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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: 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.