Can US Government Agencies Really Use Google Analytics  

This article joins the debate on whether or not the US government can use google analytics in their agencies. Although there have been assertions that they can and should, this article states that they cannot due to google's use of persistent cookies for data collection. Although many agencies would like to use GA, because they use cookies to gather their data, the agency directors strictly forbade it. There has been some debate in Washington whether or not to loosen restrictions on their persistent cookies policy, but there hasn't been any word yet about a decision.