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**COMMUNICATION AND VISIBILITY**

**NICE eNewsletters**
                  - Spring – published April 3, 2017
                  	
                  - Summer – published June 28, 2017
                  	
                  - Fall – published September 25, 2017
                  	
                  - See all NICE eNewsletters  here .
                  

**Launch of New NICE Website**
                  - In the Spring of 2017, the NICE Program Office updated and refreshed the NICE Website to better meet the needs of the NICE Community and visitors. The new website design features changes to site navigation and increased visibility to NICE news and events on both desktop and mobile devices.
                  

**One Pagers**
                  - New		                     - NICE Cybersecurity Workforce Framework
                    			
                    - Cybersecurity Apprenticeships
                    			
                    - RAMPS for Cybersecurity Education and Workforce
                    
                  	
                  - Updated		                     - Cybersecurity Workforce Demand
                    			
                    - National Centers of Academic Excellence in Cybersecurity
                    			
                    - CyberCorps®: Scholarship for Service
                    
                  	
                  - See all NICE One Pagers  here .
                  

**ITL Science Day Posters**
                  - NICE Cybersecurity Workforce Framework
                  	
                  - National Cybersecurity Career Awareness Week
                  

**Social Media**
                  - LinkedIn Page
                  	
                  - Twitter Account:   @NISTCyber   and   #NICEatNIST
                  

**Multimedia Presence**
                  - In 2017 a multimedia page was added to the NICE website to archives videos, audio interviews, and other recordings that are sponsored by the NICE Program Office or feature NICE Program Office Staff as speakers.
                  	
                  - See all NICE Multimedia  here .
                  

**Exhibits and Displays**
                  - RSA
                  	
                  - CyberSecureGov (ISC2)
                  	
                  - National Cyber Summit
                  	
                  - Colloquium for Information Systems Security Education (CISSE)
                  	
                  - Community College Cyber Summit (3CS)
                  	
                  - NICE Conference 
                  	
                  - NICE K12 Cybersecurity Education Conference
                  

**EVENTS**

**30th Annual Federal Information Systems Security Educators Conference**

**Veterans in Cybersecurity Workforce Workshop**
                  - Workshop:  held March 21, 2017
                  	
                  - Publication of Results:  Coming in 2018
                  

**National Cyber Summit in Huntsville - Education and Workforce Track**

**2017 NICE Annual Conference & Expo**

**2017 CAE Community Symposium**

**2017 National Cybersecurity Career Awareness Week**

**2017 NICE K12 Cybersecurity Education Conference**

**NICE Webinars**
                  - January - Cybersecurity Games:  Building Tomorrow’s Workforce
                  	
                  - February – Best Practices for Educating, Training, Attracting, and Retaining Millennials
                  	
                  - March – Building a Career Pathways System for Cybersecurity
                  	
                  - April – Rethinking Credentials for Cybersecurity Careers
                  	
                  - June – The President’s Executive Order on Cybersecurity Workforce:  Next Steps and How to Engage
                  	
                  - June – Position the National Guard and Civilian Organizations to Augment the Cybersecurity Workforce
                  	
                  - July – Shedding Light on Security Clearances – process, Requirements, and Considerations
                  	
                  - September – Efforts to Align Training and Certifications to the NICE Framework
                  	
                  - October – Cybersecurity Careers for Autistic People
                  	
                  - November – A Path to Obtaining Cybersecurity Work Experience:  Internships, Cooperative Education, and Apprenticeships
                  	
                  - See all NICE Webinars  here .
                  

**PUBLICATIONS**

**Publication of the NICE Cybersecurity Workforce Framework (NIST SP 800-181)**

**Publication of the NIST Interagency Report on NICE Framework Work Role Capability Indicators**

**PROJECTS**

**Report to the President on Workforce for Cybersecurity Executive Order**
                        - Executive Order:  May 11, 2017
                        				
                        - Webinar:  June 5, 2017
                        				
                        - Request for Information:  July 12, 2017
                        				
                        - Executive Order/Workforce Subject Matter Expert Group Meetings:  June-August
                        				
                        - Workshop in Chicago:  August 2, 2017
                        				
                        - Report Submitted:  September 8, 2017
                        			

**National Cybersecurity Awareness Month**

**NIST Small Business Outreach Strategy**

**GRANTS**

**CyberSeek**
                  - Updates:  August and November
                  	
                  - Enhancements:  Widget, Public and Private Sector Jobs, Feeder Jobs
                  	
                  - Find out more about CyberSeek  here .
                  

**NICE Challenge Project**
                  - Enhancements: overhaul of the web platform user interface and re-design of deployment processes, now over 70 unique challenges available.
                  	
                  - Kick off of "Curator Crash Course" webinars which cover everything a new curator would need to know to get started using the NICE Challenges.
                  	
                  - Kick off of "Meet the NICE Challenges" webinars which cover two challenges in depth each month.
                  	
                  - Find out more about the NICE Challenge Project  here . 
                  

**NICE RAMPS Communities**
                  - Site Visits:  Albany, NY; Norfolk, VA; Phoenix, AZ; Dayton,OH
                  	
                  - Accomplishments: partnerships with over 170 organizations, multiple summer camps provided, curriculum development and course development, articulation agreements, and the establishment of local internships and apprenticeships. 
                  	
                  - Find out more about RAMPS  here .
                  

**Notice of Funding Opportunity: Cybersecurity Education and Workforce Development Stakeholder Engagement Program**

**STRATEGIC OUTREACH AND ENGAGEMENT**

**Department of Labor Office of Apprenticeship**

**Federal Chief Information Officer Council Workforce Committee**

**OPM New Employee Orientation Committee/Advisory Group**

**Technology Councils of North America (TECNA)**

**National Governors Association (NGA)**

**CyberUSA**
                    - Cyber Maryland
                    		
                    - Cyber Hawaii
                    	

**Cyber Center for Education and Innovation (CCEI)**

**National Career Development Association**

**American School Counselor Association**

**National Girl Scouts of America**

**International Technology and Engineering Educator's Association (ITEEA)**

**Project Lead the Way**

**CyberNB - New Brunswick, Canada**

**International**
                          - 						 Briefings:  Australia, Germany, Israel, Japan, United Kingdom, Italy 					
                          					
                          - 						 Presentations:  Japan, Canada/New Brunswick 					
                          				

**NICE Working Group**
                          - Full Working Group :  10 Monthly Meetings (January, February, March, April, May, June, August, September, October, November)
                          					
                          - Subgroups						                             - K12 Subgroup
                            							
                            - Collegiate Subgroup
                            							
                            - Training & Certifications Subgroup
                            							
                            - Competitions Subgroup
                            							
                            - Workforce Management Subgroup
                            
                          				

**NICE Interagency Coordinating Council**
                          - Meetings:  9 Monthly Meetings (January, February, March, April, May, August, September, October, December)
                          					
                          - For additional information please visit  here .
                          				

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