Contractors call for Trade Adjustment Assistance
IT companies and trade groups are lobbying Congress to include trade adjustment money in the final stimulus bill.
Analysis: Midsize firms hardest hit by new requirement
A new self-disclosure requirement for contractors is likely to have the greatest impact on midsize firms, a government contracting expert said.
Grassley hits Microsoft on layoffs
Microsoft should lay off its foreign workers on H-1B visas before it lays off American workers, Sen. Charles Grassley.
FAA seeks support for organizational transformation
The Federal Aviation Administration wants contractor support for a sweeping initiative aimed at improving the effectiveness of its Air Traffic Organization.
An eye for opportunity
Last Byte: CACI exec wants to boost company's national security business.
E-Verify false rejections have Arizona employers worried
Arizona employers using the federal E-Verify system to check work eligibility for their employees are worried about how often the system initially rejects legitimate employees, according to a new report.
DHS wants electronic performance management system
The agency wants information about the availability of a commercial electronic performance management system for its human resources functions.
To the editor: Thinking outside of the box... and out of town
In the May 20 issue, [<a href="http://www.washingtontechnology.com/news/17_4/cover/18294-1.html">"Work-force glass half full and half empty"</a>] on a shortage of skilled federal IT employees, you cited a recent survey showing that the C programming language is the hottest technical skill sought by employers, followed by Oracle, SQL, Java and Windows NT. But your story said government employers want more than technical skills. They also want experience in a specific area, such as finance, the environment or logistics. They also need people with security clearances, a qualification not needed for private-sector IT work.
Who's on First
<b>Appointments</b><p>Windsor Group Services LLC in Reston, Va., has added <b>John Allen</b> as co-managing member of its federal group. He will lead the Reston office as well as the firm's investment banking efforts.<p><b>David Safavian</b> is now senior adviser and acting deputy chief of staff at the U.S. General Services Administration. He will assume the duties of chief of staff in July when the incumbent chief of staff <b>Brian Jackson </b>departs the agency to pursue a master's degree in business administration at Harvard Business School in Cambridge, Mass. Most recently, Safavian served as the chief of staff to Rep. <b>Chris Cannon</b>, R-Utah.
Workforce glass half full and half empty
When Pat Dawson read a new information technology workforce study published this month, he noted that at least one major finding didn't apply to his company, Anteon Corp. of Fairfax, Va. Unlike many high-tech companies, Anteon wasn't laying off workers.
Online Extra: Survival Guide
Motivation, dealing with stress, bouncing back from adversity are issues as common in the business world as on the playing fields of sports.
Who's on First
Northern Virginia Workforce Investment Board appointed David Hunn as its new executive director. Hunn brings nearly 15 years of experience in human service and work force development at the local and regional levels.
Picture This
AFFIRM's May 2 "members only" gathering, held at the George Washington University Club in Washington, highlighted best practice white papers developed by a CIO Council committee.
IT skills gap remains
U.S. companies dropped 500,000 information technology workers off their payrolls last year, cutting the size of the IT work force from 10.4 million in 2000 to 9.9 million in 2001, according to a new survey. But some jobs are still going unfilled.
Federal funds boost telework initiative
Armed with $3.4 million in federal funds, the 3-month-old nonprofit Telework Consortium in Herndon, Va., will demonstrate the benefits of teleworking, or working outside the office.
Lockheed Martin, Pa. begin IT program for high schoolers
Lockheed Martin Management & Data Systems launched Pennsylvania's first registered IT apprenticeship program.
Long-time GSA official moves to private sector
Frank Lalley has joined Government Telecommunications Inc. of Chantilly, Va.
OMB: 126,000 fed jobs could be outsourced
More than one-fifth of 556,000 jobs identified in an inventory of government activities can be outsourced, according to the Office of Management and Budget.
WHO'S ON FIRST
SGI, Mountain View, Calif., appointed Arthur Money to its board of directors. Most recently he was the assistant secretary of defense for command, control, communications and intelligence, and chief information officer of the U.S. Department of Defense from 1998 to April 2001.
ON THE JOB
Fifty-one percent of American workers expect to receive year-end holiday rewards from their companies, according to a report by Xylo Inc., "How Year-End Holiday Rewards Impact Workplace Loyalty."
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