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         <title><![CDATA[DOD releases draft RFP for biometrics]]></title>
         <description><![CDATA[The Defense Department&#146;s Biometrics Task Force plans to release today a draft request for proposals for services and supplies for its biometrics program. ]]></description>
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         <title><![CDATA[Telos to assist DOD on identity management]]></title>
         <description><![CDATA[Telos Identity Management Solutions LLC will implement and support DOD&#146;s Defense Manpower Data Center identity protection and management programs in a contract potentially valued at $582 million. ]]></description>
         <link>http://www.washingtontechnology.com/online/1_1/32764-1.html?topic=authentication&amp;CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
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         <title><![CDATA[House bill aims to improve airport biometrics]]></title>
         <description><![CDATA[The Homeland Security Department would be required to consult with industry executives on biometric identification for airport security under newly proposed legislation.]]></description>
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         <title><![CDATA[Unisys to supply biometrics to Canadian airports]]></title>
         <description><![CDATA[Unisys&#146; ID card system will replace the existing card system used in Canada&#146;s Restricted Area Identification Card program for 100,000 airport workers. ]]></description>
         <link>http://www.washingtontechnology.com/online/1_1/32756-1.html?topic=authentication&amp;CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
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         <title><![CDATA[IBM joins Lockheed on FBI identification contract]]></title>
         <description><![CDATA[Lockheed Martin won the FBI&#146;s Next Generation Identification system deal in February, but IBM lodged a protest and work was held up. The two have now agreed to work together on the $1 billion contract. ]]></description>
         <link>http://www.washingtontechnology.com/online/1_1/32736-1.html?topic=authentication&amp;CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
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         <title><![CDATA[OMB proposes security clearance system reform]]></title>
         <description><![CDATA[The Office of Management and Budget has submitted a proposal to expedite hiring and security clearances for individuals and contractors to work for the government. ]]></description>
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         <title><![CDATA[Coast Guard plans data center to monitor vessels]]></title>
         <description><![CDATA[The Coast Guard will begin operating a new international data exchange center starting Jan. 1, 2009, to track the positions at sea of about 3,000 ships per day, according to a final rule published.]]></description>
         <link>http://www.washingtontechnology.com/online/1_1/32714-1.html?topic=authentication&amp;CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
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         <title><![CDATA[U.K. to test facial biometrics at airports]]></title>
         <description><![CDATA[The tests will begin in the United Kingdom this summer, though locations of the tests have not been announced.]]></description>
         <link>http://www.washingtontechnology.com/online/1_1/32702-1.html?topic=authentication&amp;CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
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         <title><![CDATA[NTSB laptops lack security features: GAO]]></title>
         <description><![CDATA[Nearly half the laptop PCs at the National Transportation Safety Board do not have the required encryption needed to protect data, according to the Government Accountability Office.]]></description>
         <link>http://www.washingtontechnology.com/online/1_1/32681-1.html?topic=authentication&amp;CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
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         <title><![CDATA[ID cards prepare for takeoff]]></title>
         <description><![CDATA[Airports broaden credentialing efforts asCongress and TSA look at security breaches.]]></description>
         <link>http://www.washingtontechnology.com/print/23_07/32639-1.html?topic=authentication&amp;CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
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         <title><![CDATA[Registered traveler goes international]]></title>
         <description><![CDATA[The Homeland Security Department will begin testing an International Registered Traveler program at three airports starting June 10 to expedite airport clearances for prescreened travelers.]]></description>
         <link>http://www.washingtontechnology.com/online/1_1/32601-1.html?topic=authentication&amp;CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
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         <title><![CDATA[L-1 picks up Wash. state fingerprinting deal]]></title>
         <description><![CDATA[L-1 Identity Solutions will provide digital fingerprinting technology to Washington state&#146;s Department of Social and Health Services.]]></description>
         <link>http://www.washingtontechnology.com/online/1_1/32580-1.html?topic=authentication&amp;CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
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         <title><![CDATA[Heated exchange]]></title>
         <description><![CDATA[H-1B visa controversy remains source of friction for lawmakers and employers.]]></description>
         <link>http://www.washingtontechnology.com/print/23_06/32562-1.html?topic=authentication&amp;CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
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         <title><![CDATA[DHS to beef up cybersecurity staff ]]></title>
         <description><![CDATA[The Homeland Security Department&#146;s infrastructure and cyber units are interviewing candidates for more than 300 job openings, a top DHS official testified this week.]]></description>
         <link>http://www.washingtontechnology.com/online/1_1/32563-1.html?topic=authentication&amp;CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
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         <title><![CDATA[Lawmaker calls for tighter Northern border surveillance]]></title>
         <description><![CDATA[DHS ought to install more ground and air radars along the U.S.-Canada border and boost the number of manned and unmanned aircraft patrols over the area, Sen. Jon Tester has said.]]></description>
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         <title><![CDATA[US-VISIT has unfinished business: GAO]]></title>
         <description><![CDATA[DHS' strategy for creating unique biometric identities for individuals under the U.S. Visitor and Immigrant Status Indicator Technology is incomplete, auditors say.]]></description>
         <link>http://www.washingtontechnology.com/online/1_1/32533-1.html?topic=authentication&amp;CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
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         <title><![CDATA[American Systems unveils security practice]]></title>
         <description><![CDATA[American Systems Corp. is taking advantage of its identity-credentialing experience to create an enterprise security practice for federal and commercial customers.]]></description>
         <link>http://www.washingtontechnology.com/online/1_1/32530-1.html?topic=authentication&amp;CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
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         <title><![CDATA[In-Q-Tel invests in CoreStreet]]></title>
         <description><![CDATA[In-Q-Tel, the intelligence community&#146;s investment arm, is putting funds into a company that makes a new type of access control system.]]></description>
         <link>http://www.washingtontechnology.com/online/1_1/32508-1.html?topic=authentication&amp;CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
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         <title><![CDATA[Ariz. lawmakers balk at new driver&#146;s licenses]]></title>
         <description><![CDATA[Opposition is building in Arizona&#146;s Legislature to a plan to authorize a hybrid driver&#146;s license that also would serve as a border-crossing card and would comply with the Real ID Act. ]]></description>
         <link>http://www.washingtontechnology.com/online/1_1/32502-1.html?topic=authentication&amp;CMP=OTC-RSS</link>
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         <title><![CDATA[Contractor employees implicated in passport breach]]></title>
         <description><![CDATA[UPDATED&#151;Stanley Inc. and Analysis Corp. were named as the contractors involved in the improper accessing of the passport file of presidential candidate Barack Obama. ]]></description>
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