OPM Director Kay Coles James recently gave Federal Agencies Flexibility in IT Hiring to Support
Information Security Efforts. OPM has already published regulations implementing significant governmentwide
flexibilities including authorizing a direct-hire authority for IT Management (Information Security) GS-2210
positions at the GS-9 level and above, in support of efforts to carry out the requirements of the Government
Information Security Reform Act and the Federal Information Security Management Act. The following is a
direct
link
to the article and its corresponding memo.
Nov. 6, 2003
New Mexico Tech's SFS students are attending a job fair in Washington D.C. this week, where they have the chance to meet with representatives of over thirty federal agencies.
Ashley Dearie (top, right) and J.W. Pope (bottom, right) discuss potential leads with their colleagues from other universities.