When trying to forecast how automation will reshape the future of work, Mike Wetklow sees one technology as emblematic of the coming age: the ATM. After the…
West Virginia has become the first state to require all public high-school students satisfy a computer science education requirement before graduating. Senate Bill 267 was signed Thursday…
Brigadier General Dennis A. Crall, Chief Information Officer of the Marine Corps, speaks to Marines during the 8412 Symposium at the Davis Conference Center aboard MacDill Air Force Base Tampa, Florida, Aug. 23, 2017. The Symposium brought all career recruiters together to provide information, develop updated recruiting products, and conduct sustainment training for the professional development of 6MCD’s Career Recruiting force. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Jack A. E. Rigsby)
The Department of Defense finally has the plan and the authority to more quickly hire cyberwarriors — now it just lacks a dedicated staff big enough to…
To accelerate the development of quantum computing, North Carolina State University and IBM are putting the technology in the hands of the the future workforce of the field…
How educators can spread cybersecurity awareness in schools has become an important conversation, which is why New York state government announced Tuesday the winners of the statewide…
The Office of Personnel Management directed federal agencies to start thinking about the future of work and what skills they would need for it. Acting OPM Director…
Faculty from the Ford School and around the University of Michigan joined an expert roundtable with Senator Gary Peters (D-MI) on Wednesday, October 31, 2018 at Joan and Sanford Weill Hall. Senator Peters called on faculty to provide insight into some of the rapidly-moving emerging technologies that intersect with the policy issues facing the Senate committees he sits on, including Armed Services and Commerce, Science & Transportation. Learn more: http://fordschool.umich.edu/news/2018/ford-school-hosts-faculty-roundtable-sen-peters-issues-related-emerging-technologies
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Demand for cybersecurity talent has made federal agencies not only competitors with the private sector but also with each other. Sen. Gary Peters, D-Mich., wants to ensure…
Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Wolf announced on Monday an additional $9.6 million in grants to support education technology in K-12 institutions across the state. The funding follows a…
An Airman types on his computer during the Cybersecurity Foundry Course at MacDill Air Force Base, Fla., March 9, 2018. Course instructors taught 100 cyberspace students various cybersecurity functions, processes, procedures and data analysis skills to further their ability to secure the Air Force Network. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Mariette Adams)
The Department of Defense readily acknowledges that it isn’t the greatest at attracting top civilian tech talent — and it’s definitely not as good as the private sector is.…