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• U.S. firms say H-1B restrictions may help them

  IT support services firm Caleris has this message on its homepage, "Outsource to Iowa. Not India," against a picture of a corn field and farm houses.

• Computer science enrollments rise 29% in 2011-12

  The number of new undergraduate computer science majors at Ph.D.-granting U.S. universities rose by more than 29% last year, an increase that the Computing Research Association called 'astonishing.'

• Foreign students now a majority in computer science grad schools

  The majority of students in computer science department graduate programs are from overseas, and that percentage is rising, according to data from the Computing Research Association.

• Computer science enrollments soared last year, rising 30%

  The number of new undergraduate computing majors in U.S. computer science departments increased more than 29% last year, a pace called "astonishing" by the Computing Research Association.

• Obama touts IBM-backed tech education program

  In his recent State of the Union address, President Barack Obama had nice things to say about tech vendors, specifically drawing attention to a unique IT education program backed by IBM.

• Rackspace plans to hire 1,000

  Rackspace plans to add 1,000 people to its staff of about 5,000 over the next two years. It is doing so under an agreement with the state of Texas, which will help train its workers.

• New year, new job? Ten companies that are hiring

  Even in this today's economy, there are rapidly expanding companies that have set big hiring targets.

• GOP advances bill to help China, India tech grads

  WASHINGTON - A key House committee this week approved a Republican-sponsored high-skill immigration bill intended to help advanced degree holders in India and China get green cards to work in the U.S.

• Career advice: How to get your ideas listened to

  CIO David Steinour of George Washington University Ask a Premier 100 IT Leader David Steinour Title: CIO Organization: George Washington University

• CompTIA creates council to address decline of women in IT

  To address a rapidly dwindling number of women in IT, the CompTIA Educational Foundation last week created the Women in Information Technology Council and charged it with convincing those with the right knowledge and skills to make IT their career of choice.

• Career advice: Keeping up with the industry

  Ask a Premier 100 IT Leader