White House Launches TechHire

President Barack Obama launched his TechHire initiative Monday, focusing on increasing technology industry jobs throughout the U.S. More than 20 communities have joined the effort, and the administration has committed $100 million in investment for training and job connection work through H-1B grants from the Department of Labor, the White House said in a fact sheet. “What TechHire is going to do is to help local leaders connect the job openings to the training programs to the jobs,” Obama told the National League of Cities Monday. “And if you’re not already involved in this, you’ve got to get involved, because your community needs this just like everybody else does.”