Jobs For Connecticut Now

This week we heard of major cutbacks in military spending, including cuts that would affect New England jobs. But one New England paper sees these cuts as an opportunity rather than a hurdle. NECN.com says that a smaller budget  “will be more focused on threats like counter-terrorism, cybersecurity, and missile defense – and some New England defense-sector leaders think that’s a lineup that could play to this region’s strengths.”

Christopher R. Anderson, president of the Massachusetts High Technology Council, whose Defense Technology Initiative works to promote the sector with political and military leaders is quoted in the article as saying, “The New England region has a terrific innovative-technology capacity to support an increasingly technology-oriented defense mission. The areas where there’s intense need and where the priorities of the government still lie are in technology areas, many of which we have terrific capabilities here: Cyber-security would be chief among them, surveillance, intelligence, protecting the warfighter through enhanced personal technologies used by soldiers and Marines in the field.”

Following Mr. Anderson’s rationale, New England now has an opportunity to take what could be bad news and turn it into something positive – using our technological strength to provide the resources our country needs in a more digitally focused defense mission.

So, what about it New England? Are we up to the Challenge? Can we innovate, expand broadband access, and provide the expertise and dedication that this type of business desires? Jobs for New England Now thinks we can and will!