Members of the Loudoun Learners program have completed their first year of interning in the county’s Department of Information Technology. After a positive test run, both the county and the Metropolitan Washington Council of Governments plan to continue the program.
The program launched in January 2025 with the intention of training six Loudoun County residents in software engineering, cybersecurity and ServiceNow, a software to automate workflows. On top of training, enrollees garner experience as IT engineers working for county government agencies.
“You get to your first interview and they say, ‘well how many years have you done this?’ We’re trying to give these folks an answer to that question,” COG Director of Workforce Innovation Steven Cooper said…