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Don't be surprised if it gets harder for new IT graduates to get a job. Advanced Micro Devices announced last week that it was slashing 10 percent of its workforce. Dell is in the process of laying Read more...

We're still waiting to hear about this year's outcome for the H-1B visa application process which opened on April 1. In the meantime, InformationWeek analyzed last year's visa application process and Read more...

While the fight continues over H-1B visas, some companies have been tapping into another kind of visa to get approval for foreign IT workers in the United States. They're called L-1 visas and they Read more...

It is a travesty that the latest government statistics show a drop in the number of African-American IT workers, a group that has long been underrepresented in the IT workforce. At a time when Read more...

A conference in Winston-Salem, N.C., today underscores the increasing shortages of African-Americans in the information technology industry. The event, sponsored by the Information Technology Senior Read more...

Efforts are underway in Congress to greatly expand the number of H-1B visas available for foreign workers. The Innovation Employment Act, proposed by Rep. Gabrielle Giffords (D-AZ), would double the Read more...

Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-IA) is looking for answers from the Bush administration, and soon. Grassley wants to know what progress has been made to make administrative changes to ease the difficulty in Read more...

It's that time of year again, when there is a rush for H-1B visas. Federal officials anticipate it will take exactly one day--April 1--for applications for the 85,000 visas to be snapped up. And Read more...

Most of IT has yet to be affected by the current economic slowdown according to a report released this week by IT staffing firm Robert Half Technology. A new survey of 1,400 CIOs across the country Read more...

The U.S. government opens the floodgates, sort of, on April 1 when it begins accepting this year's applications for H-1B visas. The issue is an important one for the tech industry, which is looking Read more...