Ted Koska noticed in 1993 that the pool of candidates for Washington state government jobs was shrinking, especially at the executive level. By 1995, he realized there would be a definite shortage.
IT industry and government representatives meeting May 3 on Capitol Hill agreed the U.S. government needs a federal chief information officer to lead electronic government efforts, but some seemed to soften on the idea that a new government office is necessary to house an e-gov czar.
DynCorp has been awarded a task order under the GSA Seat Management contract to standardize and consolidate the Federal Highway Administration's distributed computing environment.
Science Applications International Corp. announced a task order award from the General Services Administration under Program Safeguard to provide support to the Federal Computer Incident Response Center.
The San Diego Unified School District announced April 27 it awarded Maximus Inc. a three-year contract for software and consulting services to maximize its entitlement of federal Medicaid funds.
The final rule intended to make information technology accessible to federal workers with disabilities will likely delay the government procurement process, according to the Information Technology Association of America.
Canada's federal and provincial officials see the Internet as an important channel for service delivery, but their online services won't fulfill the nation's plan for seamless government, according to a report released April 17.
It's easier to retain workers these days, according to David Langstaff, president and chief executive of Veridian Corp., a 5,000-employee information technology company in Arlington, Va.
The average company trains 78.6 percent of its workers and spends an average $677 per employee annually, according to the 2001 State of the Industry Report, issued last month by the American Society for Training & Development in Alexandria, Va.
Twelve years ago, one Microsoft Corp. employee expressed interest in making the software giant's products more accessible to people with disabilities, spawning an initiative that has grown into a company unit of 40 full-time workers.
President George W. Bush's fiscal year 2002 budget, released yesterday, makes the research and development tax credit permanent, a move that drew praise from industry representatives.
It started with comments made during exit interviews. Employees about to leave SRA International Inc. in Fairfax, Va., would acknowledge they liked the company and would consider referring colleagues to the systems integrator. Recruiters decided they should capitalize on this good will, said Kerri Koss Morehart, director of recruiting. The company recently launched a formal alumni program to encourage former employees to return to the firm and to refer others
Electronic Data Systems Corp. launched its Cyber Security Institute April 4 to provide information technology professionals and consumers with computer security skills to fight hackers, security breaches and viruses.
State and local government spending on information technology products and services will continue to grow moderately during the next four years, despite stock market woes and state budget crunches, according to market research firm Federal Sources Inc. About half the states have budget problems because of slowing revenue and increasing Medicaid spending, said Aldona Valicenti, chief information officer for Kentucky and president of the National Association of State Information Resource Executives.
Despite the economic downturn and a spate of failures among Internet-based businesses, the size of the U.S. information technology work force is up slightly, from 10 million last year to 10.4 million this year.
