Accenture and Accenture Federal Services (AFS) have awarded Merivis, a veterans service nonprofit, a $100,000 grant to provide Salesforce training programs for technology skills to enable military veterans to transition to the civilian workforce, the company reported on Tuesday.
Read More »Microsoft Launches New Technology Initiative to Support Economic Recovery; Satya Nadella, Brad Smith Quoted
Microsoft Corp. has launched its global skills initiative to add more digital skills to 25 million people worldwide by the end of the year in response to the global economic crisis caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, the company announced on Tuesday.
Read More »SBA Awards $300K in Grants to Company Entrepreneurship Training for Women Veterans, Military Spouses; Larry Stubblefield Quoted
The U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) today awarded $300 thousand in grants to three organizations that will offer entrepreneurship training to women service members, veterans and military spouses, the company reported on Thursday.
Read More »PSC Execs Talk Federal Workforce Training Provisions Under FY20 NDAA
Leaders from the Professional Services Council have expressed their support for the $738 billion fiscal 2020 defense policy bill’s provisions on certification requirements for federal procurement officials, Nextgov reported Monday.
Read More »NSF, USPS Working to Drive Cloud Migration Efforts, Modernize Assets
The U.S. Postal Service and National Science Foundation are continuing efforts to modernize their operations through cloud migration and reskilling efforts, Federal News Network reported Friday.
Read More »Dean Souleles: Intelligence Community Should Invest in Tech, Data to Advance AI Adoption
Dean Souleles, chief technology adviser at the Office of the Director of National Intelligence, said the intelligence community is now laying the groundwork for artificial intelligence adoption, Federal News Network reported Friday. He mentioned IC’s efforts to modernize its technology infrastructure and advance cloud adoption as part of its IT enterprise program ICITE and the need to invest in graphical processing units and other technologies that will facilitate AI computation.
Read More »Jeanette Manfra: Cyber Talent Shortage a Risk to National Security
Jeanette Manfra, a cybersecurity official at the Department of Homeland Security, said DHS considers the lack of cyber professionals a threat to national security and is now prioritizing the development of a workforce training initiative for such professionals, TechCrunch reported Friday.
Read More »New University to Train Security Cooperation Workforce in Defense Department; Cara Abercrombie Quoted
The Defense Security Cooperation Agency has opened a new institution designed to train and build a workforce of security cooperation experts. The new Defense Security Cooperation University aims to ensure that all involved personnel have a grasp of security cooperation's alignment with the national security strategy, according to DSCU President Cara Abercrombie, the DSCA said Thursday.
Read More »Bureau Seeks to Protect 2020 Census From Misinformation Through ‘Fusion Center’
The Census Bureau has established a “fusion center” to help track misinformation in social media platforms during the 2020 census, Federal News Network reported Thursday.
Read More »Beth Ripley: VA Seeks to Transform Patient Care With 3D Printing
Beth Ripley, a senior innovation fellow at the Department of Veterans Affairs, said VA is collaborating with academic and government stakeholders to create opportunities for workforce training and to develop new tools as it works to advance 3D printing, Nextgov reported Friday.
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