Tag Archives: job creation

Suzette Kent, federal chief information officer and a 2019 Wash100 award winner, said she believes artificial intelligence could result in the creation of jobs amid concerns regarding its potential impact on the workforce, FCW reported Thursday. "We know for a fact that we are creating more jobs in the data space, in the computational sciences spaces, and the design spaces," she said Wednesday at a Bipartisan Policy Council-hosted panel discussion.

Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin and Mick Mulvaney, director of the Office of Management and Budget, have issued a joint statement saying the federal budget deficit reached $779B in fiscal 2018, about $113B higher than the shortfall recorded in the previous fiscal year. The FY 2018 deficit was equivalent to 3.9 percent of the U.S. gross domestic product and $70B less than the projected shortfall in the Mid-Session Review for FY 2019, according to the statement published Monday.

President Donald Trump has launched an initiative that seeks to engage U.S. business leaders in efforts to increase job growth opportunities. Trump plans to hold meetings with executives to gather information about their experiences and insights on job creation as part of the Manufacturing Jobs Initiative, according to a White House press release published Friday. …

The Justice Department will allocate $119 million in grant funds for the Office of Community Oriented Policing Services hiring program that will be distributed to 184 law enforcement agencies across the nation in an effort to create and protect 900 law enforcement positions. DOJ said Monday CHP will directly fund state, …

Energy Secretary Ernest Moniz has said the Energy Department plans to award $50 million in funds to support the development of vehicle technologies that support efforts to achieve fuel efficiency and reduce carbon emissions. DOE will focus on projects that deal with the development of electric drive vehicle motors, battery …

The state of Maryland assembled a group of government officials and industry executives to help develop programs to bolster cyber workforce development across the state, the Baltimore Business Journal reported May 28. Ryan McDonald writes that the Maryland Cybersecurity Roundtable convened last week to discuss ways of addressing employment and …

A Gallup report has found that federal hiring in July is at an all-time low and could the result of sequestration going into effect in March. The polling firm said that only 25 percent of surveyed federal workers reported that their agency was hiring in July, Gallup said Wednesday. Gallup …