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As the
era of e-government unfolds, the federal government is experiencing
great difficulties attracting and retaining the high-tech
workforce it needs to achieve improved efficiency, service,
and accessibility. Against this backdrop, the Chief Information
Officers Council commissioned a high-level panel of the National
Academy of Public Administration to examine IT compensation
strategies and make recommendations on how the federal government
can best compete for IT talent. (Click
here for list of panel members)
At a March 22 breakfast at the FOSE conference
in Washington, D.C., panel chair Costis Toregas, President
of Public Technology, Inc., will present findings from an
extensive survey of 39 private-sector firms, seven states,
and several of America's top universities and prominent nonprofit
institutions. Ira Hobbs, President of AFFIRM and Deputy CIO
at the U.S. Department of Agriculture, will provide an introduction
at the breakfast (Click here for
more info or here
to download flier). The next stage of the Academy's work
will be to recommend specific changes in law, regulation,
or practice that will have significant impact on the quality
of the federal government's IT workforce. A final report will
be issued in late summer 2001.
The panel will study a wide array of compensation
issues, including salary, retirement/pension plans, recruitment
and retention bonuses, and hot-skills bonuses. As part of
their research, the panel will review solutions already attempted
by both public and private organizations and will identify
novel approaches to IT compensation. The overall study will
be coordinated with related efforts by the CIO Council and
the Office of Personnel Management to impact the recruitment
and retention of IT positions.
In conjunction with this effort, a project
leadership committee was established to provide the Academy
project team with insight and reaction to findings and recommendations
and to build understanding and support among key stakeholders.
The committee consists of 16 private- and federal-sector individuals
with expertise in IT, human resources, and line management
(Click here for
list of project leadership committee members).
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