White House launches a detail program for cyber-skilled feds – By Jessie Bur (Federal Times) / March 11 2020
Federal employees with cybersecurity experience have the opportunity to take their skills temporarily to another agency under a cyber detail program announced by the Office of Management and Budget March 11.
The available detail programs, listed under the Open Opportunities page of USAJobs, are designed to help cybersecurity personnel, especially those that graduated from the recent cyber reskilling academy but lack practical experience, to gain the hands-on tools to advance in their cyber careers in the federal government.
“We cannot overcome the shortage in the federal cybersecurity workforce overnight,” said Federal Chief Information Officer Suzette Kent in a news release.
“By continuing to invest and support reskilling programs, coupled with hands-on opportunities to apply those skills, the federal government is positioning itself to strengthen our cybersecurity workforce capabilities.”
Initial graduates of the cyber reskilling academy have struggled to find federal positions that offer the same pay grade as their old work but in their new field, in part because those graduates did not have years of cyber-specific experience to qualify for the job.
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