The largest financial regulation overhaul in generations made its way through Congress yesterday after Senate approved it and sent it to the desk of President Barack Obama. After almost a year of debating over its new rules, the bill passed with a vote of 60-39 vote and proves to be a huge victory for Obama [...]

In light of cost concerns, the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs has canceled its $500 million Financial and Logistics Integrated Technology Enterprise program, a project that was created to revamp the department’s financial and management systems. VA Chief Information Officer Roger Baker and Federal Chief Information Officer Vivek Kundra announced the cut of the program [...]

During a meeting yesterday to announce new requirements to preventive healthcare coverage, first lady Michelle Obama, Dr. Jill Biden and Department of Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius outlined how patients will soon be able to get many preventive medical services at no cost. The new rules are part of the Obama administration’s push [...]

The House voted 290-131 yesterday to approve the Telework Improvements Act, a legislation that allows federal employees to telework at least 20 percent of the hours worked in every two administrative workweeks. Under the bill, the Office of Personnel Management would develop a telework policy for all employees in federal agencies and create a Telework [...]

The Pentagon announced yesterday defense and foreign ministers of the United States and South Korea plan to meet July 21 in the South Korean capital of Seoul to discuss military collaboration between the two nations. The meetings are scheduled to cover a wide range of security and alliance issues and will be attended by U.S. [...]

The White House yesterday released a progress report on what concrete steps have been taken to make cyberspace a more secure place, highlighting identity authentication, a comprehensive cyber incident response plan, and new performance metrics introduced by the Federal Information Management Security Act. Cybersecurity Coordinator Howard Schmidt yesterday hosted an event at the White House [...]

While the rate of advancing technology has resulted in countless benefits for U.S. intelligence, it has also resulted in more sophisticated and dangerous threats to national safety. In order to keep up with these evolving threats, the U.S. Transportation Security Administration has instituted new and innovative technologies in airports across the country to combat terrorism. [...]

Vice President Joe Biden appeared Wednesday morning in the White House to unveil the “Economic Impact of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009″ fourth quarterly report. In his address, Biden assured the stimulus bill is leading the nation down the right path. “The economic initiatives that we took, they are working … they [...]

First lady Michelle Obama, Dr. Jill Biden and Department of Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius will be speaking this afternoon at The George Washington University Hospital in Washington, D.C., to make an announcement regarding the preventive healthcare coverage made available under the Affordable Care Act that was signed into law in March. The [...]

The active-duty services reported recruiting successes for June, a traditionally active month for recruiting, defense officials said yesterday. As a majority of recruits are recent high school graduates, the busiest recruiting months typically are May through September, said Cynthia Smith, a DoD spokeswoman. The Army, Navy, Air Force and Marine Corps all met or exceeded [...]