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Submission + - Feds May Soon Be Allowed to Use Cookies (nextgov.com) 1

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fast66
fast66 writes: "The White House may lift its policy barring federal Web sites from tracking users' online behavior. In place since 2000, the cookie policy issued by the Office of Management and Budget was intended to protect citizen privacy but has sparked criticism — even from White House officials — for hampering citizen outreach. On Friday, Bev Godwin, the director of online resources and interagency development at the White House's new media office, blogged on the White House Web site, "We want to use cookies for good, not evil" — and invited the public to comment on cookies through various online channels, including the Office of Science and Technology Policy blog."
Privacy

Submission + - Feds to Punish Internet-monitoring Cos. in Iran (nextgov.com)

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fast66
fast66 writes: "After hearing about Nokia-Siemens sale of Internet-monitoring software to Iran, U.S. Senators Schumer and Graham want to bar them from receiving federal contracts. They planned the action after hearing about a joint venture of Nokia Corp. of Finland and Siemens AG of Germany that sold a sophisticated Internet-monitoring system to Iran in 2008. According to Nextgov.com, Schumer and Graham's bill would require the Obama administration to identify foreign companies that export sensitive technology to Iran and ban them from bidding on federal contracts, or renew expiring ones, unless they first stop exports to Iran."
Security

Submission + - Prof peer to peer to access medical files (nextgov.com)

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Gov IT writes: Just days after President Obama signed a law giving billions of dollars to develop electronic health records, a university technology professor submitted a paper showing that he was able to uncover tens of thousands of medical files containing names, addresses and Social Security numbers for patients seeking treatment for conditions ranging from AIDS to mental health problems.
Security

Submission + - Feds Now Allowed to Use Internet (nextgov.com)

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fast66
fast66 writes: "Nextgov reports that a new court order allows the Department of the Interior to connect to the Internet, six years after the federal agency was ordered to disconnect. Said District Judge James Robinson:

"I find that the consent order is of no further use and must be vacated," Robertson wrote in his ruling. "The . . . disconnected offices and bureaus may be connected." He added that his ruling was based not on evidence but "on a legal conclusion that it is not my role to weigh IT security risks."
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