Great move - Microsoft is providing training and workforce enablement from basic IT skills and resuem writing to more advance technology certifications. Showing corporate citizenship and getting more of the workforce trained on Microsoft technologies - more below:
webiste: http://www.microsoft.com/about/corporatecitizenship/us/communityinvestment/elevateamerica.aspx
"Microsoft on Sunday launched Elevate America, a multi-part work force training effort starting in partnership with three states, including Washington. The program, billed as an expansion of existing job-training efforts, "provides immediate support in response to the current economic crisis," From Benjamin Roman's blog: http://blog.seattletimes.nwsource.com/techtracks/2009/02/23/microsoft_news_roundup_new_work_force_training_pro.html

