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Biden Launches US Digital Corps To Bring Young Tech Talent To Government - Slashdot

An anonymous reader quotes a report from Fast Company, written by Mark Sullivan: On Monday the Biden administration announced a new program, called the U.S. Digital Corps, designed to attract young tech talent to roles in the government. The Corps offers early-career technologies a chance to get...

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U.S. Digital Corps

The United States Digital Corps. Empowering early-career technologists to build a more effective, equitable government.

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Hmmmmm

 

[Foo Fighter]

All very good if it ends up as advertised, a big IF though.

 

[Lc89]

Doesn't a Cyber Command already exist?

 

[Bhurki]

Doesn't a Cyber Command already exist?

That only pertains to DoD activities.

 

[Lc89]

So I think it's a bad idea.

 

[TomS]

I suspect you're misunderstanding the purpose of this. It's not for recruiting a force of cybersecurity people akin to Cyber Command. It's a much more general effort to improve recruitment of early career IT/cyber professionals into the federal government. The government does a pretty terrible job recruiting smart junior professionals in IT fields, mostly because it can't pay nearly as much as Silicon Valley or even corporate IT departments. This is a very small effort to do some targeted recruitment and explore ways the government can attract more skilled young candidates to work across the government in all sorts of IT fields.

 

[Grey Havoc]

On a related note:

New Boss of US Digital Service: Mina Hsiang - Slashdot

Mina Hsiang will lead the U.S. Digital Service, the Office of Management and Budget told Axios Thursday, as the Biden administration beefs up its cadre of technological special forces tasked with solving problems across the federal government. From the report: Washington is preparing to spend...

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