38 U.S.C. § 7901 — Programs; purpose
submitted 20 years ago by Pub. L. 109-461 to r/title-38-VETERANS-BENEFITS · 115 words · no verdicts yet
To recruit and retain Department personnel with needed information-security skills, the Secretary may fund education in computer science and electrical or computer engineering. Authorized programs are doctoral scholarships and education-debt reduction.
(a) In general. To encourage recruitment and retention of Department* personnel with information-security skills needed by the Department, the Secretary* may carry out chapter programs providing financial support for computer-science and electrical or computer-engineering education at accredited higher-education institutions.
(b) Types of programs. The programs are (1) scholarships for doctoral degrees in those fields at accredited institutions, and (2) education-debt reduction for Department personnel holding such doctoral degrees.
To encourage the recruitment and retention of Department* personnel who have the information security skills necessary to meet Department requirements, the Secretary* may carry out programs in accordance with this chapter to provide financial support for education in computer science and electrical and computer engineering at accredited institutions of higher education.
The programs authorized under this chapter are as follows:
Scholarships for pursuit of doctoral degrees in computer science and electrical and computer engineering at accredited institutions of higher education.
Education debt reduction for Department personnel who hold doctoral degrees in computer science and electrical and computer engineering at accredited institutions of higher education.
Source credit: (Added Pub. L. 109–461, title IX, § 903(a)(1), Dec. 22, 2006, 120 Stat. 3460.)
- 2006Enacted · Pub. L. 109-461 · 120 Stat. 3460
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