue>32</issue>
 <title><![CDATA[Data repository could cut federal medical costs]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[Federal, state agencies hope analytics boost health care quality, squash fraud.]]></description>
 <link>http://www.gcn.com/print/25_32/42498-1.html?topic=&amp;CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
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 <volume>25</volume>
 <issue>32</issue>
 <title><![CDATA[CMS gives states  better look at health care data]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[The Centers for Medicaid and Medicare is helping state and local agencies use analytic software to improve the quality of health care data and to prevent fraud and abuse. The results&#151;on a small scale so far&#151;have been positive.]]></description>
 <link>http://www.gcn.com/print/25_32/42500-1.html?topic=&amp;CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
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 <volume>25</volume>
 <issue>32</issue>
 <title><![CDATA[Still no agreement on enrollment stations]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[&#145;Imminent&#146; GSA-NBC deal has been discussed for months, but multiple vendors, other issues keep accord talks going.]]></description>
 <link>http://www.gcn.com/print/25_32/42503-1.html?topic=&amp;CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
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 <volume>25</volume>
 <issue>32</issue>
 <title><![CDATA[PASS program ready to play the next hand]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[Passport card specifications from State lay groundwork for procurement.]]></description>
 <link>http://www.gcn.com/print/25_32/42504-1.html?topic=&amp;CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
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 <volume>25</volume>
 <issue>32</issue>
 <title><![CDATA[Good call]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[Delaware may be a small wonder, but it has taken a herculean effort to cross the state&#146;s digital divide. Michele Ackles, deputy principal assistant at the state&#146;s Department of Technology and Information, helped bridge that gap.]]></description>
 <link>http://www.gcn.com/print/25_32/42505-1.html?topic=&amp;CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
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 <volume>25</volume>
 <issue>32</issue>
 <title><![CDATA[Case closed]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[Government is where people work together toward common goals. But too often, interagency rivalry and lack of communication thwart cooperation, leading to inefficient, stovepiped systems. That&#146;s the situation Keith Fournier stepped into when he became CIO for Lucas County, Ohio.]]></description>
 <link>http://www.gcn.com/print/25_32/42506-1.html?topic=&amp;CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
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 <volume>25</volume>
 <issue>32</issue>
 <title><![CDATA[Va. DMV excavates backlog]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[New document imaging system improves efficiency, access.]]></description>
 <link>http://www.gcn.com/print/25_32/42507-1.html?topic=&amp;CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
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 <volume>25</volume>
 <issue>32</issue>
 <title><![CDATA[DTS officials look down road]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[DOD, disputing GAO, says savings will come with increased use of travel system.]]></description>
 <link>http://www.gcn.com/print/25_32/42508-1.html?topic=&amp;CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
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 <volume>25</volume>
 <issue>32</issue>
 <title><![CDATA[Navy CIO will become deputy Defense CIO]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[Wennergren said job is &#145;chance to put into action my words.&#146;]]></description>
 <link>http://www.gcn.com/print/25_32/42509-1.html?topic=&amp;CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
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 <volume>25</volume>
 <issue>32</issue>
 <title><![CDATA[DISN contract to boost bandwidth at home]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[Deal to three vendors, worth $3 billion, to upgrade Defense&#146;s legacy network.]]></description>
 <link>http://www.gcn.com/print/25_32/42510-1.html?topic=&amp;CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
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 <volume>25</volume>
 <issue>32</issue>
 <title><![CDATA[With protest looming, GSA abandons deal for card services]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[Agency will recompete the contract to manage HSPD-12 program.]]></description>
 <link>http://www.gcn.com/print/25_32/42511-1.html?topic=&amp;CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
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 <volume>25</volume>
 <issue>32</issue>
 <title><![CDATA[Gala honors those who go the distance]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[At the GCN Awards Gala, hundreds of women milled about the Washington Hilton ballroom dressed in flowing chiffon gowns, diamonds and strappy high heels. Brig. Gen. Susan S. Lawrence, attending the event via live feed from Qatar, was wearing desert camouflage.]]></description>
 <link>http://www.gcn.com/print/25_32/42514-1.html?topic=&amp;CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
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 <volume>25</volume>
 <issue>32</issue>
 <title><![CDATA[RFP Checklist | Collaboration software]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[When thinking about purchasing software to help employees work together, the key is to consider the type of collaboration that is to take place.]]></description>
 <link>http://www.gcn.com/print/25_32/42537-1.html?topic=&amp;CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
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 <volume>25</volume>
 <issue>32</issue>
 <title><![CDATA[In the loop]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[The best collaboration comes in integrated packages.]]></description>
 <link>http://www.gcn.com/print/25_32/42538-1.html?topic=&amp;CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
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 <volume>25</volume>
 <issue>32</issue>
 <title><![CDATA[Better comm on the line]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[Two initiatives show two ways to eliminate stovepipes and get first responders on the radio.]]></description>
 <link>http://www.gcn.com/print/25_32/42518-1.html?topic=&amp;CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
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 <volume>25</volume>
 <issue>32</issue>
 <title><![CDATA[Talk, talk]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[Before everyone can hop on the same network, they have to be on the same page.]]></description>
 <link>http://www.gcn.com/print/25_32/42520-1.html?topic=&amp;CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
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 <volume>25</volume>
 <issue>32</issue>
 <title><![CDATA[William Jackson | Cybereye: Campaign now for better voting methods]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[When it comes to electronic voting, we should come to an understanding of what the security issues really are, determine an acceptable level of risk for all voting systems, and then find ways to solve, mitigate or work around the problems.]]></description>
 <link>http://www.gcn.com/print/25_32/42521-1.html?topic=&amp;CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
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