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National Defense February 2012 Eric Beidel	Army Lab Analyzes Bad Dust From War Zones The Army Research Laboratory has deployed equipment to Iraq, Afghanistan and Africa to find out if particles floating around in the air in these places are causing Gulf War Syndrome and other illnesses.
National Defense February 2012 Nathaniel H. Sledge Jr.	Pentagon Resource Wars: Why They Can't Be Avoided If Congress reduces the services' procurement top lines as expected, they will probably circle their wagons to protect planned or traditional programs.
National Defense February 2012 Harvey M. Sapolsky	Defense Industrial Policy Myths Debunked Looming budget austerity raises concerns about the future health of the U.S. defense industrial base. But the coming crisis also offers an opportunity to prune the deadwood.
National Defense February 2012	Readers Sound Off On Recent Stories Readers respond to prior articles concerning army acquisition policies and government planning strategies directed at the defense industry.
National Defense February 2012 Sean M. Connolly	Update Emerges For New Personal Conflicts of Interest Rule Effective Dec. 2, 2011, the Federal Acquisition Regulation requires U.S. government contractors and subcontractors to prevent personal conflicts of interest that arise during their employees' performance of certain acquisition functions.
Fast Company January 9, 2012 Rachel Z. Arndt	Patents By The Numbers: Average Wait Time Is Going Down, But Trolls Still Cost Us $80 Billion A Year Starting last fall and stretching through mid-2013, the U.S. has been overhauling the patent-approval process for the first time since 1952.
Information Today January 9, 2012	NISO Releases Updated Draft of SERU The National Information Standards Organization announced the availability of a draft update of SERU: A Shared Electronic Resource Understanding for public comment through Feb. 19, 2012.
Information Today January 9, 2012	'Yes We Scan' Petition Sent to President Individual agencies have thought about the problem in terms of prototypes and pilots. Only the White House can bring these efforts together under one roof and begin to think in terms of a national digitization strategy for our federal government.
The Motley Fool January 9, 2012 Dan Caplinger	Why This Mortgage Move Is a Bad Idea The rumored proposal to allow refinancing doesn't address the true problem.
Pharmaceutical Executive January 1, 2012 Christopher J. Piazza	Essential Questions for Essential Benefits A key consideration under the Affordable Care Act is how states select plans for drug coverage.
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