What STEM shortage? Electrical engineering lost 35,000 jobs last year
Despite an expanding use of electronics in products, the number of people working as electrical engineers in U.S. declined by 10.4% last year.
Despite an expanding use of electronics in products, the number of people working as electrical engineers in U.S. declined by 10.4% last year.
The decision by the Texas Department of Transportation last June to outsource IT operations fits squarely into an IT job pattern that dominated last year.
The U.S. alleges that offshore outsourcing giant Infosys violated visa laws to increase its profits, reduce visa expenses and avoid tax liabilities, in a settlement announced today.
A federal official directly responsible for Healthcare.gov appeared Wednesday to blame a 'subset' of contractors for the website's problems. In doing so, the government was refuting contractor claims that the Website's problems are the government's fault.
The U.S. Dept. of Justice is expected to announce on Wednesday a resolution to a long-standing visa case involving Indian outsourcer Infosys, an official has confirmed.
One of the largest users of H-1B visas, Infosys, is facing a federal class action discrimination lawsuit filed against it by four people, and may be close to reaching a potential multimillion dollar settlement with the U.S. government over allegations it misused visitor visas.
The percentage of contract workers on IT staffs reach 17% last year and 15% this year in large organizations -- the highest level of contractors to staff since the late 1990s, according to Computer Economics.
With its apps, sensors and devices, Nike is increasingly becoming a technology company. It's found the best development teams come from onshore, not offshore, outsourcers.
Some state governments are willing to hire offshore outsourcing firms to work on controversial IT contracts that don't bar use of temporary foreign labor, or workers on H-1B visas.
The IEEE-USA is calling for reform of the L-1 visa program following the release of a government report that identified offshore IT service providers as the biggest users of the visa.
The IEEE-USA is calling for reform of the L-1 visa program following release of a government report that identified IT offshore outsourcers as its major users.
An outsourced project to modernize Orange County, Calif.'s tax collection system that was supposed to take three years and cost just over $8 million was on track to cost twice that amount and take twice as long when officials pulled the plug.
U.S.-based IT and business services workers show more initiative and are more innovative and understanding of the business than offshore workers, according to a new study from consulting firm HfS Research.
There is a new effort in Congress to penalize companies that shift call center work overseas.
U.S.-based workers show more initiative, are more innovative and more understanding of the business than offshore workers, a new study that looks on sourcing services in the U.S has found.