Federal Communications Commission Chairman Julius Genachowski renewed his support for net neutrality during a broadband forum Tuesday at the University of Minnesota, according to Star Tribune. With the endorsement of several Internet advocacy groups, Genachowski has backed net neutrality as a way to prevent the telephone and cable TV firms from playing favorites with Internet [...]

Whistle-blower site WikiLeaks is preparing to release a leaked CIA paper sometime today, according to AFP. “WikiLeaks to release CIA paper tomorrow,” the site said yesterday in a Tweet posted on its website. The shadowy organization is already involved in a dispute with the Pentagon over the publishing tens of thousands documents related to the [...]

Governor Martin O’Malley announced yesterday the availability of state grants to assist in commercializing promising research, encouraging bio companies to work with academia, and expanding biotechnology resources. The governor also announced that seven Maryland bio companies and universities received $1.3 million in FY 2010 grants, which was the first year of funding. College Park-based Zymetis [...]

The most significant breach of U.S. military computers was caused by a flash drive inserted into a U.S. military laptop on a post in the Middle East in 2008, according to an article in Foreign Affairs. In the article slated to be published today on Pentagon’s cyber strategy, Deputy Defense Secretary William J. Lynn III [...]

After only two weeks on the job, Director of National Intelligence James R. Clapper announced his intent to fill two senior intelligence positions, one of which is a newly created role of deputy director for intelligence integration. Clapper, who was sworn in Aug. 9, 2010, said he has asked Defense Intelligence Agency’s Deputy Director Robert [...]

The Department of Education is reviewing its purchasing regulations, which have not been updated in 23 years, according to a new notice in yesterday’s Federal Register. The Department of Education Acquisition Regulation was last updated in 1987, and in the years since, the Federal Acquisition Regulation has changed significantly. These changes caused a need for [...]

A Health and Human Services Department panel has approved a plan to build a federal database of business rules that could help states determine the eligibility of consumers for Medicaid and other federal health insurance programs, Government Health IT reports. Having all state health-program enrollment data in a one database would also keep states from [...]

In a new report, the Government Accountability Office found that neither the federal government nor private sector stakeholders are satisfied with the other’s performance in the public/private partnership to secure cyberspace. However, the private sector expects more from and receives less from the public sector, with only 27 percent of survey respondents from the private [...]

HHS Secretary Kathleen Sebelius announced yesterday more than $32 million in FY 2010 funds to make healthcare more accessible for Americans living in rural areas. “These funds reflect the priorities spelled out by President Obama in providing the best healthcare possible to rural Americans,” she said. “The ultimate goal is to build healthier rural populations [...]

A team effort involving the private and public sectors could be the answer to integrating the “best of the best” to provide a balanced risk-management approach to cyber defense, according to Navy Chief Information Officer Robert Carey. “As I step closer to the operational component of the cyber world with my move to U.S. Fleet [...]