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Giving Some Thanks on Thanksgiving
Tomorrow is Thanksgiving, so I'm going to doff my grump hat and thank the folks who make this column possible, starting with some really fine military public affairs officers.
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Hot IT Skills for 2010
Dice.com <a href="http://career-resources.dice.com/articles/content/entry/hot_skills_for_2010">reports</a> on the top certified and non-certified skills that employers will be seeking in 2010. According to IT consulting firm Foote Partners, the top skills that will command the highest pay premiums in 2010 are:
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Census director focuses on putting IT to the test before the big count
In an interview with Nextgov, Robert Groves talks about testing the bureau's networks designed for the decennial census, his development philosophy and using the Internet in 2020.
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Military Health to evaluate two electronic dental records systems
Agency will spend six months reviewing applications developed by a Northrop Grumman-SAIC team and Harris.
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Agencies use technology in effort to unravel Watergate mystery
Forensic specialists analyze meeting notes in hope of explanation for 18 1/2-minute gap in tapes.
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Tech Jobs to Boom In D.C.
Dice.com <a href="http://career-resources.dice.com/articles/content/entry/virtualization_security_expertise_needed_in">reports</a> that while there has been much speculation that technology jobs in the Washington, D.C., area would boom in the past year, mostly due to new federal health care regulations, overall unemployment in the location stands at 11.4 percent, up from 7.4 percent a year earlier.
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