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Topics A-Z listing of articles and resources about IT skills within government.
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- Government needs to bring IT skills in-house
- A parliamentary committee hears that government relies too much on outsourcing and needs better in-house IT skills, by Gill Hitchcock. Guardian Professional, Wednesday 9 March 2011. "The failure of many UK government technology projects is partly due to being tied into large outsourcing deals with a small group of suppliers and a lack of in house capability to take over when things go wrong, parliament's public administration committee heard..."
Added: 10 March 2011;
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- Whole-of-government ICT strategic workforce plan 2010-2013
- Australian Public Service Commission, April 2010. "... The whole-of-government strategic ICT Workforce Plan provides a high level overview of the issues affecting the ICT workforce and strategies to address the future human capital needs of ICT employment in the Australian Public Service (APS). Using this plan, agencies will be better able to plan, develop and manage a qualified, satisfied and flexible ICT workforce, while providing an attractive career path for ICT professionals within the APS..."
Added: 30 April 2010;
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- Government launches Gershon-inspired ICT workforce strategy
- Government agencies to hire entry-level and professional IT workers through university, ACS programs, by James Hutchinson - Computerworld, 29 April, 2010. "The Australian Government has released an ICT workforce strategy in an effort to fight an ageing workforce and promote new hires amongst government departments over the next three years..."
Added: 30 April 2010;
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- Lack of local ICT skills will drive wages up in 2010: SMS Management & Technology
- Professional services firm to turn again to 457 visas to solve skills shortage, by Tim Lohman. Computerworld, 3 December, 2009. "Businesses will continue to import skilled staff for some time to come in order to meet the needs of the Australian ICT sector, according to the chief financial officer of of SMS Management & Technology, Steve Kelly..."
Added: 3 December 2009;
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- A wonderful time for public sector recruitment and big egovernment infrastructure projects
- by Craig Thomler. eGov AU - eGovernment thoughts and speculations from an Australian perspective, December 18, 2008. "While speaking to a colleague earlier in the week about the rush on access to government support in some areas of Australia due to the current economic conditions, I realised that it is a very good time for the public sector to build capacity and skills. The IT skills crunch has affected Australian government for some time, with the private sector able to be more flexible and agile in adapting job descriptions and remunerations to suit market needs. International pressures have not helped, with many of Australia's top people drawn overseas due to the challenges and financial opportunities..."
Added: 18 December 2008;
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- Government Risks Losing Its Edge
- The federal government may be harming its ability to compete for top talent as it continues to tighten the IT purse strings, by Sue Bushell. CIO, 25 September, 2008. "Prospects are dimming for ICT contractors looking for work with the federal government, amidst warnings that the feds risk losing their competitive edge in a market still buffeted by major skills shortages..."
Added: 25 September 2008;
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- ICT industry's 2020 vision: 25,000 vacant jobs
- ACS releases study into Australia’s dire ICT skills shortage crisis, by Andrew Hendry. Computerworld, 11 August 2008. "The Australian Computer Society (ACS) on Monday released a report indicating that ICT skills shortages will grow to 14,000 jobs by 2010, and will continue to reach 25,000 by 2020 unless government and industry heighten collaboration to ease the skills shortages..."
Added: 12 August 2008;
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- AU$15 million plan to plug public service ICT gaps
- by Suzanne Tindal. ZDNet Australia, 4 February 2008. "The Australian public service (APS) is striking back at the skills crisis by training its own IT workers in a new AU$15 million, four-year apprenticeship program..."
Added: 5 February 2008;
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- Nairn tackles ICT skills shortage
- by Ben Woodhead. AustralianIT, October 8, 2007. "The federal government has released a new report aimed at tackling a chronic skills shortage that is nobbling permanent employment and driving up contract labour costs in the nation's capital. The report, Meeting the Demand for ICT Skills in the Australian Public Service - Today and the Future, makes a number of recommendations aimed at easing the pressure on federal government technology users..."
Added: 9 October 2007;
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- Only foreign workers can solve govt IT skills crisis
- by Jo Best. ZDNet Australia, 9 October 2007. "Not enough migrant workers are being hired to work in public service IT, which is contributing to a government-wide ICT skills shortage, according to a report by the Australian Government Information Management Office..."
Added: 9 October 2007;
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- ICT Professional and Skills Development Taskforce Report: Meeting the Demand for ICT Skills in the Australian Public Service - Today and for the Future (the Report)
- Australian Government Information Management Office, September 2007. "The Report assesses the need for information and communications technology (ICT) skills within government and provides a list of recommendations aimed at improving the recruitment, retention and development of ICT specialists in the APS..."
Added: 9 October 2007;
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- EU proposes actions to drive forward 21st Century e-Skills
- Public Technology, 10 September 2007. "Recent reports and surveys indicate that Europe may face severe e-skills shortages and mismatches in the coming years, says the European Commission - and now is the time to do something about it..."
Added: 11 September 2007;
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- ICTs and Gender - in pdf format (487kb)
(This document requires the use of Adobe Acrobat Reader). Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, 29 March 2007. "This document provides an overview of the gender distribution of ICT and ICT-related employment in OECD countries, and ICT employment patterns are contrasted with overall employment to highlight how different ICT employment patterns are. The document then focuses on participation in ICT-related education and training, and differences in ICT access and use by gender. This analysis will be expanded and deepened, particularly on broadband-related issues and impacts, which are not covered here, if extra resources become available in 2007-2008..."
Added: 24 April 2007;
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- Government CIOs to mentor smaller agencies
- By Steven Deare. ZDNet Australia, 16 April 2007. "Australian government CIO Ann Steward and Centrelink CIO John Wadeson are set to mentor their peers at smaller agencies in a continuation of a program to help combat the shortage of "soft skills" in IT..."
Added: 17 April 2007;
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- MPs and e-skills UK launch nationwide challenge to find best use of technology by primary schools
- Source: E-Skills. eGov Monitor, 13 February 2007. "'Made IT Happen', a new competition for primary school students aged nine to eleven who are using technology to help their school or local community, is launched today by the Parliamentary Information Technology Committee (PITCOM) and e-skills UK, the Sector Skills Council for IT and Telecoms..."
Added: 15 February 2007;
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