CIO Council to Survey IT Workers

The Federal Chief Information Officers Council will be surveying members of the federal civilian IT workforce starting this week as part of a plan to reform federal IT.

According to a notice on CIO.gov, the CIO Council and the Office of Personnel Management will use the survey results to determine whether agencies have the technical know-how to implement the Office of Management and Budget's 25-point plan to reform federal IT.

The survey, which will run Jan. 18 to Feb. 25, will be used by OPM to help create a specialized career path for IT program managers. The results also will help agencies develop specific plans to close the competency gaps in IT program management.

Specifically, the survey will accomplish three objectives, according to the notice:

• Identify the available supply of IT expertise across the government workforce,
• Determine where resources should be focused to improve or sustain IT competencies and skills, and
• Assess progress in closing competency and skill gaps.

Federal CIO Vivek Kundra announced the 25-point IT reform plan in December. It calls on OPM to take steps to enhance the supply of program managers, including creating a career path to attract and reward top performers, launching a technology fellows program and encouraging mobility of program managers across government.