Quantum computing, in particular, should be accounted for as agencies build zero-trust security architectures, said the deputy federal CIO.

Maria Roat said a new data science training program is launching later this month.

So far, there are roles listed at the Department of Homeland Security, Environmental Protection Agency and Department of Veterans Affairs.

The U.S. Merit Protection Board has some ideas for a reskilling program that has yet to mint any new cybersecurity experts.

CYBRScore's rankings of applicants doubled as a way to baseline the 20 participants selected for the second cohort.

The CIO Council is following "clear demand signals" and learning from what's already been done, Margie Graves said Thursday.

The White House Office of Management and Budget and the Federal CIO Council announced Tuesday that they have opened applications for the second round of the new, and popular, Federal Cyber Reskilling Academy. “With over 1,500 applications to the first cohort, there clearly is an interest for cyber security within the federal government,” Suzette Kent, federal CIO,

The first cohort of the Federal Cyber Reskilling Academy has only just begun training, and already the government is looking at ways to expand. More than 1,500 government employees applied for 25 spots to learn cyberdefense analysis skills full time, so the Federal CIO Council funded five additional virtual training spaces. “We expect the virtual

A new policy that would give agency heads direct-hire authority for mission-critical IT positions will be finalized soon. Margaret Weichert, deputy director of management at the Office of Management and Budget, announced Thursday at FedScoop’s IT Modernization Summit that the final regulation for IT direct-hire authority will be published on the Federal Register in a