SOTA 2015 Prediction

Every year the President of the United States is required to give the annual State of the Union Address. People around the world wait anxiously to hear what the most powerful man in the universe will say during the speech. A lot happened in the year of 2014, and people want to know what will change and what will stay for the new year of 2015. President Obama recently stated, “Let’s make this a year of action. That’s what most Americans want.” I predict that the President will do just that with the several topics he plans to speak about in the upcoming address. In the past, the topics of discussion in the State of the Union address has been kept under wraps until the day before or the day of the speech, until this year. It is predicted that President Obama will cover several issues under the topic of certain cybersecurity plans such as, identity theft, improved privacy protection, enhanced cybersecurity for the government and private companies, and increased access to high-speed broadband connections across the country. Cybersecurity became a major issue after a recently released film produced by Sony Pictures Entertainment caused a giant uproar and led to a hack by North Korea on Sony Pictures. The President has tried to persuade Congress for several years to produce a cybersecurity bill. After the attack on Sony, people are now asking questions such as, “When should the federal government step in to fight back against the hackers?,” and “Is America’s own use of cyber weapons a complicating factor?” It is said that President Barack Obama and Vice President Joe Biden will travel to several states such as Iowa to focus on increasing access to high-speed broadband across the country. With this recent attack that had the potential of releasing confidential information, I predict that President Obama will address cybersecurity issues in the 2015 State of the Union Address. Another issue that President Obama is said to cover is the ability to raise wages of federal contractors and to create a specific federal job training program led by Vice President Joe Biden. The President plans to create an entirely new program with new directors, staff, name, and computer program. The Office of Management and Budget estimates that this will create at least 5,000 new positions. I predict that this will be another main topic discussed in the 2015 State of the Union Address.