Need For Tech Workers Emphasized While White House Edits Cybersecurity Executive Order

President Barack Obama and Congressional lawmakers haven’t emphasized a variety of educational options – namely technical training – to solve our nation’s workforce shortage, said the National Journal. The hardest jobs to fill in our country, which includes IT positions, don’t require traditional four-year degrees, yet legislation that promotes these opportunities is lacking.

The House of Representatives passed a bill last week that would grant more visas to those who graduate with advanced degrees in science, technology engineering and math, said USA Today. The bill, which passed in a 245 to 139 vote, will likely face rejection by a heavily Democratic Senate that opposes the elimination of the lottery program.

The White House made edits to its draft cybersecurity executive order last week to address concerns raised by various trade associations, said The Hill. Among the edits was language that states that cybersecurity guidance does not favor one technology over another and that specific commercial information technology products should not be identified as critical infrastructure at greatest risk for an attack.