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Congress funds future digital defenders
From: William Knowles <wk () C4I ORG>
Date: Wed, 25 Oct 2000 13:35:01 -0500
http://www.fcw.com/fcw/articles/2000/1023/web-cyber-10-24-00.asp BY Diane Frank 10/24/2000 A program to train the next generation of federal cyberspace workers cleared a major hurdle this month. Congress approved the full funding request this month for a program that will provide scholarship money to students pursuing degrees in information security. In exchange, the scholarship recipients will work at federal agencies after graduation. The final amount of $11.2 million, contained in the Veterans Affairs-Housing and Urban Development appropriations bill, will go to the National Science Foundation for the administrations Scholarship for Service program. It is part of the larger Federal Cyber Services initiative proposed by President Clinton in the National Plan for Information Systems Protection in January. NSF will work with universities and colleges to develop appropriate coursework and programs for students. The agency also will work with the Office of Personnel Management to move those students into agencies that are searching to fill much-needed security positions. After holding up the program for more than a month to wait for funding, NSF plans to release its request for grants to the universities this week, said Shirley Malia, program director for the Federal Cyber Services at the Critical Infrastructure Assurance Office. *==============================================================* "Communications without intelligence is noise; Intelligence without communications is irrelevant." Gen Alfred. M. Gray, USMC ================================================================ C4I.org - Computer Security, & Intelligence - http://www.c4i.org *==============================================================* ISN is hosted by SecurityFocus.com --- To unsubscribe email LISTSERV () SecurityFocus com with a message body of "SIGNOFF ISN".
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