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It’s Time to Show IT Off | by Eric Larson BALTIMORE, MD—There is a touching duet recently released by JayZ and Kanye West which expresses not only their admiration for themselves as rap artists, but their admiration for cars as well. (Though I’m being tongue-in-cheek, I have to admit I enjoy the song and video a lot.)

Something we all have to admit: The music industry has done a very good job communicating

what lies at the end of the rainbow for those who are successful in their business.

Of course, the number of people who actually receive

big money and fame from their music is rather limited. That doesn’t stop millions of young people thinking they will be the next Eminem, Beyoncé, or Katy Perry. In the process, many of them undervalue their studies, figuring it won’t help them get where they’re going anyway.

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www.ncs.gov National Communications System (NCS)

Washington, D.C. — The genesis of the National Communications System (NCS) began in 1962 after the Cuban missile crisis when communications problems among the United States, the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics, the North Atlantic Treaty Organization, and foreign heads of state threatened to complicate the crisis further. After the crisis, President John F. Kennedy ordered an investigation of national security communications, and the National Security Council (NSC) formed an interdepartmental committee to examine the communications networks and institute changes. This interdepartmental committee recommended the formation of a single unified communications system to serve the President, Department of Defense, diplomatic and intelligence activities, and civilian leaders. Consequently, in order to provide better communications support to critical Government functions during emergencies, President Kennedy established the National Communications System by a Presidential Memorandum on August 21, 1963. The NCS mandate included linking, improving, and extending the communications facilities and components of various Federal agencies, focusing on interconnectivity and survivability.

On April 3, 1984, President Ronald Reagan signed Executive Order (E.O.) 12472 which broadened the NCS' national security and emergency preparedness (NS/EP) capabilities and superseded President Kennedy's original 1963 memorandum. The NCS expanded from its original six members to an interagency group of 23 Federal

departments and agencies, and began coordinating and planning NS/EP telecommunications to support crises and disasters.

With the addition of the Office of the Director, National Intelligence (ODNI) in September 2007, the NCS membership currently stands at 24 members. Each NCS member organization is represented on the NCS through the Committee of Principals (COP) -- and its subordinate Council of Representatives (COR). The COP --formed as a result of Executive Order 12472, provides advice and recommendations to the NCS and the National Security Council and its ties to other critical infrastructures. The NCS also participates in joint industry-Government planning through its work with the President's National Security Telecommunications Advisory Committee (NSTAC), with the NCS's National Coordinating Center for Telecommunications (NCC) and the NCC's subordinate Information Sharing and Analysis Center (ISAC).

After nearly 40 years with the Secretary of Defense serving as its Executive Agent, President George W. Bush transferred the National Communications System to the Department of Homeland Security (DHS). The NCS was one of 22 Federal agencies transferred to the Department on March 1, 2003, in accordance with Executive Order 13286. A revised Executive Order 12472 reflects the changes of E.O. 13286. On November 15, 2005, the NCS became part of the Department's Directorate for Preparedness after nearly two years under the Information Analysis and Infrastructure Protection Directorate. Currently, the DHS Deputy Under Secretary for National Protection and Programs serves as the NCS Manager. bt

Source: www.ncs.gov

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Broader Engagement

Goals of the Program

The goal of the Broader Engagement (BE) Program is to increase the participation of individuals who have been

traditionally underrepresented in high performance computing (HPC). The program offers special activities to

introduce, engage and support a diverse community in the conference and in HPC. Competitive grants will be

available to support travel to and participation in the SC’12 technical program. Consideration will be given to

applicants from groups that traditionally have been underrepresented in HPC, such as African Americans, Hispanics,

Native Americans, Alaska Natives, Native Hawaiians, Pacific Islanders, and other underrepresented groups around the

world, including women and people with disabilities. Applications from people in all computing-related disciplines are

encouraged —from research, education and industry.

Information for BDPA Members and BE Grant Applicants

This year, two (2) types of grants are available to BE participants: Standard Track and Advanced Track.

Standard Track

• Access to the standard technical program, including papers, panels, plenary sessions, birds-of-a-feather

sessions and exhibits, but not including tutorials.

• Access to the specialized BE community programs, including special events, the mentor/protégé program,

specialized technical and professional development sessions.

• Eligible for financial support for registration, lodging, travel, and incidentals.

Advanced Track

• Access to all of the standard track elements.

• Access to SC12 tutorials (waiving the substantial tutorial registration fees).

• Requires that applicants are responsible for their main technical program registration (at the level of society

member early registration). Advanced applicants can request mentoring from the program to help the

applicant find additional support for their registration.

• Eligible for financial support for lodging, travel and incidentals

Email questions or suggestions to: be@info.supercomputing.org

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NBDPA Industry News NBDPA Corporate Relations | NBDPA, BETF, and Local Chapters

Chicago, IL–CompTIA is the voice of the world's information technology (IT) industry. As a non-profit trade association advancing the global interests of IT professionals and companies, they focus their programs upon four main pillars: education, certification, advocacy and philanthropy.

From the Classroom to the Boardroom: Demand remains extremely high for qualified, knowledgeable IT professionals. In the United States alone, there are tens of thousands of open information technology jobs. Moreover, in rapidly evolving fields such as technology and cybersecurity, employers continue to find it extremely difficult to pinpoint the best job candidates with the right knowledge and skills to fill these positions.

Within BDPA’s network of local chapters and CompTIA’s membership, members seeking to advance their technical careers can rapidly help fill these gaps by obtaining industry certificates prior to BDPA’s next local or regional event. Members with CompTIA certificates and appropriate security clearances will discover better career opportunities in IT and Cybersecurity. Additional hiring and interviewing options will be made available to cleared or certified IT professionals during BDPA’s 2012 national technology conference and career fair, next August (1st – 4th) in Baltimore, Maryland.

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Earl A. Pace, Jr., National BDPA Co-Founder, was inducted into the CompTIA IT Hall of Fame in 2011

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For individuals, attaining certifications means increased job security, additional career opportunities and increased credibility in the workplace. For businesses, hiring certified workers means higher customer satisfaction, increased productivity and lower employee turnover.

CompTIA A+ For entry-level BDPA Members who are IT technicians, the CompTIA A+ exam covers preventative maintenance, basic networking, installation, troubleshooting, communication and professionalism.

CompTIA Network+ For BDPA Members who are networking professionals, the CompTIA Network+ exam covers managing, maintaining, troubleshooting, operating and configuring basic network infrastructure.

CompTIA Security+ For experienced BDPA security professionals, the CompTIA Security+ exam covers system security, network infrastructure, cryptography, assessments and audits .

CompTIA Advanced Security Practitioner (CASP) For advanced BDPA security professionals, the CASP exam covers enterprise security; risk management; research and analysis; and integration of computing, communications, and business disciplines.

CompTIA Cloud Essentials For BDPA Members who may now be cloud computing specialists, the CompTIA Cloud Essentials exam covers what cloud computing means from a business and technical perspective, as well as what is involved in moving to and governing the cloud.

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Show IT Off Show IT Off from cover page

The thing is, if material success is important to a person, then a kid could do a lot worse than to follow a career in information technology (IT). For example, it was recently reported that mobile app developers are pulling in six figures — whether they had a college degree or not. Six figures for someone in their 20s! Hey, that seems like rap star status to me.

Julius Clark thinks so, too. Clark is the president of the Charlotte (N.C.) Chapter of BDPA, formerly known as Black Data Processing Associates, a professional technology organization formed in 1975. I was introduced to Julius over the summer when Creating IT Futures Foundation partnered with BDPA’s own foundation (BETF) to award $10,000 in scholarships. Clark’s considerable work with BDPA is done as a volunteer. His day job is as an IT security professional for Wells Fargo. One day after work recently, the two of us met at Amelie’s Bakery in Charlotte so I could learn more about his particular chapter’s progress.

The program works this way: Each Fall, Julius and other volunteers at their BDPA chapter advertise in Charlotte’s schools about their Saturday group, the BDPA Charlotte High School Computer Academy, which begins meeting the Saturday after the Super Bowl. For the next several months the students meet to learn to program a database-driven website in the Microsoft.net language. (One year they learned Java instead, adds Clark.)

Meanwhile, over 40 other BDPA chapters around the country lead student groups of their own. The groups’ hard work leads them to the Annual High School Computing Competition (HSCC), held each summer at the Annual BDPA Conference. (This summer’s conference happened in Chicago. The next conference will be held in Baltimore, August 1-4, 2012.) Many of the students go on to college and careers in technology. Even as someone who has been in IT most of his working career, Clark never fails to be impressed by his students.

“It’s amazing what they manage to accomplish, even before they finish college,” Clark notes. Students such as David Gottlieb Jr., Khalia Braswell, Dennis Rankin, and Reginald Jamerson are clearly going to be tomorrow’s technology leaders. Recently I had the opportunity to interview one other BDPA alum, Stephanie Brown, who is headed to graduate studies at MIT after several years with Microsoft. Of course, while she was still living in Charlotte, Julius made sure to recruit her as a volunteer instructor.

One of the first meetings with the students involves the instructor sharing the earning potential of a person in IT. It’s one way to get past the misconception that only athletes and rap stars can earn a lot of money. Still, many of the students drop out of the program before the competition. Why? Sometimes the volunteer instructors are very good technically but have trouble connecting with the young people.

“When I was instructing, I always had good success, because I can talk to them about the music they listen to and the movies they watch,” says Clark. “Not every instructor can connect that way.” Furthermore, students that make it through the program one year might not return the next year. “An internship during the summers they are in high school would definitely bring them back year after year,” Clark maintains. Clark says any BDPA chapter could use the following support:

• Volunteer instructors who work well with teens • Hands-on summer internships for HSCC students, so each experiences IT first-hand.

It sounds simple enough. Why can’t every IT professional reading this blog-post share it with their peers and come to the rescue? You can make a difference. Find your closest BDPA chapter at www.bdpa.org. bt

Eric Larson’s complete blog post via CompTIA’s Blog is linked here.

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DEFENSE/INTEL

Internship Opportunities in IT National Security Agency (NSA)

Fort Meade, MD - Nothing looks better to future employers than real world experience. As a college undergraduate, one can gain invaluable experience needed while pursuing an undergraduate or advanced degree. Gain firsthand experience what life at NSA is really like. NSA offers internships, a co-op program, and scholarships for a wide variety of majors.

Computer Science Intern Program (CSIP)

In the Computer Science Intern Program (CSIP), Interns gain first-hand experience in critical work at NSA, while making a valuable contribution to national security and earning a salary too! As a CSIP intern, one will have an opportunity to apply Computer Science skills to NSA hardware and software systems.

About the Program

The Computer Science Intern Program (CSIP) is an intense and exciting 12-week immersive internship open to select college undergraduate and graduate students majoring in Computer Science or closely related disciplines. Interns are assigned to projects that contribute to NSA's mission. Projects culminate in a short presentation and technical paper. Projects are typically in the areas of:

• Information Retrieval • Information Visualization • Natural Language Processing • Information Extraction • Ontology/Taxonomy and Graphical Analysis • Information Query and Question Answering • Knowledge and Data Representation, Distillation

and Sharing • Knowledge and Database Crawling • Software Agent Planning and Control • Automatic Speech Recognition • Machine Translation (Speech to Text, Language to

Language)

• Signal Processing • Architecture & Systems

Students must be eligible to receive a security clearance and maintain a GPA of 3.0 or higher. US citizenship is required. For additional information, participate in the next NSA campus visit near you or view NSA Careers online for upcoming student and Internship opportunities.

HPC Internship Opportunities in DoD HPCMP Internships

Lorton, VA - The Defense Department’s High Performance Computing Modernization Program (DoD HPCMP) also created the Joint Educational Opportunities for Minorities (JEOM) Program for students and interns from underrepresented groups, who are pursuing studies in the science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) disciplines.

Every component in the HPCMP organization supports one or more of the above listed goals. At annual joint meetings consisting of Configuration Steering Board (CSB)/Overarching Integrated Product Team (OIPT)/High Performance Computing Advisory Panel (HPCAP) members, the HPCMP reports successes and sets new goals and priorities for the upcoming year.

While maintaining a GPA of 3.2 or greater, BDPA HSCC Alumni and BDPA Student Members are invited to visit their web site to seek related career, internships, contracting, and sub-contracting opportunities: http://www.hpcmo.hpc.mil. bt

Distinct Careers for Diverse Professionals

JPMorgan Chase embraces the diverse backgrounds and unique perspectives that every colleague brings to our organization.

We’re looking for talented individuals to bring their insights to our many lines of business.

A number of positions relative to your expertise as a guest or member of BDPA are available.

Explore career opportunities at careers.jpmorganchase.com

©2011 JPMorgan Chase & Co. All rights reserved. JPMorgan Chase is an equal opportunity and affirmative action employer M/F/D/V

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BDPA members and BDPA student members interested in IT careers in New York or Washington D.C. with SiriusXM Satellite Radio are invited to review current openings now available online. Washington, D.C. — SIRIUS XM Radio is America's satellite radio company delivering to subscribers commercial-free music channels, premier sports, news, talk, entertainment, and traffic and weather. SIRIUS XM Radio has content relationships with an array of personalities and artists, including Howard Stern, Martha Stewart, Oprah Winfrey, Rosie O'Donnell, Jamie Foxx, Barbara Walters, Opie & Anthony, Bubba the Love Sponge®, Bob Edwards, Chris "Mad Dog" Russo, Jimmy Buffett, The Grateful Dead, Willie Nelson, Bob Dylan and Tom Petty. SIRIUS XM Radio is the leader in sports programming as the Official Satellite Radio Partner of the NFL, Major League Baseball®, NASCAR®, NBA, NHL®, and PGA TOUR® and major college sports. SIRIUS XM Radio has arrangements with every major automaker. SIRIUS XM Radio products are available at shop.sirius.com and shop.xmradio.com, and at retail locations nationwide, including Best Buy, RadioShack, Wal-Mart and independent retailers. SIRIUS XM Radio also offers SIRIUS Backseat TV, the first ever live in-vehicle rear seat entertainment featuring Nickelodeon, Disney Channel and Cartoon Network; XM NavTraffic® service for GPS navigation systems delivers real-time traffic information, including accidents and road construction, for more than 80 North American markets. Immediate IT opportunities for BDPA members are available online at bdpatoday.org. Members also may update their resumes with NBDPA at bdpa.org in advance of upcoming career fair and open house announcements. A BDPA Open House and an IT Career Invitational with SiriusXM Satellite Radio featuring Washington, D.C. area IT positions was held this past summer during the annual Regional Conference. A new event for BDPA’s Chapter of the Year, will be in New York. bt

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AMERICA’S TOP CAREER$

“Not only are information-technology workers in demand but any job involving technology will be in demand…” CNBC.com

CNBC.com recently listed “The Best Jobs in America 2011” and also posted their “Jobs Outlook” for 2011. Both are listed below to assist career planning with corporate research and due diligence prior to attending this fall’s regional or local chapter fundraisers, career fairs, and professional networking events. Blue = Best outlook.

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Information Technology Mathematician | avg. $94,178 Sales Actuary| avg. $87,204 Customer Service Software Engineer | avg. $87,140 Engineering Meteorologist | avg. $85,210 Technology Systems Analyst | avg. $77,153 Administrative Biologist | avg. $74,238 Business Development Statistician | avg. $73,208 Marketing Dental Hygienist |avg. $67,107 Accounting & Finance Historian | avg. $63,208 Research & Development Audiologist | avg. $63,144

Chapter Announcements and Events BDPA Cincinnati | GGiirrllss AAddvvaanncciinngg TTeecchhnnoollooggyy Saturday, December 3rd 2011 Xavier University (Cincinnati, OH) 9 am – 12:30 pm NBDPA| CCSSEEdd WWeeeekk 22001111 -- CCoommppuutteerr SScciieennccee EEdduuccaattiioonn WWeeeekkDecember 4th – December 10th, 2011 Participating BDPA Chapter Program Meeting or Community Events

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BDPA Baltimore, MD | HHoolliiddaayy SSoocciiaall MMiixxeerr && CChhaapptteerr RReettrreeaatt Saturday, December 10th 2011@ The Fitzgerald 6-9 pm BDPA New York | CCoommmmuunniittyy MMeeeettuupp Thursday, December 15th 2011Join NBDPA’s 2011 Chapter of The Year at the NewMe Community Meetup on December 15th 2011 from 6:30pm - 8:30pm at the Aloft Hotel - 2296 Frederick Douglass Boulevard, Harlem, NY NBDPA Local Chapters | ootthheerr CChhaapptteerr CCoommmmuunniittyy HHoolliiddaayy EEvveennttss Friday, December 16th 2011 BDPA Chicago, BDPA Philadelphia, BDPA Dallas – Check local calendars

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▲ Seattle, WA. – On November 14, 2011 at the 2011 Supercomputer Conference (SC11) during the Awards Ceremony of the Education Committee, Michael Nathan White, Assistant Director of JEF, was posthumously awarded the Mary Ellen Verona Computational Science Teacher Award by Dr. Robert Panoff, CEO of the Shodor Foundation. The award was accepted by White's oldest son (above right) , Darren Lamison-White. Dr. Jesse Bemley, Director of JEF (above left), paid tribute to Mr. White’s selfless contributions to JEF and BDPA. Several people in the audience later approached Dr. Bemley to thank JEF for providing SC11 participants backgrounder information. Many were unaware of the extent to which Michael White impacted his job, JEF, FIRST Robotics, BDPA, and the supercomputer community.

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In Memoriam

Michael Nathan White

SC11 Communities Program Bolsters Global Fellowships and Broader Engagement (BE) for JEF & BDPA Students

Seattle, WA – Sponsored by ACM (Association for Computing Machinery) and IEEE Computer Society, this year’s SC conference series offered a complete technical education program and exhibition showcasing High Performance Computing (HPC), networking, storage and analysis and advances in scientific discovery, research, education and industry. Hosted annually, SC is a premier international conference and technical program featuring workshops, tutorials, a world class exhibit area, demonstrations and opportunities for hands-on learning. BDPA student members, student volunteers, educators, emerging and experienced practitioners leveraged extended grants and sponsorships which were provided by the Communities Program, including travel and housing, as well as discounted technical program registrations for participants within the Broader Engagement (BE), Education and Student Volunteer Programs. Designed to connect a diverse pool of talent with the SC community and enrich the educational experience, the BE Program hosted a Mentor/Protégé program, a Student Job Fair and offered a limited number of sponsored tutorial registrations. The International Ambassadors program helped new attendees, from all over the world, become immersed in the conference and community activities. BDPA student members in the Student Volunteer Program provided hands-on support

for various conference elements and participated in the technical program. bt

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IT Execs | FY12 Industry Outlook? BDPA Corporate Relations | ICT and Green Industry Sectors

PTTV Program: Promoting Industry and Community Washington, DC—With the 2012 and 2013 National BDPA Technology Conferences arriving in Baltimore and Washington, D.C. respectively, industry executives are invited to participate with local chapters in presenting ICT industry challenges, IT forecasts, CS-STEM oriented documentaries, or conducting technical interviews or panels with the public through your market sector’s lens with local BDPA Chapters on the air and the Internet with Popular Technology TV (PTTV). PTTV is produced by bdpatoday for ICT executives to share their experiences, challenges, forecasts and emerging technical requirements for fiscal years 2012 and 2013 with their community across vertical or industry market sectors for members, entrepreneurs, and Interns. The PTTV pilot episode, featuring National BDPA Co-Founder and CompTIA IT Hall of Fame 2011 Inductee, Earl A. Pace, Jr. PTTV currently is available via the Internet for participating local cable television or university channels. bt

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