Title :
Engineering employment in the new world order
Author_Institution :
House Science, Space & Technol. Comm., Washington, DC, USA
Abstract :
The end of the cord war, the global economy, and the continuing advance of automation and information technologies are having their impacts on engineering employment. They are creating a future in which uncertainty is the norm. Here, the author studies whether US Federal policymakers can do anything to change this situation.<>
Keywords :
employment; engineering; government policies; personnel; Federal policy; USA; automation; engineering employment; global economy; government; information technology; uncertainty; Automation; Employment; Government; Information technology; Investments; Maintenance engineering; NIST; Semiconductor device manufacture; Space technology; Uncertainty;
Journal_Title :
Power Engineering Review, IEEE
