Supporting an IT Competitiveness Agenda

We support policies that expand life-long education in the computer sciences and basic IT skills. We support equipping the government with capacity for IT literacy to set an example for the nation with respect to IT skills and the value of information assurance. These foundational skill sets are an imperative for the United States economy and its ability to spur job growth and innovation and to compete globally.

We support:

• IT career technical education through the State Career Cluster Initiative
• STEM/computer sciences education and skills at the K-12 and higher education levels
• Government resources for worker training/retraining in IT skills in and out of government (e.g. through the reauthorization of the Workforce Investment Act; assisting government in developing "programs of study" for the transition to electronic health records; or programs such as the DoD Directive 8570.1)
• Funding for government R&D investment
• Addressing government wage and hour regulations and its impact on tech companies
• Government programs that spur technology innovation for job creation and promote life-long retraining for careers in the IT industries that can provide jobs being lost in shrinking industries