By Adarsh Mahesh At this moment, there are more than half a million unfilled computing jobs across the United States. Though these jobs are scattered across all 50 states and pay salaries double the national average, the tech ecosystem simply does not have enough workers with computer science skills to [...]
In this edition of Member Monday, we look at how Bit Source is helping rural Americans trade coal for code. Located in the heart of Kentucky coal country, Bit Source is a software company founded in 2015 with the mission of fostering the workforce of the future. Co-founders Rusty Justice [...]
For this edition of Member Mondays, our membership manager Nick Miller conducted an interview with Juliana Bain. Juliana is a freshman at Cornell University and is the daughter of ACT | The App Association member David Bain from TM Technologies. Juliana is a computer science major and epee fencer at [...]
In the aftermath of the STEM education bill's defeat on the House floor, supporters are searching for other means to make sure our young students are exposed to skills which lead to high paying jobs in the technology sector. While some can disagree over how to raise our country’s low [...]
ACT's membership has over 5,000 small business app companies who are active advocates expressing concerns felt within the industry. They regularly come to Washington to meet with lawmakers and regulators to convey these views. Although the issues change over time there is one concern that remains constant. The lack of [...]