The engineers’ organization says the feds should collect data about offshoring, restrict government use of offshoring unless it poses no competitive or security threat, and expand training programs for displaced workers.
The IEEE-USA is weighing in on the rising national debate on offshoring jobs with a position paper it expects to release Monday. The paper […]

Sending U.S. computer software and services jobs overseas increases domestic jobs and wages, according to a study published today by the Information Technology Association of America, an Arlington, Va., trade group.
Global Insight Inc., a Waltham, Mass.-based economic forecasting company, conducted the study for ITAA.
The study found that offshore outsourcing will create:
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[*]516,000 jobs in […]

Card firm cancels deal after outsourcing firm offers customers unauthorized terms of credit.
Credit card company Capital One Financial Corp. canceled a telemarketing contract with Indian outsourcing company Wipro Spectramind after its customers were misled with unauthorized offers for credit, a newspaper reported Thursday.
The contract with New Delhi-based Wipro was canceled after Capital One was […]

THE impact of outsourcing on US unemployment has been grossly exaggerated, according to a study that said US authorities should improve supply-side initiatives before penalising companies that ship jobs overseas.
Productivity gains, the 2000 dot.com bust, and weak US and international economies were much more important factors in the job losses of the past three years […]

While outsourcing may be a dirty word to some people, David Colangelo and Jim Wetzel argue that moving work offshore actually creates jobs stateside.
And they can point to their own jobs as examples.
For the past four years, the two Tampa Bay area men have been consultants doing product development and manufacturing, primarily through factories in […]

America’s Most Coveted Jobs Multiply Elsewhere as ‘Offshoring’ Proliferates

By Analisa Nazareno, San Antonio Express-News
Mar. 20–In the next 10 to 20 years, the hottest job prospects for the world’s best and brightest could have titles like chief ethics officer, biosystems security analyst, nanotechnology specialist, robotics maintenance engineer or genetics programmer.
But if Americans are […]

Gov. Jennifer Granholm signed two executive directives Monday that give preferences for state contracts to Michigan-based companies that employ American workers, but some Republican leaders said the orders don’t do enough to protect jobs.