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A study released today by the National
Academy of Public Administration calls for significant changes
in the federal government's antiquated recruitment, retention
and compensation practices for its IT workforce.
The study, The Transforming Power of Information Technology:
Making the Federal Government an Employer of Choice for IT Employees,
attributes the federal government's shrinking supply of IT professionals
to inadequate reward and advancement systems, rigid recruitment
practices and prolonged hiring processes. This shortage may
be exacerbated as more than fifty percent of the federal workforce
becomes eligible to retire in 2006.
The study, undertaken at the request of the Chief Information
Officers Council and the Administrative Offices of the U.S.
Courts, recommends specific reforms to enhance the federal government's
ability to attract and retain a skilled IT workforce, alleviating
its already depleted ranks. It also identifies critical steps
necessary to make a successful transition to new HR and management
policies for IT professionals. In addressing these issues, the
study anticipates concerns and changes that may soon be felt
throughout the federal government.
"If the federal government is to harness the full power
of IT, it must have a highly skilled workforce," Costis
Toregas, who chaired the Academy Panel directing the study stated.
"The current human resources management system will not
facilitate this transition."
To identify best practices, the Academy reviewed the IT pay
systems and strategies of 39 state governments, six county and
city governments, eight international governments and organizations,
four non-profit organizations, and several private sector organizations,
professional societies, and commercial pay survey groups, to
identify best practices. It also met with CIO organizations
in thirty federal agencies representing more than seventy percent
of the federal IT workforce.
The Academy Fellows responsible for this report have a broad
range of federal and private sector experience. In addition
to Toregas, President of Public Technology, Inc., the Panel
members included G. Edward DeSeve, Managing Partner of American
Government Management at KPMG; Martin Faga, President and Chief
Executive Officer of The MITRE Corporation; Rosslyn Kleeman,
Distinguished Executive-in-Residence at George Washington University;
Singleton Beryl McAllister, Partner at Patton Boggs LLP and
former General Counsel at the U.S. Agency for International
Development; Franklin Reeder, former Director of the Office
of Administration at the White House; Bernard Rostker, Senior
Fellow at RAND and former Under Secretary of Defense (Personnel
and Readiness); and Gordon Sherman, former Regional Commissioner
with the Social Security Administration. A CIO Council-chartered
Project Leadership Committee reviewed the Academy Panel's work.
This group included CIO and human resources representatives
from several executive departments, as well as officials from
numerous private sector organizations.
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Board of Directors Meeting
May 31-June 3, 2006
Las Vegas, Nevada
Academy Calendar
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Academy Fellow Celebrates Fifty Years of Public Causes
Academy Fellow Brian O’Connell shares the priceless lessons he has learned during a lifetime of third sector experience in Fifty Years in Public Causes: Stories from a Road Less Traveled. O’Connell’s memoir traces his remarkable life in public service, from his early forays in the non-profit sector to his ascendancy as national director of the Mental Health Association, and then as founder of the Independent Sector.
Told through fascinating personal stories, O’Connell’s memoir includes a strong mandate to his successors in public service. He offers his readers the lessons he would emphasize for those who take the journey on that road less traveled.
Buy Fifty Years in Public Causes: Stories from a Road Less Traveled.
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