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Monster Government Solutions and the Northern Virginia Technology Council (NVTC) have launched an actionable new web site, CyberCapital.us, to showcase the unique role that the greater Washington DC region plays in America’s cyber defenses: people, technology companies, education, intellectual capital, and government agencies. The goal of the site is to help drive awareness, employment, education, investment, policies, and programs in cybersecurity.

CyberCapital.us highlights the Greater Washington area’s position as a global epicenter for cybersecurity that combines public and private sector assets. The region, encompassing Washington, DC, Virginia and Maryland, has a cyber workforce of 84,000 strong, boasts 14% of the nation’s total cyber job postings, and is a hotbed for cyber activity in firms ranging from the Fortune 1000 to a growing number of venture-backed startups.  The region’s proximity, expertise and unparalleled experience in serving the federal government are critical, both in policymaking and actually protecting America interests.

Original Article Posted on StateScoop

The 2017 winners of the StateScoop 50 Awards, which highlight the best and brightest in the state IT community, were announced Sunday at a reception in Crystal City, Virginia, to help kick off the National Association of State Chief Information Officers' midyear conference.

For the fourth year, the StateScoop 50 awards honored state government information technology executives, leaders, industry influencers, up-and-comers and innovative projects. And for the first time, the awards honored cybersecurity leaders across state government.

Members of the state and local IT community nominated thousands of government leaders in March, 2017. StateScoop narrowed the list to the top 150 with the most nominations and StateScoop readers cast more than 100,000 votes nationally in April to select the final 50 2017 winners.

Washington, D.C. – March, 8, 2017: Earlier today, former U.S. House of Representatives Labor, Health and Human Services and Education (Labor-HHS) Appropriations Subcommittee Chair Jack Kingston, along with Susan Fallon, Vice President of Global Strategy and Business Development for Monster Government Solutions, testified before the Labor-HHS Subcommittee during its annual public witness hearing. Kingston and Fallon reiterated the importance of Job Corps’ career technical education services and the continued need to invest in job skills training in order to close the “skills gap.”

“Job Corps is a critical lynchpin in closing the skills gap nationwide,” Kingston said. “I strongly believe that the way toward sustainable job growth in these communities is to invest in the mechanisms like the Job Corps program to educate and develop necessary skills in an effort to create and maintain these jobs in a way that adapts to a changing economy.”

According to the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, there are 5.6 million jobs that remain unfilled because employers cannot find workers with the right set of skills. According to some estimates, the skills gap costs our economy $160 billion annually. Job Corps is a comprehensive education and vocational training program administered by the U.S. Department of Labor that each year helps 50,000 underserved youth ages 16 through 24.

Original Article Posted on Perry County Tribune
by Bill Rockwell, Tribune Reporter
FEBRUARY, 20, 2017

The use of veterans to fill vacant employment position could be a boon to Ohio’s workforce and economy. Ryan Blackburn with the Ohio Department of Veteran Services detailed the department’s focus on finding work and, or education for the thousands of veterans across the state.

“We have thousands of veterans that call Ohio home and thousands more daily that return to the state from serving their country that are looking for work or to continue their education,” Blackburn said at a meeting of the Perry County Chamber of Commerce during their monthly lunch meeting held recently at Los Mariachi’s in New Lexington.

Blackburn said that Ohio is home to more than 830,000 veterans, the sixth largest such population among states in the country, and that 450,000 veterans are currently in the labor force.