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				<title><![CDATA[Alternative energy methods key to securing troops on battlefield]]></title>
				<link>http://www.federalnewsradio.com/?nid=19&amp;sid=1819124</link>
				<description><![CDATA[Gen. Charles Wald of Deloitte discusses a recent report he co-wrote.]]></description>
				<pubDate>Fri, 20 Nov 2009 2:16:36 AM</pubDate>
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				<title><![CDATA[GSA headquarters to become model green building]]></title>
				<link>http://www.federalnewsradio.com/?nid=35&amp;sid=1818469</link>
				<description><![CDATA[Agency plans on adding solar power, heating water through solar thermal processes and restoring the windows so they open. Along with GSA, several other agencies are due for major renovation through the Recovery Act, and all will be more energy efficient. GSA also is applying green requirements to all new major leased buildings starting in January.]]></description>
				<pubDate>Fri, 20 Nov 2009 3:01:51 AM</pubDate>
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				<title><![CDATA[VA Under Secretary for Benefits stepping down]]></title>
				<link>http://www.federalnewsradio.com/?nid=19&amp;sid=1819036</link>
				<description><![CDATA[The Under Secretary for Benefits for the Department of Veterans Affairs is stepping down; the Army says there will be an outside review on body armor; and in 'Eww/Neat' news: Galileo's fingers, tooth are found.]]></description>
				<pubDate>Fri, 20 Nov 2009 1:16:27 AM</pubDate>
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				<title><![CDATA[Tips for deducting charitable contributions ]]></title>
				<link>http://www.federalnewsradio.com/?nid=15&amp;sid=1818523</link>
				<description><![CDATA[When preparing to file your federal tax return, don't forget your contributions to charitable organizations. Your donations could add up to a sizeable tax deduction if you itemize on IRS Form 1040, Schedule A.]]></description>
				<pubDate>Fri, 20 Nov 2009 8:05:23 AM</pubDate>
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				<title><![CDATA[Commissioner Astrue: Social Security data center ready early]]></title>
				<link>http://www.federalnewsradio.com/?nid=15&amp;sid=1818516</link>
				<description><![CDATA[Social Security disability claims are being stymied at the state level, claims the Commissioner]]></description>
				<pubDate>Fri, 20 Nov 2009 10:13:49 AM</pubDate>
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				<title><![CDATA[Social Security disability claims progress threatened by state furloughs]]></title>
				<link>http://www.federalnewsradio.com/?nid=35&amp;sid=1818472</link>
				<description><![CDATA[After decades of neglect and what one official describes as "severe underfunding", Social Security Administration officials are finally seeing progress in reducing a huge backlog of claims for disability benefits. This, after recent infusions of staff, technology, and money. However, that progress is now threatened by another, more pressing problem: the furloughs of state disability claims reviewers, whose salary is partially paid for by federal funds.]]></description>
				<pubDate>Fri, 20 Nov 2009 3:15:57 AM</pubDate>
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				<title><![CDATA[FAA: Computers couldn't talk to each other ]]></title>
				<link>http://www.federalnewsradio.com/?nid=27&amp;sid=1817673</link>
				<description><![CDATA[Federal officials say flights were delayed across the country when a piece of communications equipment in Salt Lake City failed.]]></description>
				<pubDate>Thu, 19 Nov 2009 11:43:17 AM</pubDate>
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				<title><![CDATA[TSA, OMB nominees approved in committee]]></title>
				<link>http://www.federalnewsradio.com/?nid=35&amp;sid=1818048</link>
				<description><![CDATA[Nominees were approved by voice vote.]]></description>
				<pubDate>Fri, 20 Nov 2009 2:16:29 AM</pubDate>
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				<title><![CDATA[DHS rewarding firms checking immigrant status ]]></title>
				<link>http://www.federalnewsradio.com/?nid=37&amp;sid=1817430</link>
				<description><![CDATA[The Homeland Security Department will give a seal of approval to businesses volunteering to use an electronic program to check workers' immigration status.]]></description>
				<pubDate>Thu, 19 Nov 2009 4:22:22 PM</pubDate>
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				<title><![CDATA[DHS wants speedy screening at more airports ]]></title>
				<link>http://www.federalnewsradio.com/?nid=27&amp;sid=1680816</link>
				<description><![CDATA[The Homeland Security Department wants to expand speedy screening of preapproved, low-risk air travelers arriving in the United States to most international airports in the country.]]></description>
				<pubDate>Thu, 19 Nov 2009 3:43:44 PM</pubDate>
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				<title><![CDATA[Troops' post-deployment questionnaires missing ]]></title>
				<link>http://www.federalnewsradio.com/?nid=27&amp;sid=1817831</link>
				<description><![CDATA[Congressional investigators said Thursday that tens of thousands of questionnaires aimed at measuring the mental and physical health of returning combat troops can't be found.]]></description>
				<pubDate>Thu, 19 Nov 2009 2:29:14 PM</pubDate>
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				<title><![CDATA[Pentagon looking for Fort Hood management lapses ]]></title>
				<link>http://www.federalnewsradio.com/?nid=27&amp;sid=1816934</link>
				<description><![CDATA[The Pentagon said Thursday it will scour its procedures for identifying volatile soldiers hidden in the ranks following the Fort Hood shooting rampage and lapses that might allow others to slip through bureaucratic cracks.]]></description>
				<pubDate>Fri, 20 Nov 2009 1:18:51 AM</pubDate>
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				<title><![CDATA[Military experiment seeks to predict PTSD ]]></title>
				<link>http://www.federalnewsradio.com/?nid=127&amp;sid=1818361</link>
				<description><![CDATA[Two days before shipping off to war, Marine Pfc. Jesse Sheets sat inside a trailer in the Mojave Desert, his gaze fixed on a computer that flashed a rhythmic pulse of contrasting images.]]></description>
				<pubDate>Fri, 20 Nov 2009 1:17:20 AM</pubDate>
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				<title><![CDATA[FBI assesses al Qaeda's cyberthreat]]></title>
				<link>http://www.federalnewsradio.com/?nid=15&amp;sid=1818510</link>
				<description><![CDATA[When it comes to cyber crime, terrorist groups like Al Qaeda aren't the sharpest pencils in the cup, but they're not out of the game either.]]></description>
				<pubDate>Fri, 20 Nov 2009 4:46:58 AM</pubDate>
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				<title><![CDATA[Volunteers strive to save Santa letter service ]]></title>
				<link>http://www.federalnewsradio.com/?nid=29&amp;sid=1817165</link>
				<description><![CDATA[Santa's &quot;elves&quot; at the North Pole have been given their walking papers _ but they're not going quietly.]]></description>
				<pubDate>Fri, 20 Nov 2009 3:10:34 AM</pubDate>
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				<title><![CDATA[Stamp auction raises $3.2 million for the Smithsonian]]></title>
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				<description><![CDATA[A New York City gallery has auctioned over 200 rare postage stamps to raise $3.2 million for the Smithsonian National Postal Museum in Washington, D.C.]]></description>
				<pubDate>Thu, 19 Nov 2009 9:30:36 PM</pubDate>
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