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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: 1, Insightful) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday November 19 2015, @09:42PM
Perhaps you have missed the pop tv culture references :P
I don't know if the statistics break down to actually support it, but the comment is funny based on some major shows following this exact trend. There are probably enough references to say something about "dorky dudes with confidence issues" so make your own joke to balance it out.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Friday November 20 2015, @12:12AM
THE MOD SYSTEM WORKED! sorta...
I was the AC thinking the joke was missed, but did not see the hidden comment with the link. My bad!
(Score: 3, Informative) by frojack on Friday November 20 2015, @01:29AM
Subsentient was replying to the AC, or maybe you, its hard to tell one AC from the other - you guys all dress the same.
No, you are mistaken. I've always had this sig.