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CIO June 15, 2004 Richard Pastore	My Lunch with the Elephant At CIO luncheons, somehow the conversation always comes around to that awkward topic: outsourcing.
CIO June 15, 2004 Ben Worthen	RFID Laws on Deck With widespread adoption of radio frequency identification (RFID) tags under way, privacy advocates are pushing for regulations on these tiny computer chips that can track information about the products they are attached to.
CIO June 15, 2004 Thomas Wailgum	Selling Girl Scouts on Science Women make up 46 percent of the U.S. workforce, but only 22 percent of scientists and engineers, according to the National Science Foundation. The Girl Scouts are working with corporate and government agencies to change that.
InternetNews June 15, 2004 Roy Mark	Biometric Passports: Not Ready for Prime Time Department of Homeland Security and State Department seek two-year extension of deadline for machine-readable passports with biometric identifiers.
InternetNews June 15, 2004 Susan Kuchinskas	Do-Not-Spam List Great For Spammers After a six-month study, the FTC updates Congress on the National Do Not E-Mail registry. Hint: It's not a good thing.
InternetNews June 15, 2004 Roy Mark	House Panel Approves Multinational Tax Break A controversial measure favored by IT firms moves to a vote of the full House.
The Motley Fool June 15, 2004 Chris Mallon	Politics Is Smart Business Political contributions are smart business, especially if the federal government provides most of your revenues.
BusinessWeek June 21, 2004 Engardio & Roberts	Wielding A Heavy Weapon Against China The battle lines have been drawn. Unless Washington and Beijing can find a reasonable middle ground for defining a market economy, it will be open season on Chinese manufacturers. And boom times for U.S. trade attorneys.
BusinessWeek June 21, 2004 Alexandra Starr	Desperately Seeking Single Women Voters Democrats are convinced that America's 46 million unmarried women, a group that ranges from never-marrieds just out of college to single mothers, middle-aged divorcees, and widows, could help swing the election.
BusinessWeek June 21, 2004 Joyce Barnathan	The Cowboy Who Roped In Russia Reagan repeatedly upped the ante -- and convinced Moscow he meant business.
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