WASHINGTON, April 9 -- Sen. Marsha Blackburn issued the following news release:
U.S. Senators Marsha Blackburn (R-Tenn.) and Jacky Rosen (D-Nev.) introduced bipartisan and bicameral legislation to support and expand cybersecurity apprenticeships. The Cyber Ready Workforce Act directs the U.S. Department of Labor to establish a grant program to support the creation, implementation, and expansion of registered apprenticeship programs in cybersecurity.
"With a growing number of cybersecurity job openings nationwide, America's severe talent shortage poses a serious threat to our national security and economic growth," said Senator Blackburn. "The bipartisan Cyber Ready Workforce Act would establish a grant program to expand registered appren...