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AWS federal training 'Pop-Up Loft' attracts thousands
Thousands of federal employees and contractors visited a free pop-up training event held by Amazon Web Services over the course of three weeks earlier this month. The idea grew out of previous pop-up — and eventually permanent — lofts AWS has hosted in places like San Francisco, New York and Tokyo. But this is the first devoted purely to federal employees and contractors. And the hope is that it will become a mainstay in the D.C. area as well. Billy Mitchell has the story.
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A Message From AWS Educate
With over 1,500 institutions and hundreds of thousands of students who use AWS Educate, we wanted to take you on a trip around the world and highlight how students are learning and innovating with the cloud.
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RPA is helping with FDA’s drug evaluation and research
An FDA agency is using robotic process automation to free up scientists from having to do labor-intensive, manual tasks. The Center for Drug Evaluation and Research has seven RPA projects in development as it works to free up staff for its core science mission. Dave Nyczepir has the scoop.
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Government cyber reskilling programs are just getting started, Federal CIO says
The federal government’s Cybersecurity Reskilling Academies are going to keep expanding over the next few years, according to U.S. CIO Suzette Kent. The government has gone through two rounds of academies since last year, with more than 2,300 federal employees applying to them. Shannon Vavra has the latest on reskilling programs.
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Marquette U. to expand computer science access for local K-12 district
A $2 million federal grant will be used to improve access to computer science education in Milwaukee Public Schools. Betsy Foresman has this one.
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Report: Agencies need better data on the skilled technical workforce
There will be 3.4 million unfilled skilled technical jobs nationwide by 2022, including IT and cybersecurity positions critical to government. Dave has more.
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Job of the Day
Deputy CIO |Federal Trade Commission
The FTC works to ensure that the nation's markets are vigorous, efficient, and free of restrictions that harm consumers. The DCIO is accountable for strategic planning, developing, organizing, directing, and maintaining a comprehensive information technology and information resources management strategic plan that aligns to the agency business strategy See this job and more here.
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