White House officials announced the proposed end of a 10-year ban on persistent Internet cookies after consulting with public groups and privacy advocates. According to the Federal Register notice on the topic, “The goal of this review is for the federal government to continue to protect the privacy of people who visit federal government websites [...]

The Department of Commerce plans to hold four innovation forums with university leaders and key stakeholders across the country to discuss the role of universities in innovation, economic development, job creation and commercialization of federally funded research. Participants of the forums will discuss topics like moving ideas from the labs to the marketplace, entrepreneurship education [...]

The newly appointed U.S. Commander in Afghanistan Gen. David Petraeus appeared yesterday before the Senate Armed Services Committee and gave his remarks on the situation in Afghanistan. The testimony was part of the confirmation process for the general after he was nominated by President Barack Obama to replace Stanley McChrystal following his resignation. Petraeus explained [...]

Speaking at GSA’s 2010 Network Services Conference, GSA Administrator Martha Johnson told conference attendees: “There are huge benefits to government through the transition to Networx. GSA stands ready to support the transition. We provide free technical, contracting and planning support to help agencies meet their June 2011 deadlines.” The Networx contract is a replacement for [...]

A special event is being held to honor the men and women of the Central Intelligence Agency next Thursday, July 8. The dinner, which is sponsored by the CIA Officers Memorial Foundation, is being held to raise money for support of the families of CIA officers who have been killed in the line of duty, [...]

In light of a recent lawsuit settlement over the 2006 regulation that established protections for subjects of human research, the Environmental Protection Agency will no accept studies using human test subjects as guinea pigs. According to EPA officials, the federal rules must be rewritten under a new agreement reached between the agency and public-health groups, [...]

Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition Ashton B. Carter held a meeting yesterday with government contractors and lobbyists at the Pentagon to decide how the industry could cut waste in hopes of freeing up money in the department’s budgets. Carter said he hoped the meeting would allow defense contractors a chance to discuss new proposals [...]

During a break in the G-20 Summit yesterday, President Barack Obama called Afghanistan a remaining crucial situation to national interests. “I think that we’re going to need to provide assistance to Afghanistan for a long time to come,” he commented, explaining the “very poor country” will continue to need help even after its security forces [...]

A federal court has put a stop to a sophisticated international scheme that used identity theft to place more than $10 million in bogus charges on consumers’ credit and debit cards, according to the Federal Trade Commission. More than a million consumers were hit with one-time charges of $10 or less, and their payments were [...]

The Transportation Security Administration announced yesterday Philip Burdette has been named federal security director for Baltimore Washington International/Thurgood Marshall Airport. Burdette joined the department in 2003 and has held a number of critical security operations positions, including assistant special agent in charge, senior adviser to the security operations assistant administrator, and assistant general manager of [...]