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Federal government IT hiring projections Last December, Government Executive magazine published “The Technologist’s Guide to 2013.” The article highlighted six areas of growth that current STEM students and gradu- ates should investigate for potential employment in the federal government or as a contractor to it. A snapshot of each area is below.
Big Data: The business software company, SAS, defines big data as the “popular term used to describe the exponential growth, availability and use of information, both structured and unstructured.” In 2013, Gartner, an IT research and advi- sory company, projects that big data will equal $28 billion in projected IT spending out of $34 billion total.
Federal agencies must recruit and train workers to man- age, analyze, and use the big data the federal govern- ment gathers. Currently, the Bureau of Labor Statistics reports that, “only five percent of the federal workforce is classified to be in computer or mathematic-related professions.”
Data Center Consolidation: The federal government’s Fed- eral Data Center Consolidation Initiative will need computer engineers, computer scientists, cybersecurity, construction engineers, and other information technology specialists to consolidate at least 800 data centers by 2015.
Health Information Technology: The Department of Health and Human Services’ Office of National Coordinator for Health IT (ONC) has created the Investing in Innovation Ini-
tiative. The ONC is seeking crowdsourcing application devel- opers, software engineers, and computer scientists, who are outside contractors, to create programs that reach citizens directly and efficiently. Check out the details about incentive programs and web-bases peer-to-peer networks here: www.
healthit.gov/sites/.../crowd-sourcing-tech-tools-060712.pdf.
Cloud computing: Government Executive reports that, “By 2018, the federal cloud computing market is projected to grow by $47 billion, a compound annual growth rate of 16.2 percent.” The public sector will need thousands of workers to make the transition, maintain it, and keep things secure in the cloud. For more information, check out the National Institute for Standards and Technology Cloud Computing Program at
http://www.nist.gov/itl/cloud/index.cfm.
Cybersecurity: On Dec. 3, 2012, Janet Napolitano, U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) secretary, said that DHS will hire at least 600 additional cybersecurity experts including IT specialists, analysts, cyber and coding experts. Two months earlier, during National Cybersecurity Aware- ness Month, DHS awarded 34 contracts for cybersecurity research and development to 29 academic and research organizations.
Mobility: Government Executive reports that “between 2011 and 2016 data traffic on smart phones will grow by 110 percent compounded annually.” The federal government will need IT specialists to respond to the burgeoning use of the use, misuse, and cybersecurity of the smart devices that public employees possess.
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