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		<title><![CDATA[Virtual fence glitches show anti-immigration measure is pre-alpha]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://government.zdnet.com/?p=3249]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[Can Congress secure U.S. borders with a high-tech virtual fence? If the fate of the hotly debated anti-immigration reform bill rested solely on the success of Arizona's high-tech virtual fence, supporters would be sorely disappointed. The high-tech experiment on a 28-mile stretch of Arizona's border with Mexico is having technical...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 22 Jun 2007 15:03:54 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[EDS gets nod for digital ID cards]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://government.zdnet.com/?p=3097]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[The General Services Administration has chosen Electronic Data Systems to supply new ID cards to the federal government and government contractors, The Washington Post reports.  The $66 million award is a 17-month contract, which also has three one-year options, based on pricing, technical capabilities and program management services, among...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 24 Apr 2007 21:52:10 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Google woos federal agencies]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://government.zdnet.com/?p=2959]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[Google is looking for federal business with a two-day sales meeting for 200 federal contractors, engineers and uniformed military members  to learn more about its technology offerings, reports the Washington Post.  Google has ramped up its sales force in the Washington area in the past year to adapt...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 01 Mar 2007 00:07:30 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Deadlines near for new ID cards for feds]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://government.zdnet.com/?p=2812]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[Two federal agencies have announced they will make some big decisions on smart ID cards early this year, The Washington Post reports. The Transportation Security Administration said it will pick a contractor to supply new identification cards for transportation workers soon. The winner would be responsible for screening the backgrounds...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 02 Jan 2007 13:40:26 -0800</pubDate>
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		<category domain="http://updates.zdnet.com/tags/u.s.+general+services+administration.html"><![CDATA[U.S. General Services Administration]]></category>
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		<title><![CDATA[WMD scenarios to come to the Web]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://government.zdnet.com/?p=2811]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[How will federal agencies, private businesses, hospitals, police and fire departments react if another terrorist attack hits the US, if a foreign country drops a nuclear bomb, or if toxic chemicals are released in the New York subway system?  Such doomsday planning is the bailiwick of the Defense Threat...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 01 Jan 2007 19:07:58 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Perot Systems acquires QSS Group]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://government.zdnet.com/?p=2787]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[Perot Systems Corp. acquired QSS Group Inc., a federal IT contractor. The $250 million deal is Perot Systems seventh acquisition since the company entered the federal business in 2002. Perot will have 3.400 employees and $600 million in revenue.  "We looked to launch a strategy that would put us...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 21 Dec 2006 16:11:59 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Army settles with IT firms]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://government.zdnet.com/?p=2746]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[The Army awarded its Information Technology Enterprise Solutions-2 Services (ITES-2S) contract in April to 11 companies. The multiple-award contract was worth $20 billion. But five companies - BAE Systems North America, Multimax, NCI Information Systems, Northrop Grumman and Pragmatics -- protested the award, claiming improper technical cost evaluations.  ...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 27 Nov 2006 21:49:52 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[TX union wants IT privatization slowed]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://government.zdnet.com/?p=2741]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[Two years into a massive and controversial privatization program of the Texas state governments computer systems, Texas largest state employee union called on the legislature to put off the deal, the Austin American-Statesman reports.  Citing two troubled computer-services contracts at the Health and Human Services Commission as a reason...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 21 Nov 2006 12:39:27 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[DHS Secure Border cost could hit $30 billion]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://government.zdnet.com/?p=2733]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[The Dept. of Homeland Security inspector general says that the high-tech "virtual fence" on the Mexican border is likely to  cost not $2 billion but as much as $30 billion, The Washington Post reports.   The problem with the plan to deploy sensors, cameras and drones is likely...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 17 Nov 2006 13:39:59 -0800</pubDate>
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