ON THE JOB
CompTIA, the Computing Technology Industry Association, in June announced it received a 20-month, $550,000 grant from the Labor Department's Employment and Training Administration to develop an information technology technical support specialist apprenticeship.
The Monitor Has Two Faces
Every employee has an occasional bad day, and the Internet makes it easy to dull the pain.
TAKING THE REINS: NONA ULLMAN
National education lead, K-12 public education practice, KPMG Consulting Inc., McLean, Va.
Compliance Conundrum
Zip Brown, vice president of the eGovernment Solutions Group at American Management Systems Inc. in Fairfax, Va., used to say that several of her company's products were compliant with Section 508, a new federal regulation that goes into effect June 25.
Teleconferencing: The Next Best Thing To Being There
Like it or not, meetings are a fact of life. In government as elsewhere, there's not enough time or money to travel everywhere. So people meet in other ways.
Tech Industry Slowed in 2000, New Report Shows
Technology industry employment grew 4.6 percent in 2000, its slowest rate since 1994 and 1995, according to a new report released June 6.
CALENDAR
AFCEA's 55th annual conference and exposition, TechNet International, has everything for the communications, electronics, intelligence and information systems professional.
TAKING THE REINS: JAMES ALLEN
Position: Manager of security professional services, Verizon Federal Network Systems, Arlington, Va.
WHO'S ON FIRST
Innovative Technology Application Inc., a Springfield, Va., custom multimedia software developer and federal contractor, appointed Bert K. Mizusawa as its new president.
TAKING THE REINS: ROBERT BYRD
National practice director of the federal sector, Cedar, Baltimore
From 'Rag-Tag' to Riches
Before Ray Lopez teamed up with Anteon Corp. through the Defense Department's Mentor-Protégé Program, the 35 employees of Engineering Services Network Inc. in Arlington, Va., were a "rag-tag group of technocrats," Lopez said.
CALENDAR
A panel of key players in the digital copyright debate will discuss the issues shaping the future distribution of media worldwide from 8 - 11 a.m. at The University Club in Washington, D.C.
TAKING THE REINS: DAVE DONOVAN
Federal sales director, SeeBeyond Federal headquarters, Reston, Va. Company headquarters is in Monrovia, Calif.
ON THE JOB
New York state will provide $15 million in high-tech training grants to 28 organizations, benefiting 4,000 workers, Gov. George Pataki announced last month.
E-Recruiting Software Streamlines Hunt for Skilled Employees
Ted Koska noticed in 1993 that the pool of candidates for Washington state government jobs was shrinking, especially at the executive level. By 1995, he realized there would be a definite shortage.
WHO'S ON FIRST
F. Whitten Peters, who served as secretary of the Air Force, Washington, D.C., from 1999 until his resignation in January, has joined DynCorp in a consulting capacity as special assistant to the president and CEO.
TAKING THE REINS: WOOD PARKER
Vice president and general manager of the global information technology division, TRW Systems & Information Technology Group, Reston, Va.
ON THE JOB
The average company trains 78.6 percent of its workers and spends an average $677 per employee annually, according to the 2001 State of the Industry Report, issued last month by the American Society for Training & Development in Alexandria, Va.
New Disability Standards Create Long-Term Opportunities
Twelve years ago, one Microsoft Corp. employee expressed interest in making the software giant's products more accessible to people with disabilities, spawning an initiative that has grown into a company unit of 40 full-time workers.
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