July 11, 2020
“There is a reason why we have the H-1 visa system — it’s so we can bring people who have the skills not available here in the US to this country,” said Chris Hopfensperger, executive director of Software.org....
June 24, 2020
Trust & Transparency in the Deepfake Era: Developing an Industry Standard for Digital Content
On January 8, Software.org hosted a group of students from the Public Leadership Education Network (PLEN) to discuss careers in STEM and public policy....
April 21, 2020
Digital Fluency for a Resilient Economy
The onset of the Covid-19 pandemic has starkly illuminated fissures in our public systems, including the postsecondary and workforce systems. A common vein throughout is the impact of job loss and fundamental changes to the way Americans work....
January 30, 2020
Mentorship and Diversity in Tech
January is National Mentorship Month and a perfect time to highlight the importance of mentorship to creating a more diverse tech workforce, which is a Software.org priority....
January 09, 2020
State, Nation Must Keep Up With Growing Tech Sector
CIO Journal highlights the new jobs report from Software.org....
January 08, 2020
Software.org Hosts PLEN Students for STEM Seminar
On January 8, Software.org hosted a group of students from the Public Leadership Education Network (PLEN) to discuss careers in STEM and public policy....
July 11, 2019
Software.org: The BSA Foundation will host a lunch event July 11 featuring Senator Mark Warner (D-VA) to announce a partnership with Blue Star Families that will connect military spouses with an aptitude for tech positions to Software.org’s skills training portal TransformYourTrade.org....
May 17, 2019
Congressional Briefing on Software in Agriculture
On May 17, 2019, Software.org hosted a Congressional staff briefing on Capital Hill to launch its report, Every Sector Is a Software Sector: Agriculture, and educate staffers about the necessary policy elements for continued growth....
June 27, 2019
There’s an enormous opportunity to train military spouses to succeed in software jobs that can be done from almost anywhere in the world....
October 21, 2019
Victoria Espinel Featured on Bloomberg Businessweek
Victoria Espinel discusses the economic and cultural impacts of artificial intelligence on Bloomberg Businessweek....