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The departments of Commerce and Labor have unveiled a new resource dedicated to guiding small and medium-sized businesses in hiring and retaining qualified and highly skilled workers. The Job Quality Toolkit outlines key strategies and actions that employers can take to offer high-quality job positions to attract and retain a high-performing workforce, the National Institute […] More
Lockheed Martin, Raytheon Technologies, L3Harris Technologies and other U.S. defense contractors are facing workforce challenges that mostly resulted from pandemic-driven layoff and furlough activities and are seeing supply chain problems compounded by staffing issues, The Wall Street Journal reported Saturday. The downturn in employment numbers in the defense industry persists amid expectations of higher demand […] More
In a recent Executive Spotlight interview, GovCon Wire spoke with Mike Barthlow, president and CEO of BT Federal, to discuss the company’s focus on providing secure global networks in support of government missions. He also talked about scaling the business and shaping the leadership team and workforce to further assist customers in their networking initiatives. […] More
Kratos Defense & Security Solutions will expand the workforce of its SRE Birmingham arm and invest in its advanced concepts engineering facility over the next five years to drive business growth. The company said Tuesday it will hire 76 engineers, technicians and support staff to add to its current 140-employee count and further contribute to […] More
CGI has launched a new initiative to broaden its workforce and upskill newly hired employees across its information technology centers in the U.S. Under the U.S. IT Center Academy program, CGI plans to initially recruit 1,000 new employees over the next 18 months and train them in key areas including cloud computing, data engineering and […] More
Microsoft has initiated a national campaign aimed at expanding the cybersecurity workforce to 250,000 professionals by 2025 in an effort to address the current shortage of employees in the said field. Brad Smith, president and vice chair at Microsoft, wrote on a blog post published Thursday that the initiative is done in collaboration with U.S. […] More
Health care company Cigna has recognized Serco for implementing a workplace wellness program that seeks to promote employee health and well-being during the pandemic. Serco said Tuesday it received one of Cigna’s 2021 Well-Being Awards in recognition of company efforts to ensure emotional, physical, financial and social health of its workforce. The company hosted its […] More
Orion and Carahsoft Technology have entered into an agreement to offer a multimodal communication tool aimed at supporting secure and real-time collaboration needs of government agencies and the public sector. Carahsoft said Thursday it will serve as the master government aggregator of Orion to help bring the latter’s next generation voice technology to the intelligence […] More
CAES has launched an apprenticeship program in San Jose, California, in an effort to help advance the manufacturing workforce of Silicon Valley and ensure a pipeline of highly skilled technicians. The trainees of the program, which is a vital part of Evergreen Valley College’s Advanced Manufacturing Technology curriculum, will focus on advanced radio frequency, microwave […] More
Chip George, vice president of public sector sales at Nutanix, said federal and public sector information technology leaders must prioritize further adoption of telework approach and modernization of IT systems to help them meet modern demands and achieve mission goals moving forward. In a commentary piece Nextgov published Friday, George wrote that agencies demonstrated persistent […] More
Tommy Gardner, chief technology officer at HP Federal, has cited recommendations from a nonprofit organization and said governments and industries looking to drive technological innovation must prioritize augmenting talent with advanced computing capabilities, increasing sustainable production and ensuring supply chain security. The Council on Competitiveness included strategies in its “Competing in the Next Economy” report […] More
A new survey from Gartner has found that fifty-five percent of chief information officers are looking to increase the number of its full-time information technology employees throughout the year. Gartner said Wednesday that CIOs are more likely to increase the number of FTEs working on emerging technology programs.
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