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American federal investigators are having a hard time hiring computer-savvy staff, according to a memo from the Inspector General for the US Department of Justice.
"Even as it works to expand the ranks of its cybersecurity team, the department continues to face challenges recruiting and retaining highly qualified candidates to do this work," the memo [PDF] states.
Last year the FBI got the authorization and budget to hire 134 computer scientists for online investigations. We're told the agency could only find 82 people interested in working for Uncle Sam. As a result, five of the FBI's regional 56 Cyber Task Force teams don't have a computer specialist on hand.
Why are they having so much trouble?
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(Score: 3, Informative) by Snow on Thursday November 19 2015, @08:49PM
I wouldn't work for them because of :
1) I have morals.
2) I don't want the background check. (I'd probably pass without issue, but I just don't want to be scrutinized to that level).
3) I smoke pot.
Mostly it's because they are all a bunch of fuckers stealing what freedoms we have left and they can all fuck themselves. I'd rather be unemployed.
(Score: 2) by Geotti on Thursday November 19 2015, @09:37PM
If enough 'proper' people would go there, we'd have a chance at changing something, though.
(Score: 2) by Anal Pumpernickel on Thursday November 19 2015, @10:04PM
These "proper" people would become improper the minute they started violating the constitution, which their jobs would require. If they refused, they wouldn't have the job for very long.
The people working for these organizations, and the ones who gave them jobs that require violating the constitution, all need to be put in prison.
(Score: 2) by Geotti on Friday November 20 2015, @12:40AM
If they all indeed proper and do uphold moral, and ethical values (and possibly loose their jobs), their higher ups will eventually be forced to answer some uncomfortable questions.
(Score: 2) by Phoenix666 on Friday November 20 2015, @08:34AM
Only if every one of them is willing to go Snowden on their ass. Few people have the steel to go Snowden. That's why we have Drake, Binney, Manning, and Snowden. The first three had to take the lumps without the fame. But each of them did it without expectation of fame and only a hope of their sacrifice mattering. They are heros.
Washington DC delenda est.
(Score: 2) by urza9814 on Friday November 20 2015, @01:11PM
But if they simply can't hire people in the first place, that should get them into the same position a little bit quicker than if they just keep hiring and firing people.
(Score: 2) by Mr Big in the Pants on Thursday November 19 2015, @10:06PM
HAHAHAHAHA!
Good one!
Made my day...
(Score: 2) by HiThere on Friday November 20 2015, @12:59AM
The rot starts at the top. Changing those who "only follow orders" doesn't do much good...and if they stay, they don't stay moral.
Javascript is what you use to allow unknown third parties to run software you have no idea about on your computer.
(Score: -1, Offtopic) by Anonymous Coward on Friday November 20 2015, @01:21AM
>I have morals.
>Relationship hacking.
(Score: 2) by Snow on Friday November 20 2015, @08:59PM
You may not agree with my life choices, but I think it's fair to say that those people that I do affect are fully aware and consenting. I consider that moral. My relationships are based on consent and truthfulness.
(Score: 1) by saltycraig on Friday November 20 2015, @03:52PM
This! I have known a couple people who worked briefly for the feds in intelligence and the top secret requirements (10 years of explaining everything about your whereabouts/actions, 9-12 months of paperwork usually), plus the requirement to not having to have smoked/eaten/whatever in the past 4 years, and you end up with a bunch of half-capable java-mill programmers.