OT: government/computers/etc (was Re: OT:Favor needed)

[Kenneth Brody]

Fairlight wrote:
[...]
> I wonder how much of that support is actually -routed- overseas, and how
> many are immigrants working domestically.  Personally, I'd like to see a
> www.stopoutsourcingnow.org take the topic straight to the government via
> petitions, requesting stiff penalties and disincentives for companies that
> do outsource abroad.  It's killing our economy--and not just in IT.

How about Laura L. Callahan, CIO of the Department of Homeland Security?
Be sure to call her "doctor", despite the recent revelation that her BS,
MS, and PhD in computer science were all bought through a diploma mill?

<http://www.reason.com/0501/fe.ps.cut.shtml>

    [...]
    Agencies tasked with defending America from terrorism were among the
    top employers of workers with phony diplomas identified by the GAO.
    The Department of Defense employs 257 of them. Transportation has 17.
    Justice has 13; Homeland Security, 12; Treasury, eight.
    [...]

Google for "Laura L. Callahan" (with quotes) for numerous other references.

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