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struggle4progress

(118,309 posts)
Sun Jun 16, 2013, 05:11 AM Jun 2013

Tech hiring binge may pose security risks for government

Jun. 15, 2013 11:28 PM

... Carr said Snowden’s failure to complete high school and military training should have raised concerns about his employment prospects. The Army said Snowden attempted to complete Special Forces training but was administratively discharged after several months of training.

“I would see too many danger signals with this guy,” Carr said ...

Some critics say the government has outsourced too much to the private sector. Sen. Dick Durbin, D-Ill., said contractors make up 22% of the Defense Department workforce ...

“There’s a job shortage of 340,000 in cybersecurity,” said Robert Rodriguez, a cybersecurity analyst and former Secret Service agent ...

http://www.delawareonline.com/article/20130616/BUSINESS11/306160058/Tech-hiring-binge-may-pose-security-risks-government?nclick_check=1

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Tech hiring binge may pose security risks for government (Original Post) struggle4progress Jun 2013 OP
LOLOL OMG Skittles Jun 2013 #1
Exactly! Live and Learn Jun 2013 #2
They are pretty pathetic Xipe Totec Jun 2013 #3

Xipe Totec

(43,890 posts)
3. They are pretty pathetic
Sun Jun 16, 2013, 08:16 AM
Jun 2013

Go to the NSA careers page and watch the Internal Server error.

http://www.nsa.gov/careers/

They can't even serve a web page without going down in flames.

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