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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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US Govt Just Can't Hire Enough Cyber-Sherlocks
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(Score: 5, Insightful) by bonehead on Thursday November 19 2015, @09:34PM
Exactly.
I'm qualified. But I'd rather work against them for free than work for them for any salary they might offer.
I love my country, but my trust in this government is a thing of the past.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday November 19 2015, @11:28PM
yup.
if you are like me you get ads that pop up about employment opportunities that are not even veiled; most are blocked but some make it through.
it must be the demonstrated interests shown online.
(Score: 1, Interesting) by Anonymous Coward on Friday November 20 2015, @03:23AM
Yeah. For me it boils down to: which IT security person wants to raise their hand and say "I work for the US Gov"?
My general impression now is in the IT security community when you say "I work for the US Gov" people will assume you're a bad/corrupt person or at least misguidedly working for the "Evil Empire", more than if you said you were working for Microsoft/Apple.
It's probably still not as bad as saying "I work for Monsanto" or "I work for ISIS", but hey the US Gov helped create and support the ISIS so... ( http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2015/jun/03/us-isis-syria-iraq [theguardian.com] )
http://www.washingtonsblog.com/2015/05/newly-declassified-u-s-government-documents-the-west-supported-the-creation-of-isis.html [washingtonsblog.com] ).
Basically they'd have to pay a lot more than market price to get people. I'm sure some people would sell out for the right price. Or perhaps be highly paid "double agents" ;).