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+ - Veteran tech workers face unemployment

Submitted by Presto Vivace
Presto Vivace writes "IT workers with 15 or more years of experience say they're passed over for employment

A recent study from left-leaning think tank, the Economic Policy Institute, seems to back up claims by Wade and other veteran IT workers. The U.S. has plenty of workers in the science and technology fields, the EPI study said. Only half of U.S. students who graduate in the science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) fields, however, gets a job in those fields, the study said.

An employer based health insurance systems is a standing invitation to age discrimination."

+ - Sen. Rockefeller says that CISPA's privacy protections are "insufficient."

Submitted by Presto Vivace
Presto Vivace writes "The chairman of a key Senate committee cited "insufficient" privacy protections in the cybersecurity bill, recently passed by the House. A new report says the Senate is drafting separate bills.

Clearly we are making a difference. If we keep the pressure it up it is just possible we could defeat CISPA."

+ - NIEM 3.0 Public Review

Submitted by Presto Vivace
Presto Vivace writes "The National Information Exchange Model (the data model used by law enforcement and first responders) has now made NIEM 3.0 available for public review from today until May 6, 2013. NIEM is looking for both technical and non-technical comments. If you have an opinion about this now is the time to comment"

+ - Microsoft hit with Raspberry Pi

Submitted by Presto Vivace
Presto Vivace writes "The computing story nobody is writing about, at least nobody who is anybody

Maybe the market for three- and four-figure PC's is dying because two-figure PCs are eating its lunch. A million computers is a lot, even by world standards.

NOTE 512K on the Model B. That's the RAM in my first Mac, on which I did a ton of writing and a ton of desktop publishing using PageMaker 3. The screen was tiny, but two bits is wicked fast, and if you want stuff to line up, bang, you zoom and no lag at all.

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+ - Notes from the April 3 Cyber Security Framework Workshop->

Submitted by Presto Vivace
Presto Vivace writes "I thought that the Slashdot community would be interested in my notes from NIST's April 3 Cyber Security Framework Workshop. The first panel had Russell Schrader of VISA, Terry Rice of Merck, Michael Paypay of Northrop Grumman, and Reid Stephan of St. Lukes Health System. There were no earth shaking developments, mostly thanking the Department of Commerce for hosting the event and its willingness to lead on the issue. There were also calls for the government to integrate existing standards into the Framework and not "reinvent the wheel". Reid Stephan of St. Lukes Health System called for protection of privacy and "our civil liberties". The next event will take place in Pittsburgh from May 29 through 31. I won't be able to go, so I hope someone from Slashdot will be able to tell the rest of us what happened."
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+ - NYC marketing its vast surveillance system to other cities->

Submitted by Presto Vivace
Presto Vivace writes "Police Surveillance May Earn Money for City

In the six months since the Domain Awareness System was unveiled, officials of Microsoft, which designed the system with the New York Police Department, said they have been surprised by the response and are actively negotiating with a number of prospective buyers, whom Microsoft declined to identify.

Don't want this in your city? You might want to let your local leadership know how you feel."
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