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 <title><![CDATA[Can OMB's new centers of excellence really compete?]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[The Office of Management and Budget's strategy for moving agencies to consolidated financial and human resources management systems is about to be put to the test. ]]></description>
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 <volume>25</volume>
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 <title><![CDATA[State hits the road with e-passports]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[Amid continued doubts from experts, and with only one approved technology vendor, the State Department is pressing forward with its electronic passport program.]]></description>
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 <volume>25</volume>
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 <title><![CDATA[Spy IT Shake-Up]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[Dale W. Meyerrose is taking command of intelligence agencies' IT, from procurement to standards to certification and accreditation of systems, and he isn't bashful about how he is doing it.]]></description>
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 <volume>25</volume>
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 <title><![CDATA[Robert Gellman | @Info.Policy: FOIA order a mere specter of reform]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[There is little evidence that FOIA reform legislation is on a fast track, although you never know what might show up in ethics reform legislation.]]></description>
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 <volume>25</volume>
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 <title><![CDATA[EDITOR&#146;S DESK: Sign of progress]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[The federal government&#146;s $64 billion portfolio of IT investments, proposed in the 2007 fiscal budget, reflects perhaps more than any budget before it the administration&#146;s efforts to make information technology a new-age utility.]]></description>
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 <volume>25</volume>
 <issue>5</issue>
 <title><![CDATA[INTERNAUT: LOB impact? You ain&#146;t seen nothing yet]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[Just when federal agencies thought they were catching up with the Office of Management and Budget&#146;s six existing Line of Business initiatives, they now have three more LOBs to consider. ]]></description>
 <link>http://www.gcn.com/print/25_5/40020-1.html?topic=&amp;CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
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 <volume>25</volume>
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 <title><![CDATA[Neal Fox | Contracting in perspective: Door opens for  non-GSA deals]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[Contracting via government- or agencywide buying vehicles is running a bit wild. As more agencies proceed with plans for their own vehicles, GSA&#146;s historic near-monopoly on such contracts is threatened.]]></description>
 <link>http://www.gcn.com/print/25_5/40051-1.html?topic=&amp;CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
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 <volume>25</volume>
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 <title><![CDATA[Agile Lion delivers data to the front lines]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[The Marines have successfully tested an innovative, ad hoc network that connects ground controllers, pilots and troops on the ground, providing real-time digital video and other data.]]></description>
 <link>http://www.gcn.com/print/25_5/38360-1.html?topic=&amp;CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
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 <volume>25</volume>
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 <title><![CDATA[Incoming]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[The Defense Department&#146;s High Performance Computing Modernization Program has purchased five computer clusters from Linux Networx of Salt Lake City.]]></description>
 <link>http://www.gcn.com/print/25_5/38361-1.html?topic=&amp;CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
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 <volume>25</volume>
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 <title><![CDATA[Tech brief: Wireless kit available]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[Members of the Digital Communities Initiative last month launched its first product, the Land Management Starter Kit.]]></description>
 <link>http://www.gcn.com/print/25_5/40022-1.html?topic=&amp;CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
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 <volume>25</volume>
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 <title><![CDATA[GCN Insider: The un-BlackBerry]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[Good Technology Inc. has introduced Good Mobile Defense, a security platform for locking down handhelds running Good&#146;s wireless messaging services.]]></description>
 <link>http://www.gcn.com/print/25_5/40023-1.html?topic=&amp;CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
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 <volume>25</volume>
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 <title><![CDATA[Tech brief: IBM Rational and compliance]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[IBM Corp. released Rational Systems Developer for helping systems engineers manage software development and comply with government mandates, such as the Defense Architecture Framework and the Navy Open Architecture.]]></description>
 <link>http://www.gcn.com/print/25_5/40044-1.html?topic=&amp;CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
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 <volume>25</volume>
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 <title><![CDATA[Tech brief: Opsware earns Common Criteria]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[Opsware Inc. said it has earned Common Criteria EAL 2 from the National Information Assurance Partnership for its Opsware Server Automation System.]]></description>
 <link>http://www.gcn.com/print/25_5/40045-1.html?topic=&amp;CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
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 <volume>25</volume>
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 <title><![CDATA[Tech brief: Universal research data]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[OriginLab Corp. of Northampton, Mass., recently put out a free Origin Viewer so re-search agencies can more easily share Origin project files.]]></description>
 <link>http://www.gcn.com/print/25_5/40046-1.html?topic=&amp;CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
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 <title><![CDATA[Tech brief: Viack Collaboration upgrade]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[Viack Corp. last month released the latest version of its VIA3 Assured Collaboration Service.]]></description>
 <link>http://www.gcn.com/print/25_5/40047-1.html?topic=&amp;CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
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 <title><![CDATA[GCN Insider: Rising up from Phoenix]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[At last month&#146;s DEMO  Conference, there was at least one new consumer technology that may have interested In-Q-Tel reps, as well as anyone in government who handles volumes of digital images.]]></description>
 <link>http://www.gcn.com/print/25_5/40049-1.html?topic=&amp;CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
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 <title><![CDATA[GCN Insider: Get your free IDS here]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[Running a small network and haven&#146;t yet tried intrusion detection/protection? StillSecure could hook you up for nothing.]]></description>
 <link>http://www.gcn.com/print/25_5/40050-1.html?topic=&amp;CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
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 <title><![CDATA[Dave Combs | Enterprise efforts are in tune at USDA]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[Agriculture CIO Dave Combs, who took the reins last summer, has had a career as varied as USDA&#146;s business lines.]]></description>
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 <title><![CDATA[WiFi tries double time]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[Tweaks to 802.11g access points make them better, but still not as fast as advertised]]></description>
 <link>http://www.gcn.com/print/25_5/40025-1.html?topic=&amp;CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
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 <volume>25</volume>
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 <title><![CDATA[Life imitates art&#151;not for the better]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[Presidents Day is more than a congressionally mandated excuse for zero-percent car financing. It&#146;s more than just a federal holiday acknowledging all our past commanders-in-chief.]]></description>
 <link>http://www.gcn.com/print/25_5/40017-1.html?topic=&amp;CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
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 <title><![CDATA[THE COMMUNITY: Meagher makes a move, and &#145;Jump Start&#146; gets a boost]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[Friends, colleagues and well-wishers marked Ed Meagher&#146;s move last month from the Veterans Affairs Department to the Interior Department with a reception in Washington. Above, Meagher, at right, and his wife, Toni, talk with former VA secretary Hershel Gober.]]></description>
 <link>http://www.gcn.com/print/25_5/40018-1.html?topic=&amp;CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
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 <volume>25</volume>
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 <title><![CDATA[AND ANOTHER THING...]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[A FEW GOOD MANAGERS. The Office of Management and Budget is looking for government managers to help shape IT policy and the federal enterprise architecture. ]]></description>
 <link>http://www.gcn.com/print/25_5/40019-1.html?topic=&amp;CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
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 <volume>25</volume>
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 <title><![CDATA[OMB driving the IPv6 market]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[A long-delayed Commerce Department report suggests that the federal government is walking a thin line in its push toward IP Version 6 traction.]]></description>
 <link>http://www.gcn.com/print/25_5/40002-1.html?topic=&amp;CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
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 <volume>25</volume>
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 <title><![CDATA[OMB says IT security is improving]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[Federal agencies progressively are improving their IT security measures, according to a new report released last week by the Office of Manage- ment and Budget.]]></description>
 <link>http://www.gcn.com/print/25_5/40003-1.html?topic=&amp;CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
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 <volume>25</volume>
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 <title><![CDATA[NASA moves ahead with its renamed management system]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[While a new inspector general&#146;s report continues to find problems with NASA&#146;s efforts to institute an enterprisewide management system, the program&#146;s manager says that the toughest challenges have been met and prospects are good for smoother implementation of additional elements.]]></description>
 <link>http://www.gcn.com/print/25_5/40004-1.html?topic=&amp;CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
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 <volume>25</volume>
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 <title><![CDATA[Deals &amp; Deadlines]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[The Office of Federal Procurement Policy is asking agencies about their use of interagency contracts, including the types and number of contracts departments are using.]]></description>
 <link>http://www.gcn.com/print/25_5/40005-1.html?topic=&amp;CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
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 <volume>25</volume>
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 <title><![CDATA[Proposed Defense HR system suffers setback]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[Judge Emmet G. Sullivan of the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia ruled that several portions of the National Security Personnel System that dealt with labor relations were illegal.]]></description>
 <link>http://www.gcn.com/print/25_5/40006-1.html?topic=&amp;CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
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 <title><![CDATA[PTO ruling gives BlackBerry users hope]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[Although the threat of an injunction still looms, federal users of the popular BlackBerry devices are breathing easier after a federal judge decided not to impose an immediate shutdown of the wireless service for their beloved handhelds.]]></description>
 <link>http://www.gcn.com/print/25_5/40007-1.html?topic=&amp;CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
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 <volume>25</volume>
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 <title><![CDATA[FDA gets enterprising with new search tool]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[Scientists who review new drug applications for the Food and Drug Administration face a long, winding road in finding all the information they need. FDA has 23 searchable libraries or databases, containing more than 5 million documents and 34GB of indexes.]]></description>
 <link>http://www.gcn.com/print/25_5/40008-1.html?topic=&amp;CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
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 <title><![CDATA[People On The Move]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[President Bush plans to designate Dr. Jeffrey W. Runge to be acting undersecretary for science and technology at the Homeland Security Department.]]></description>
 <link>http://www.gcn.com/print/25_5/40009-1.html?topic=&amp;CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
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 <volume>25</volume>
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 <title><![CDATA[GSA to link Alliant to enterprise architecture]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[After months of delays, reanalysis and industry speculation, the General Services Administration unveiled a few new tweaks to its highly anticipated governmentwide IT services contract, Alliant, last month and promised to award the vehicle by next summer.]]></description>
 <link>http://www.gcn.com/print/25_5/40010-1.html?topic=&amp;CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
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 <volume>25</volume>
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 <title><![CDATA[Revenue woes lead GSA to freeze its own hiring]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[A decline in business revenues, particularly in the IT Solutions program, has led the General Services Administration to impose an agencywide hiring freeze and consider offering early retirement packages in two divisions, according to administrator David Bibb.]]></description>
 <link>http://www.gcn.com/print/25_5/40012-1.html?topic=&amp;CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
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 <title><![CDATA[Mass. still closing in on open standards]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[When Massachusetts CIO Peter Quinn resigned in December, citing political turmoil that threatened to derail the state&#146;s adoption of an open-standards format for software, the behind-the-scenes battle over open standards went public.]]></description>
 <link>http://www.gcn.com/print/25_5/40013-1.html?topic=&amp;CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
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 <volume>25</volume>
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 <title><![CDATA[When companies merge, agency partners change]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[Government officials often take the good with the bad when it comes to private-sector mergers and acquisitions.]]></description>
 <link>http://www.gcn.com/print/25_5/40014-1.html?topic=&amp;CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
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 <volume>25</volume>
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 <title><![CDATA[NARA goes easy on &#145;transitory&#146; e-records ]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[The National Archives and Records Administration has issued a final rule on short-term electronic record-keeping, including e-mail, that seeks to  maintain records without overburdening workers or e-mail systems.]]></description>
 <link>http://www.gcn.com/print/25_5/40015-1.html?topic=&amp;CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
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 <volume>25</volume>
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 <title><![CDATA[Navy puts NMCI under a new program executive office]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[The Navy-Marine Corps Intranet program no longer needs the watchful eye of the assistant secretary of the Navy to ensure that the program is making progress.]]></description>
 <link>http://www.gcn.com/print/25_5/40016-1.html?topic=&amp;CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
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 <title><![CDATA[FOSE: The floor show]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[More than 500 companies are exhibiting products at this week&#146;s FOSE trade show in Washington. Seeing all of them and attending the show&#146;s 185 technology education sessions is probably more than any government IT professional can pull off. Sometimes, you have to pick and choose.]]></description>
 <link>http://www.gcn.com/print/25_5/40029-1.html?topic=&amp;CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
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 <volume>25</volume>
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 <title><![CDATA[INSIDE THE BOX: New products include take-it-with-you communications]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[In assessing the response to Hurricane Katrina and what the Homeland Security Department needed to do a better job, DHS secretary Michael Chertoff has sounded downright jealous of some organizations&#146; ability to drop in mobile systems and collaborate within hours of a disaster.]]></description>
 <link>http://www.gcn.com/print/25_5/40030-1.html?topic=&amp;CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
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 <title><![CDATA[Interview: Autodesk's Carol Bartz]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[Carol Bartz has spent nearly 14 years steering Autodesk Inc., developer of some of the most popular computer-aided design software in the world. ]]></description>
 <link>http://www.gcn.com/print/25_5/40031-1.html?topic=&amp;CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
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 <title><![CDATA[Technically speaking: A guide to FOSE&#146;s tech-heavy sessions]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[In addition to presentations from government bodies such as the General Services Administration, Office of Management and Budget, and CIO Council, FOSE is home to a wealth of information for the network administrators, system architects and other tech-heads in your agency who wonder things like, &#147;How, exactly, would a JBoss application server migration affect my total cost of ownership?&#148;]]></description>
 <link>http://www.gcn.com/print/25_5/40032-1.html?topic=&amp;CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
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 <title><![CDATA[Want more? What else is new at FOSE this week?]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[Altiris Inc. of Lindon, Utah, will be showing its Software Virtualization Solutions [see GCN Insider, Oct. 24, 2005].]]></description>
 <link>http://www.gcn.com/print/25_5/40033-1.html?topic=&amp;CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
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 <title><![CDATA[FDA is right at home with VOIP]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[The Food and Drug Administration has begun consolidating headquarters staff on a new Maryland campus that will provide state-of-the-art facilities for administrators and scientists.]]></description>
 <link>http://www.gcn.com/print/25_5/40024-1.html?topic=&amp;CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
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 <title><![CDATA[Caught in the mesh]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[Mesh WiFi has quickly become the darling of large-scale wireless projects. But is it the best solution?]]></description>
 <link>http://www.gcn.com/print/25_5/38367-1.html?topic=&amp;CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
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 <title><![CDATA[Can a wireless network pay for itself?]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[A municipal wireless network offers the promise of almost unlimited connectivity. But before deployment, a community needs to consider how the network will be used and paid for.]]></description>
 <link>http://www.gcn.com/print/25_5/38369-1.html?topic=&amp;CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
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 <title><![CDATA[New standards in the works for WiFi networking]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[The 802.11 family of standards is a living document, and the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers is working on a handful of amendments to provide additional functionality and services over the next couple of years.]]></description>
 <link>http://www.gcn.com/print/25_5/38370-1.html?topic=&amp;CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
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 <title><![CDATA[When are supercomputers really super?]]></title>
 <description><![CDATA[When the Energy Department&#146;s National Energy Research Scientific Computing Center went shopping for a new mid-sized supercomputer, processor speed was a critical factor, as expected. ]]></description>
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