Feds Tap High Schoolers

Last Thursday was IT Job Shadow Day in federal government, with 475 students trailing IT staff at 36 agencies. Two of those students shadowed Karen Evans, administrator for e-government and information technology at the Office of Management and Budget, and Tim Young, deputy administrator for e-government and information technology, during a press briefing about the IT budget. The hope, Evans said, is that the effort will attract young talent to computer science, which would in turn help deal with ongoing workforce issues. “We’re one of many competing here to attract these students,” she said.