by JAM | Feb 22, 2012 | Government, LISTA, LISTA in the News, Policy
Latinos in Information Sciences and Technology Association and the National Latino Alliance on Health Information Technology Announce Congressman Charles A. Gonzalez as their “Lifetime Achiever Award†Recipient. LISTA and LatinoHIT to Launches EHRInsights2015 in...
by JAM | Feb 21, 2012 | LISTA
Latinos Speak English And Networks Are Beginning To Listen Growing up in San Diego, I remember how many of the local English radio stations would sign off with the Mexican National Anthem. Every night, we – in a very white San Diego – would be lulled to sleep with...
by JAM | Feb 20, 2012 | Government, jobs, LISTA, Workforce Development
First Apple, which has been under fire since a recently published New York Times expose of the harsh conditions at its Chinese manufacturing partners, asked the Fair Labor Association (FLA) to inspect those plants. Now the electronics giant has gone further, granting...
by JAM | Feb 15, 2012 | apps, jobs, LISTA, LISTA in the News, Skills, software development, Workforce Development
TechNet, the bipartisan policy and political network of technology CEOs that promotes the growth of the innovation economy, today released a new study showing that there are now roughly 466,000 jobs in the “App Economy†in the United States, up from zero in 2007....
by JAM | Feb 13, 2012 | Broadband, DOL, LISTA, LISTA in the News, Skills, Workforce Development
Time Warner Cable is cutting 155 jobs in Albany and the closure of the Sealed Air Corporation plant in Glenville will eliminate 70 jobs in the region. Sealed Air says it is relocating the work to other North American facilities. According to notices filed with the...
by JAM | Feb 13, 2012 | Broadband, DOJ, LISTA, LISTA in the News, Skills
In the last couple of days, a number of blogs and stories have popped up questioning whether the Senate cybersecurity legislation to be introduced next week incorporates the ill-fated SOPA/PIPA legislation or is somehow going to harm the Internet as many claimed...