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engineers, computer scientists, cyber security, construction en- gineers, and other information technology specialists to consoli- date 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 Initia- tive. The ONC is seeking crowdsourcing application developers, 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.
• Cyber Security: On Dec. 3, 2012, Janet Napolitano, U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) secretary said that DHS will hire at least additional 600 cyber security experts including IT specialists, analysts, cyber, and coding experts. Two months earlier, during National Cyber Security Awareness Month, DHS awarded 34 contracts for cyber security research and development to 29 academic and research organizations. The list of those organizations is here:
http://www.cyber.st.dhs. gov/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/Press-Relase_cyber-contracts- FINAL.pdf.
• 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 cyber security of the smart devices that public em- ployees possess.
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