Federal Cyber Service: Scholarship for Service (SFS) Student Placement Issues: Exploration of the Solution Space. A Report from a NSF Workshop. Held in Arlington, Virginia on August 5-6, 2003

摘要

The Federal Cyber Service: Scholarship for Service (SFS) program seeks to increase the number of qualified students entering the fields of information assurance and computer security and to increase the capacity of the United States higher education enterprise to continue to produce professionals in these fields. The program has two tracks, Scholarship and Capacity Building. The workshop, SFS Student Placement Issues: Exploration of the Solution Space, focused on problems associated with placing students participating in the Scholarship Track. The Scholarship Track provides funding to colleges and universities to award scholarships in information assurance and computer security fields. Scholarship recipients will become part of the Federal Cyber Service of information technology specialists who ensure the protection of the U.S. Government's information infrastructure. Upon graduation after their two-year scholarships, the recipients will be required to work for a federal agency for two years in fulfillment of their Federal Cyber Service commitment.