We all know that filling the pipeline for IT jobs is one of our nation’s biggest challenges. The Department of Labor projects there will be 3.5 million computing-related jobs available by 2026, but our current education pipeline will only fill 19% of those openings, threatening our security and global leadership.
Congress recently proposed a plan to grow the talent pipeline and diversify the computer science and cybersecurity workforce in the federal government. The Junior Reserve Officers’ Training Corps (JROTC) Cyber Training Act (H.R.3266/S.2154), which was sponsored by Representatives Lizzie Fletcher (D-TX), Rob Bishop (R-UT), Jackie Speier (D-CA), Conor Lamb (D-PA) and Michael Waltz (R-FL) in the House, and Senators Jackie Rosen (D-NV), Marsha Blackburn (R-TN), Gary Peters (D-MI) and John Cornyn (R-TX) in the Senate, would direct the Secretary of Defense to develop a program to prepare JROTC high school students for military and civilian careers in computer science and cybersecurity
If enacted, the bill would create targeted internships, cooperative research opportunities and funding for train ..
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