Congress funds future digital defenders

[William Knowles <wk () C4I ORG>]

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.


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