The Federal Aviation Administration wants contractor support for a sweeping initiative aimed at improving the effectiveness of its Air Traffic Organization.
Arizona employers using the federal E-Verify system to check work eligibility for their employees are worried about how often the system initially rejects legitimate employees, according to a new report.
In the May 20 issue, [<a href="http://www.washingtontechnology.com/news/17_4/cover/18294-1.html">"Work-force glass half full and half empty"</a>] on a shortage of skilled federal IT employees, you cited a recent survey showing that the C programming language is the hottest technical skill sought by employers, followed by Oracle, SQL, Java and Windows NT. But your story said government employers want more than technical skills. They also want experience in a specific area, such as finance, the environment or logistics. They also need people with security clearances, a qualification not needed for private-sector IT work.
<b>Appointments</b><p>Windsor Group Services LLC in Reston, Va., has added <b>John Allen</b> as co-managing member of its federal group. He will lead the Reston office as well as the firm's investment banking efforts.<p><b>David Safavian</b> is now senior adviser and acting deputy chief of staff at the U.S. General Services Administration. He will assume the duties of chief of staff in July when the incumbent chief of staff <b>Brian Jackson </b>departs the agency to pursue a master's degree in business administration at Harvard Business School in Cambridge, Mass. Most recently, Safavian served as the chief of staff to Rep. <b>Chris Cannon</b>, R-Utah.
When Pat Dawson read a new information technology workforce study published this month, he noted that at least one major finding didn't apply to his company, Anteon Corp. of Fairfax, Va. Unlike many high-tech companies, Anteon wasn't laying off workers.
Northern Virginia Workforce Investment Board appointed David Hunn as its new executive director. Hunn brings nearly 15 years of experience in human service and work force development at the local and regional levels.
AFFIRM's May 2 "members only" gathering, held at the George Washington University Club in Washington, highlighted best practice white papers developed by a CIO Council committee.
U.S. companies dropped 500,000 information technology workers off their payrolls last year, cutting the size of the IT work force from 10.4 million in 2000 to 9.9 million in 2001, according to a new survey. But some jobs are still going unfilled.
Armed with $3.4 million in federal funds, the 3-month-old nonprofit Telework Consortium in Herndon, Va., will demonstrate the benefits of teleworking, or working outside the office.
More than one-fifth of 556,000 jobs identified in an inventory of government activities can be outsourced, according to the Office of Management and Budget.
SGI, Mountain View, Calif., appointed Arthur Money to its board of directors. Most recently he was the assistant secretary of defense for command, control, communications and intelligence, and chief information officer of the U.S. Department of Defense from 1998 to April 2001.
Fifty-one percent of American workers expect to receive year-end holiday rewards from their companies, according to a report by Xylo Inc., "How Year-End Holiday Rewards Impact Workplace Loyalty."
